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CONTENTS
Preloce
3
Driver's
Conlrols
5
Operolinglnslruclions
........ 7
Proclicol
Driving
......
18
WinlerService
........23
Lubricolion
..........26
Wheels ond
Tires
.. .. . 34
CoreollheCor ......35
Moinlenonce
.........41
Generol Descriplion ..........57
Technicol Dolo . ...... 61
LubricolionChorl
. ....65
MoinlenonceChorf .
.........66
lndex ..
.......
67
r
I
Chi,
Monuol
sels
oul in
full the in{ormolion
necessory
{or lhe proper
operolion,
core
ond gerrerol
moinlenonce
ol your
cor. ln
oddilion, inleresling
specificolion
deloils
hove
been included
io
lomiliorize
you
wilh lhe
conslruclion
ond mechonicol
deloils
ol lhe
cor.
Diligenl
e{lorl
hos
been
mode lo lurn
oul on
efficienl
ond relioble
oulomobile.
Now,
il
olso
depends
on
you
lo
ossure prolonged
solisfoclion
in
lhe running
of
lhe
vehicle
by
giving
il
lhe core
ond
ollenlion il
deserves.
All inlormolion
conloined
in lhis indispensoble
hondbook
hos possed
lhe lesl
of experience
ond proclice
ol mony
yeors.
ln
order 1o moinloin
mqximum
elliciency,
we
eorneslly
recommend
ro lollow
rhe
recommendolions
sel lorlh
in lhe ensuing
poges.
The inlimole
knowledge
obloined
in sludying
lhis monuol
will prove
of
greol
volue in
deriving
lhe urmosr
service
ond
enjoymenl
lrom your
cor.
Regulor
qllenlion
lo
proper
lubricolion
ond moinlenonce
ol
your
cor is essenliol.
An
exlensive nelwork
ol VW service
slolions is
ovoiloble,
ond you
will reodily
recognize
such slolions
by lhe {omilior
blue VW SERVICE
sign. These
repoir
shops
ore in
closesl
conlocl
wilh lhe
Volkswogenwerk
lhrough
lield engineers,
lhus
providing
skilllul
ond experl
perlormonce
o{
ony
job
lo be
done. Eoch
experienced
molorisl knows
lhe volue
of
prevenlive
moinlenonce.
The eflorls
mode
in lhis
respecl
will
be omply reworded
in
lhe long
run.
And now
go oheod
ond enjoy your
ride!
10
11
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13
14
DRIVER'5
COf\I
TROLS
Are
you
{omilior
wilh
the
conlrols
ond inslrumenls
ol
your
new
cor?
Jusl loke
o
seol
behind
lhe
wheel,
moke yoursell
comlorloble,
ond
gel
ocquoinled
firsl
wilh
oll
lhe vorious
levers,
swilches,
ond conlrols.
Here
ore the
lull
deloils:
lnrlrumenls:
Speedomeler
ond
odomeler
.....
8
Worning lighl
-
Blue
-
Heodlighl
upper
beom
6
Worning
lighl
-
Red
-
Generolor
ond
cooling
syslem
5
Worning lighl
-
@yssn-
Oil
pressure
9
Worning lighl
-
Red
-
Direclion
indicolors
7
Clock
(electricolly
driven)
.........
ll
Heodlighldimmerswilch.
......... 19
Accelerolorpedol
.
........22
Broke
pedol
....... 21
Clulch pedol
.......
20
Doorinnerhondle
.........
t6
Heodlight
ond inslrumenl
lighl
swilch
..... 14
Windshield
wiper
swilch
..........
13
Chokeconlrol
......
4
Clock resel
knob .
.........12
Combined
ignilion
ond slorling
swilch .
3
Fresh-oirvenlilolorconlrol
........
1
Geor lever
.........24
Fuel
lop
....
23
Hond
broke
lever ..
.......26
Heoling
conlrol
....
25
Window regulolor
hondle
.........
15
Fronl
hood lock
conlrol
....
lg
Direclion
indicolor
lever
..
........ 2
Hornbullon
........
10
Sleering
wheel .
.... 17
Fool
conlrols:
Hqnd
conlrols:
ln the
documenls
which
occompony
your cor
you will
lind, omong
olher
doto'
deloils
regording
lhe
model,
yeor ol
conslruclion,
ond
chossis
ond
engine
numbers
of lhe
vehicle.
