CHEVROLET CORVETTE 1993 4.G Owners Manual

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If You're Caught in a Blizzard
If you are stopped by heavy snow, you
could be in
a serious situation. You
should probably stay with your vehicle
unless you
know for sure that you are
near help and you can hike through the
snow. Here are some things
to do to
summon help and keep yourself and
your passengers
safe:
Turn on your hazard flashers.
Tie a red cloth to your vehicle to alert
police that you've been stopped
by the
snow.
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Put on extra clothing or wrap a
blanket around you. If you have no
blankets or extra clothing, make body
insulators
from newspapers, burlap
bags, rags, floor mats-anything you
can wrap around yourself or tuck
under
your clothing tu keep warm.
but be careful.
4 You can run the engine to keep warm,
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Snow can trap exhaust gases:
under your vehicle..
This can.
cause :deadly CO (carbon '
monoxide) gas to get inside. ..CO . '
could overcome you and kill .you;
You can't see
it or smell it, so you
might not know it was in your
vehicle. Clear away. snow.from
around the'.base
of your vehicle,
especially any that
is blocking your
exhaust pipe.
And check around.
again
from time to time to be sure
snow doesn't collect there.
Open
a window just a little on-the
side
of the vehicle that's. away from
the wind. This will help keep CO
out.
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Run your engbe only as. long -as you
must. This saves fuel. When you run the
engine,
make it go a little faster than
just idle. That is, push the accelerator
slightly. This uses less fuel for the heat
that you get and it keeps the battery
charged. You will need a well-charged
battery
to restart the vehicle, and
possibly €or signaling later on with your
headlights. Let the
heater mn €or a
while.
Then> shut the engine off and close the
window almost all the way to preserve
the heat. Start the engine again and
repeat this only when you feel really
qncomfortable
from the cold. But do it
as little as possible. Preserve the fuel as
long as you can. To help keep warm,
you can get out of the vehicle and do
some fairly vigorous exercises every
haK-hour or so until help comes.
If You're Stuck in Deep Snow
You should twn your ASR system off if
you're stuck in deep snow. See the
Index under Accelerafion Slip
Regulation (ASR) Sysleem. This manual
explains how to get the vehicle out
of
deep snow without damaging it. See the
Index under Rocking Your Vehicle.
Towing a Trailer
Your Corvette is neither designed nor
intended to tow a trailer.
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Part 5
Problems on the Road
Hazard Warning: Flashers +.. ........................................................................\
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Jump Starting ............ $. ..... (.. ............................ .,. ............................................... .-. 205
Towing Your Corvette ........................................................................\
................ 208
Engine:Overheating 21 3
If a Tire Gdes Flat ........................................................................\
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Changing a Flat Tire ........................................................................\
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C.ompact Spare Tire ..;.. ........................................................................\
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If You‘re Stuck: In. S.md, Mud, Tce or Snow .................................................... .. 237
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Hazard Warning Flashers
Your hazard warning flashers let you
warn others. They also let police know
you have a problem. Your front and rear
turn signal lights will flash on and off.
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Press the button in to make your front
and rear turn signal lights flash on and
Off.
Your hazard warning flashers work no
matter what position your key is in, and
even if the key isn’t in.
To turn off the flashers, pull out on the
.*collar.
When the hazard
warning flashers are
on, your turn signals won’t work.
1 Other warning Devices
If you carry reflective triangles, you can
set one up at the side of the road about
300 feet (100 m) behind your vehicle.

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Jump Starting
If your battery has WII down, you may
want to use another vehicle and some
jumper cables to start your Corvette.
But
please follow the steps here to do it
safely.
NOTICE
To Jump Start Your Corvette:
1. Check the other vehicle. It must have
a 12-volt battery with a negative
ground system.
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2. Get the vehicles close enough so the
jumper cables can reach, but be sure
the vehicles aren't touching each
other. If they are, it could cause a
ground connection you don't want,
You wouldn't be able to start your
Corvette, and the bad grounding
cguid .. d-amage the electrical systems.

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3. Turn off the ignition on both
vehicles. Turn off all lights that aren’t
needed, and radios.
This will avoid
sparks and help save both batteries.
And it could save your radio!
4. Open the hoods and locate the
batteries.
Find the positive
{ + j and, negative
(-) terminals on each battery.

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have loose or ,misskg insulation. If
they do, you could get a shock. The
vehicles. could be damaged, too.
Before: you connect the cables, here &e
same things yo-u should:know, Positive
CAUTION
6. Connect the red positive (+) cable to
the positive (+) terminal of the
vehicle with the:
dead battery. Use -a
remote positive (+) terminal if the
vehicle has -one.
7. Don’t let the other en’d touch .metal.
Connect it
ta tke positive ( + )
tGmina1 of the pod battery. use a
remQte positive (+) terminal if the
vehicle has one..
8. Now connect the black negative (-}
cable to the good battery’s negative
(-) terminal.
D~p’-t let the other end-touch anything
until the nexthtep. The other end of the
negative cable doem% go ta the-dead
battery. It goes to a heavy unpainted
metal’part on the engine of thevehicle
with the dead battery.
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Jump Siaithg (C0;NT.)
9. Attach the cable at least 18 inches
(45 em> away from the dead battery,
but -not near engine
parts that move.
The dectrical cowection is just as
good there, but the chance of sparks
getting back to., the batt-ery is much
less.
10. Now start the vehicle with the go0.d
battery and run the engine
for a
while.
11. Try’to start the vehicle with the
dead battery.
If it won’t start after a>few tries, it
probably needs service.
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12, Remove the cables in reverse order
(as shown in this diagram) to
prevent electrical shorting. Take
care that they don’ttouch each
other or any other m&al.
Towing Your Corvette
Try to have a GM dealer or a
professional towing service tow your
Corvette, The usual towing equipment
is
:
(A) Sling-twe tow truck
(B) Wheel-lift tow truck
(C) Car carrier
If your vehicle has-been changed or
modified since it was factory-new by
adding aftermarket items like fog lamps,
aero skirting, or special-tires and
wheels, these instructions and
illustrations may not be correct.
Before
you do anything, turn on the
hazard warning
flashers.

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That your vehicle cannot be towed
-horn the rear with sling-type
equipment.
That your vehicle has rear-wheel
The make, model, and year of your
drivei
vehicle.
Whether you can still movethe shift
If there was an accident, what was
When the towing service arrives, let the
tow.operator know that this manual
contains detailed. t,owing instructions
and illustrations.
The operator may want to see them.
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Never.&t .passengers ride in:a .. ’ .
vghiele that is being towed:: . . .
0. N&er tow fasterthan safe or
.posted: speeds.
Never &w with damaged parts
not fully secmed.
Never -get under your vehicle:&er
if has-been Wed by the tow
truck.
on each side when towing a
vehicle.
Never .use “r’ hrioks. Use T-
ho-o€cs.instead.
Always we separate sa€ety,chahs
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