BEFORE DRIVING
YOU~
CAR
1-13
Long UphillG
..
ades
When going up long grades, you can reduce the chance
of
engine
overheating by down-shifting the transmission to a lower gear and
reducing speed to 45 mph (70
kmjh)
or below.
Transmission
See the method for checking transmission fluid level in the "Service and
Maintenance" section
ofthisrnanual.
Parking
You should not park cars with trailers on a grade (hill).
However,if
you
must park on a grade, these steps must be followed:
I. Apply regular brakes.
2.
Have someone place wheel chocks under trailer wheels.
3. When wheel chocks
are
in
place, release regular brakes until chocks
absorb load.
.
4.
Apply parking brake.
5.
Place transmission in " Park".
If
the
car
is
parked on a grade,
don't
shift the transmission lever to
"Park
j' until the trailer wheels are chocked and the parking brake
is
set.
If you do, the weight
of
the
car
and trailer may exert so much force on
the
parking pawl in the transmission
that
it may be hard to get the shift lever
out of
"Park".
When starting, after being parked on a grade:
I. Apply regular brakes and hold until steps 2 and 3 below are
completed.
2.
Start
engine in
"Park
".
3.
Shift into gear and release parking brake.
4. Release regular brakes and drive until the chocks are free.
5. Apply regular brakes and have helper remove chocks.
OPERATION
IN
FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Y our engine
is
designed to run on unleaded gasoline with an octane
rating of about 91, Research method.
If
you plan to drive your Firebird, Esprit, Formula or Trans
Am
outside
the
U.S. and its jurisdictions or
Canada
, there
is
a chance the gasolines
available
in
some countries will not meet the needs of your engine. Low
octane rated gasolines may cause engine knocking or serious engine
damage, for which
Pontiac Motor Divisionis not responsible.
Using leaded gasoline
in
a
car
with a catalytic converter may cause
the
converter to
lo
se its effectiveness as an emission control.
It
could also .
affect the emission warranty.
If
you must use leaded gasoline
in
a car
designed for unleaded fuel, converter modification and different
maintenance intervals will be required.
To
obtain gasoline information
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