The
Police
or
Trof{ic Deporlmenl
will check
il
lhe
inlormoiion
given
in lhe docunrenls
is
idenlicol
wilh
lhol
on
your cor.
Vu
The ldenlilicotion
Plole
is lound
lo the
righl o{
lhe sPore
wheel
underneolh
lhe
lronl
hood.
The Chqssis
Number
is
slomped
on
lhe lrome
lunnel
underneolh
the emergency
seols.
The
Engine
Number
is slomped
on
lhe
generolor
supporl'
Only
one
key
is
required
lo unlock
lhe
door,
lurn
on
lhe
ignilion,
ond
operole
lhe
slorling
molor.
ll is
odvisoble
lo record
lhe
key
number,
so
lhol
you
con
order
duplicoles
lrom
your
deoler,
should
you
lose
or
misploce
your
keys.
To open
lhe door,
press
lhe
bullon
in
lhe
hondle.
I
1
Belore you
drive owoy
pleose
check
engine oil level
fon
belt lension
quonlily
ol luel in
lhe
lonk
lire
pressures
elliciency of
brokes
lhe
exlerior
lighls
ond, il driving ol
nighl,
Engine
Oil
Level
The
oil
level should be
checked
wilh lhe engine ol resl. The
oil level
is
solis{oclory
when
il
is belween
lhe
lwo morks on lhe oil level dipslick, bul it should never be
permilled
lo drop below lhe lower mork. To moke
on occurole check,
il is
besl
lo wipe lhe
dipslick
wilh o cleon rog before.
Should
il become necessory
lo
lop
up,
pleose remember lhe Iollowing
hinls: Mosl
oils morkeled ol
presenl
conloin chemicol
ingredienls lo improve lheir lubricoling
quolilies.
However, oils ol dillerenl origin
behove dilferenlly
when
used os engine
lubriconls
ond
should, lherelore, nol be
mixed.
Selecl
o HD
oil
lfor
Service
MSI
lrom
well-
known
ond dependoble bronds right ol
lhe
beginning,
ond
slick
lo
it
!
ll would
be wrong lo lill in HD
oil
ond
Regulor
oil ol rondom, or even lo mix
lhese
lwo lypes!
Fon
Bell
The
V-bell drives
lhe generolor ond lhe lon.
Perlecl
condilion
ond correcl
lension
of lhe bell insure ils long life ond odequole cooling
ol lhe engine.
Checking is
very
simple: The bell,
when slighlly pressed wilh the
lhumb
ol
mid-poinl, should
yield
opproximolely
2 cm.
(neorly 1 in.). No lroces ol excess use,
such os froyed
edges, should be
perceplible.
o
:
2 cm.
(opprox.
1")
Posilions of
luel lop:
I
-
Open,2 -
Reserve,3
-
5hut ofl
Fuel Tqnk
The lonk
hos
<r copocily ol 40
lilers
(10.5
U.S.
goll.,
8.8
lmp.9oll.), sul{icienl
lor
o
drive
of well over 500 kilomelers
(300
miles). Under
normol condilions,
lhe
luel lop should
be sel ol
posilion
"1",
while
lhe
cor
is in operolion.
l{ lhe molor
begins
lo
"sluller",
os o
resull ol lock
ol
luel,
jusl
lurn lhe lop 1o
"2". A luel
reserve
of 5
lilers (t.3
US.
goll.,
1.1 lmp.9oll.) will lhen losl lor o lurlher drive
o{ oboul 70 kilomelers
(45
miles). ll is
imporlonl
lo
re-sel lhe lop ol
posilion "1"
when
refilling
lhe lonk, olherwise
lhere
will be donger ol
running oul of
luel on
lhe
rood.
The luel supply is shul olf when
lhe
lever
is
sel
holl
woy
(45o)
belween
lhe lwo end posilions.
I
The
design
ol
lhe
vw Engine
ollows
on
operolion
on
oll
proven
lrode-mork
luels.
Trode-mork
luels,
including
gosoline-benzol
blends,
comprise
such
choroclerislics
os
conslonl
physicol
properlies,
sulficienl
onli-knock
quolilies
ond
freedom
lrom
objeclionoble
consliluenls.
The
seleclion
of o
grode
ond
brand
of
fuel
is lherelore
lell
enlirely
to
youl
discrelion.
The
Tires
deserve
ond require
your
speciol
oilenrion.
The
riding
comforl
ond lhe
roqd-
holding
of your
cor will greolly
depend
on lheir
condilion.
