fuel pump Oldsmobile Achieva 1998 Owner's Manuals

Check Gages Light
CHECK
GAGES
This light will come on
briefly when you are
starting the engine.
If it stays on, or if it comes on and stays on while you
are driving, check your various gages to see if they
are in the warning zones.
Fuel Gage
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UNLEADED FUEL ONLY
Your fuel gage tells you
about how much fuel you
have left, when the ignition
is on. When the indicator
nears EMPTY
(E), you still
have a little fuel left, but
you should get more
soon.
Here are four things that some owners ask about. None
of these show a problem with your fuel gage:
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At the service station, the gas pump shuts off before
the gage reads
FULL (F).
It takes a little more or less fuel to fill up than the
gage indicated. For example, the gage may have
indicated the tank was half full, but
it actually took a
little more or less than half the tank’s capacity to fill
the tank.
The gage moves a little when you turn a corner
or
speed up.
The gage doesn’t go back
to EMPTY (E) when you
turn
off the ignition.
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Filling a Portable Fuel Container
Never fill a portable fuel container while it is in
your vehicle. Static electricity discharge from the
container can ignite the gasoline vapor. You can
be badly burned and your vehicle damaged if this
occurs.
To help avoid injury to you and others:
0 Dispense gasoline only into approved
containers.
0 Do not fill a container while it is inside a
vehicle, in
a vehicle's trunk, pickup bed or
on any surface other than the ground.
inside of the fill opening before operating
the nozzle. Contact should be maintained
until the filling
is complete.
Bring the fill nozzle in contact with the
Don't smoke while pumping gasoline.
Checking Things Under the Hood
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An electric fan under the hood can start up and
injure you even when the engine is not running.
Keep hands, clothing and tools away from any
underhood electric fan.
Things that burn can get on hot engine parts and
start a fire. These include liquids like gasoline,
oil, coolant, brake fluid, windshield washer and
other fluids, and plastic or rubber. You or others
could be burned. Be careful not to drop or spill
things that will burn onto
a hot engine.
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Engine Compartment Fuse Block
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Fuse
FP,
INJ
ERLS
The engine compartment fuse block
is located on
the driver’s side of the engine compartment, near
the battery.
ABS
IGN
MOD
Usage
Fuel Pump, Fuel Injectors
Back-up Lamps, Canister Purge
Valve,
EGR, Automatic
Transaxle, Brake-Transaxle Shift
Interlock, Anti-Lock Brakes,
Variable
Effort Steering, Air
Conditioning Compressor, Park
Lock Solenoid
Anti-Lock Brake Solenoids,
Variable
Effort Steering
Ignition System
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