CAUTION
IF
THE
"WATER
IN
FUEL"
INDICATOR
LIGHT
COMES ON
DURING
DRIVING,
OR
IF
IT
DOES NOT
G.O
OUT
SOON.
AFTER
THE
ENGINE
STARtS,
HAVE
THE
FUELS'iSTEM
CHECKED
BY
YOUR
DEALER.
WATER IN
THE
DIESEL
FUEL
COULD CAUSE
EXTEN·
SIVE
DAMAGE
TO THE
FUEL
SYSTEM
COMPONENTS.
,CAUTION
CHECK
THE
FUEL
FILTERS
REGU-
LARLY.
SOLlD:CONTAMINANTS
IN
THE
FUEL
COULD CAUSE
EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE
TO
THE
FUEL
SYSTEM
COMPONENTS
..
.
CA(mON
DO NOT USE
STARTING
AIDS
IN THE ENGINE
AIR
INTAKE'SYSTEM.
THESE
AIDS
CAN
CAUSE
IMMEDIATE
ENGINE
DAMAGE.
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DIESEL
FUEL
REQUIREMENTS
The engine in
your
motor
home
is
designed
to
use
either
Number
1·D
or
Number 2-D diesel fuel.
If
you expect
to
drive in cold temperatures (below 200 F) you may
need
to
use
only
Number
1-D
fuel
or
a blended,
"winterized"
fuel.
Always
check
with
the service station
to
be
sure you get
the
properly blended fuel.
OccasionallY
during refueling, water may
be
pumped
into
your
fuel tank along
with
the diesel fuel.
To
protect the
, fuel system and engine components
from
fuel con-
tamination damage, a water
s~parator
system
is
built
into
the
fuel tank,
with
a
"WATER
IN
FUEL"
indicator light
on the instrument panel
(see
illustration). This light
will
come on
if
water
is
detected in the fuel, and during engine
cranking.
If
this light
comes
on during driving, or
if
it
does
not
go
out
soon
.,iter
the engine starts,
have
the fuel
system checked
bv
your dealer.
Please
refer
to
the General
Motors
Owner's and Driver's Manual (pg.2-7) for more
detailed
information,
and
fuel tank purge procedure.
Diesel-powered vehicles
also
use
a dual
filtering
system
for
solid contaminants. Check
these
filters often,
and
when
replacement
is
necessary always
use
fi
Iters
of
the highest
guality. Repl.acement
filter
part numbers
are
given in the
General Motors
Owner's
and
Driver's Manual (pg. 2-7).
If
you run
out
of
diesel fuel, the engine
will
take longer
to
restart.
When
restarting the engire, do
not
crank
it
for
longer than
about
10 or
15
seconds.
Allow
a one-minute
cooling
off
period between crankings. Prolonged, continuous
cranking
of
the engine coulcl result in engine component
damage
or
failure.
STARTING
THE
DIESEL ENGINE
The diesel engine starts
differently
from
a gasoline engine,
but
you shou
Id
have
no
trouble
if
you
use
the proper
procedure. The
following
highlights the main points in the
starting procedure.
Please
refer
to
the General Motors
Owner's and Driver's Manual (pg. 2-13)
for
detailed
explanations
or
if
you
have
trouble starting the engine.
1.
Apply
the parking brake (only
if
the, vehicle
is
stopped).
2.
Shift
tranmission
to
"P"
(vehicle stopped)
or
"N"
(vehicle moving).
3.
Turn
ignition key
to
"RUN".
Do
not
turn
it
to
"START".
"GLOW
PLUGS" light should come on.
4.
When
"G
LOW PLUGS" light
goes
out,
press
accelerator pedal halfway
to
floor
(at temperatures
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