Moinloining
correcl
lire pressure
ond
ovoid-
ing driving
obuses
ore lhe mosl imporlonl
loclors
in
obloining
moximum
lire
lile.
Moke
sure
lhe lires
ore
correclly
infloled,
ol leosl
once
o week,
using
o relioble
lire
gouge,
Keep
lhe pressures
belween
1.1
ond
1.2 kg.lsq.
cm.
(1
6 ond
17 lbs,/sq.in,)
in
lhe
Ironl
lires,
belween
1.4 ond
,l.6
kg./sq.
cm
(20
ond
23 lbs./sq.in.)
in
lhe reor
lires.
when
lhe
cor is fully
looded,
or when
driving
fosl
lor o
long
period
of lime, keep
lo
lhe
higher
lire pressures.
The
Brokes
should
be
checked
belore
lhe cor slorls
on o rrip
by
groduoily
depressing
lhe
broke pedol,
while
lhe
cor
is in
molion,
lo oscerloin proper
lunclioning.
Good
Exlerior
Lights
ore lhe
firsl requiremenl ol
sole cor operolion ol
nighf. The three
posilions ol
lhe
lighling
swilch
ore
os Iollows:
1
-
Fully
pushed
in
-
Ofl
2
-
Pulled oul
lo {irst slop
-
Porking
light,
3 -
Fully
pulled
oul
loil ond
license
plole lighls
-
Heodlighl
upper
or lower
beoms
(depending on
posifion ol
fool dimmer
swilch),
loil ond
license
plole lighls.
When
pulling oul
lhe lighling swilch
knob eilher
lo lhe lirsl or
second slop,
lhe
inslrumenl
lighl is oulomolicolly
lurned on.
By lurning lhe
knob, o
vorioble degree
ol
inslrumenl lighling is
obloined,
lurning lhe knob
lo exlreme
lefl lurns oul
lhe
lighl
enlirely.
When
checking
lhe lighling syslem,
do
nol {orgel lhe lwo
slop
lighls which should
lighl up when depressing
lhe broke
pedol wilh
the igniiion
lurned on.
Storling the Engine
is eosy,
becouse you ore
now lomilior with
lhe vorious conlrols
ond
inslrumenls.
However, moke sure lhol
lhe
geor lever is in
neulrol posilion be{ore
slorling
lhe engine.
The ignilion
key slorling enobles
you
lo
slorl
lhe engine
by merely
lurning lhe
key.
Firsl lhe
ignilion is swilched
on by
lurning
lhe key lo the
righl. The red
generolor
worning
lighl ond
lhe
green lighl lor
lhe
oil pressure
will lighl up.
To
slorl
lhe
engine,
lhe
key
is pressed ogoinsl o
spring
lood ond
lurlher lurned
clockwise
unlil
lhe
slorling
molor operoles.
As
soon os
lhe
engine
Iires,
releose
pressure on
key
lo
disconnecl
slorling molor.
10
lmporlonl
ln
cold
weolher
lhe
rronsmission
oir is
opr ro
become
congeored.
il is,
rhererore,
good
proclice
lo
declurch
unrir
lhe
engine
slorrs.
Thus
you
wiil
sove
rhe
bolrery
ond
focililole
lhe
operorion
or
rhe
srorring
moror.
you
wiil
never
encounrer
ony
difficullies
when
slorling
your
engine
in
severe
rrosr,
if you
observe
the rure
ol
using
lhe
specrfied
lighl
grode
engine
ond
lrqnsmission
oils,
To
rlort
cold
engine.
pull
oul lhe
choke
conlrol
knob
ond
operole
lhe
slorling
molor
unlil
slorls.
ln
severe
frost,
it is
recommended
lo proceed
os
Iollows:
o
-
Slightly
depress
lhe
occelerolor
peciol
severol
limes.
b
-
Fully
pull
oul lhe
choke
conlrol
knob.
c
-
Fully
depress
clulch
pedol.
d
-
Turn
on
lhe
ignilion
ond
operole
lhe
slorling
molor.
As
soon
os
lhe
engine
srorrs,
srowry
push
in
choke
coniror
knob (obout
hoil
woy)
unlil
lhe
engine
runs
smoorhry
ond
evenry
or fosl
idre
speed
wilhoul
o
tendency
lo
sloll
(it
is
inodvisoble
lo roce
the
engine
immediorery
on slorring
up {rom
cord).
