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Maintaining the car when not in extended use :
Maintaining the car when not in extended use :
Maintaining the car when not in extended use :
Maintaining the car when not in extended use :
Maintaining the car when not in extended use :
Park the car in covered, dry and if possible well-ventilated
premises.
Engage a gear.
Remove the cables from the battery terminals (first remove
the cable from the negative terminal).
Make sure the handbrake is not engaged.
Clean and protect the painted parts using protective wax.
Clean and protect the shiny metal parts using commercially
available special compounds.
Sprinkle talcum powder on the rubber windscreen wiper and
rear window wiper blades and lift them off the glass.
Slightly open the windows.
Cover the car with a cloth or perforated plastic sheet. Do
not use sheets of imperforated plastic as they do not allow
moisture on the car body to evaporate.
Inflate the tyres to 0.5 bar above the normal specified
pressure and check it at regular intervals.
Check the battery charge every six weeks.
Do not drain the engine cooling system.
VEHICLE C
VEHICLE C
VEHICLE C
VEHICLE C
VEHICLE CARE
ARE
ARE
ARE
ARE
Wiper Care :
Wiper Care :
Wiper Care :
Wiper Care :
Wiper Care :
Wiper blade attack angle on windshield glass should be 90
0
i.e. perpendicular.
Remove wiper blade and root wiper arm on windshield glass
in the centre position. Check the gap between arm strip
and glass.
Adjust by twisting wiper arm as shown in the figure.
O K
O K
O K
O K
O K
FOR CHA
FOR CHA
FOR CHA
FOR CHA
FOR CHATTTTTTERING & NOISY PR
TERING & NOISY PR
TERING & NOISY PR
TERING & NOISY PR
TERING & NOISY PROBLEMS
OBLEMS
OBLEMS
OBLEMS
OBLEMS
NO
NO
NO
NO
NOT OK
T OK
T OK
T OK
T OK
Windshield
Glass
VIE
VIE
VIE
VIE
VIEW
W
W
W
W WITHOUT
WITHOUT
WITHOUT
WITHOUT
WITHOUT WIPER BL
WIPER BL
WIPER BL
WIPER BL
WIPER BLADE
ADE
ADE
ADE
ADE
M A I N T E N A N C E