TATA Motors tigor, Owner'S Manual

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MAINTENANCE
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Vehicle Parking at One Place for
Long Duration
(Non - Use Maintenance)
If you want to park your vehicle at one
place for long duration, following care is
to be taken:
1. Park the vehicle in covered, dry and
if possible well-ventilated premises.
Engage a gear.
2. Remove the battery terminal cables
(first remove the cable from the neg-
ative terminal).
3. Block the wheel or engage in the
gear mode.
4. Clean and protect the painted parts
using protective wax.
5. Clean and protect the shiny metal
parts using commercially available
special compounds.
6.
Sprinkle talcum powder on the rub-
ber windscreen wiper and lift them
off the glass.
7.
Slightly open the windows.
8. Cover the vehicle with a cloth or per-
forated plastic sheet. Do not use
sheets of imperforated plastic as
they do not allow moisture on the ve-
hicle body to evaporate.
9. Inflate the tyres to 0.5 bar above the
normal specified pressure and check
it at regular intervals.
10. Check the battery charge every six
weeks.
11. Do not drain the engine cooling sys-
tem.