This posilion
ol
lhe
choke
conrror
knob permirs
o quick
moving
of{
wilhour
ony
delrimenl
lo
lhe
engine.
Neirher
wiil
horm
be
done
ro
lhe
engine
when
you
drive
{or
o
longer
period
in
dense
cily lro{lic
wilh
lhe
choke pulled
oul holl
woy.
As
the
engine
otoins
operoring
remperorure,
you
wiil
norice
on
increose
in
rhe
idling
speed'
Ar rhe
some
time
groduoily
push
rhe
choke
conrror
knob
ruily home.
This
posilion
musl
be
reoched
berore
you
moke
use
of the
rul
engine power
on
o free
rood'
lf
lhe
engine
does
nor
srorr
wirhin
ren
seconds,.iusr
repeor
rhe
procedure
o lew
limes,
ollowing
o shorr
inrervor
berween
eoch
successive
ofiempr,
os
lhe
bollery
is
being
srroined
heoviry
by
conrinuous
srorring
molor
operorion.
Io
slorl
wolm
engine,
do
nol pull
lhe
choke
conlrol
knob.
Slowly
depress
occeleroior
pedol
while
leiling
lhe
srorring
molor
operore.
Do
nol
pump
the
occelerolor
pedol,
ll
is
imporlonr
lo
know
rhot pumping
rhe
gos
pedor
mokes
o srorring
of rhe
worm
engine
dillicult
ond increoses
the
luel
consumplion.
Cqution!
Be
corelul
when
srolring
rhe
engine
inside your
gologe,
see
to
ir rhor
rhe
door
ond
windows
ole
open
so rhqr
rhe
exhousr
rumes
con
escope.
They
conroin
rhe
colorless,
losleless
ond odorress.
yer
exrremery
poisonous
corbon
monoxide gos.
lhe
engine
11
Driving
Olf
is
exlremely eosy, il
you
observe lhe lollowing:
I
-
Press
down lhe clulch
pedol
qs
lor
os
possible.
Keep il in thol
posilion.
2
-
Shifl lo
lhe
lirsl
geor.
Releose lhe hqnd broke.
3
-
Engoge
the clulch by
gently
removing
your
lool lrom lhe
pedol,
while
rimulloneously
pressing
down lhe occelerolor
pedol.
The
sqr rolls!
4
-
Groduolly increose lhe
presrure
on lhe occelelolor
pedol
ond lemove
your
lool
complelely lrom
lhe clutch
pedol,
os
lhe
clulch is now lully
engoged.
Shilting lo second
geor
is equolly simple:
{
-
Tqke
your
Iool oll lhe occelerotor
pedol,
while rimullqneously
presring
down lhe
<lulch
pedol.
2
-
Shill
gecr
lever inlo
second
position.
3
-
Engoge
lhe clulch by tcking
your lool
oll lhe
pedol gently
ond
groduolly
ond
ogoin slep on lhe
qccelerotor
pedol.
You now know how
to
"shilt geors",
ond moy ol
will shi{l lo lhird
ond lourlh
posilions.
You will hove
noliced
by now
lhol the occelerolor ond clulch
pedols ore
operoled
simulloneously, but in opposile direclions. ll
is lhe
coordinolion
ol
lhese
simulloneous
operolions lhol brings skill in
shilling
geors.
To engoge
lhe
reverle
geol,
lirsl
press
down
lhe
geor lever
verlicolly, move
il
lo lhe lell
ond
pull
il reorword.
Shilting
lo Lower Geor
This is whol
you
should do
in close cily
lroffic,
or
wilh shorp
lurns
oheod
of
you,
or when driving uphill.
{
-
Releose
occelerolor
Pedol
ond
deprers
clulch
pedol.
2
-
Shill lo 3rd or 2nd
geol
respeclively.
it
-
Releqse clulch
pedol
ond steP
on occelelolol
Pedol
rimulloneou3ly.
Ol
course, lhis
goes
much
more
quickly
in ocluol
operolion
thon by
describing
il
here.
We
do
nol
wonl
lo bore
you wilh o lechnicol
discourse,
bul
il moy
be
12
!
ol
inleresl
lo you
lo know
lhol,
when chonging
down, lhe
synchromesh
device
ossures
meshing
ol lhe
geors
wilhoul
closh,
os
lhe
lower geor
is
broughl inlo
synchronism
so lhol
bolh geors
ore lurning
ol lhe some
speed.
When shilling
geors,
il
is
obsolulely
necessory
lo lully
depress
rhe clurch pedol.
lncomplele
declulching
mokes geor
shilling
di{ficull
ond
leods ro ropid
weor of
lhe
synchronizer
slop
rings.
The lirsl
geor
is nol provided
wilh
o synchronizing
device, os
lhe moin
drive
sholl
normoily
is nol
lurning
when lhe
cor is
shilled inlo
lirsl.
should
il
become
neces3ory
lo shilt
lrom second
lo
lilsl, lhe
lwo
cogwheels
of
lhe lower
geor
should
be broughl
lo lhe
some rolio
ol speed
by momenlorily
depressing
lhe occelerolor
pedol
wilh
lhe geor
lever
in neulrol
posilion
lo
insure
on
eosy ond
silenl
engoging
ol lhe geors.
This
is
done os
lollows:
I
-
Releose
occelerolor pedol
ond depress
clulch
pedol,
2
-
Ploce
geor
lever
in neulrol porilion.
3
-
Releore
clurch pedol
ond depress
qcceleroror
pedol
or rhe
some
rime,
rhe
omounr
ol lhis inlermediole
leeding
ol
gos
dependr
on the
speed
ol lhe cor.
4
-
Depress
clulch pedol
qnd
thill lo
lirst
geor.
5
-
Releose
clulch
pedol
sleodily
ond
ol lhe
some lime
step on
sccelerolor
pedol.
Under
no circumslonces
should
you
be o{roid
lo shift
lo lower geor,
or lry lo
ovoid
shifling
occosionolly
by
merely lelring
lhe
clulch "slip"
in
o
porrly
dis-
engoged
posilion.
Do nol
use
clulch pedol
os
o
lool-resl
while driving your
cor.
Woil
unlil
lhe
cor
is ol
o
deod
rlop
before
engoging
reverse.
Brokes
The
brokes
should
be opplied
sporingly.
The
inexperienced
driver
con
be
re-
cognized
by lhe loo
lrequenl
lighling-up
of lhe
slop lighl.
By removing
your fool
Irom
lhe
occelerolor
pedol,
lhe
engine
compression
will serve
os o
broke, lhus
soving
luel
ond
prevenling
premolure
weoring
o{
rires
ond brokes,
Don'l
drive loo
losl
ond
lhen
skid
lo
o slop,
bul
drive
ol o moderole
speed,
commensurole
wilh
lhe
lrollic,
ond your
cor
will
per{orm
mosl
economicolly.
To
press
down
lhe brokes
suddenly
con only
be
juslilied
when
donger
is
oheod.
13
operole
your brokes
especiolly
genlly
when
lhe
rood
is wel or
covered
wilh ice,
Sudden
broking o{ lhe
wheels
will result
in
skidding ol
lhe cor.
Here is one ol
lhe
fundomenlol
rules:
Use
your broker before,
nol while
moking
o
luln!
When
driving
downhill,
moke use of
lhe
broking
copocily
ol
lhe engine
com-
pressic,n by
shilling lo
lhol
geor
which
you would use
in
driving
uphill.
You will
sove
qnd
preserve
lhe
brokes
il you use
lhem only
lo conlrol
lhe
speed
occosion-
olly,
ond ol
the some
lime
you will olloin o
higher degree
ol
solely.
The
ignilion
musl
never be swilched
oll when descending
grodes.
Slopping
lhe Cqr
Toke
your lool oll ihe occelerolor
pedol
ond
operole
lhe
brokes
genlly.
Shorlly
belore
lhe
cor comes
lo o lull
stop, depress
lhe clulch
pedol,
ploce lhe
georshilt
lever
in neulrol
posilion
ond
releose clulch
pedol ogoin.
The engine
conlinues
lo idle.
ll
you
wish
lo
lurn
oll
lhe engine,
merely
swilch
lhe
ignilion key
lo
lhe lell'
The Fronl Seqts
ollow
on
odjuslmenl
lo suil
individuol
requiremenls.
Merely
roise lhe
odiusling
lever ond
slide
lhe seoi eilher
bockword
or forword
lo
lhe mosl convenient
posi-
lion. The seol
rises os
il moves
{orword,
permilling shorl
persons lo sil
higher'
The
roke
ol
lhe lronl
seol bocks
is odiusloble
by lurning
lhe
knurled
nul
ol
lhe
seol bock
hinge. Turning
onli-clockwise
(1)
moves
lhe bock
lorword
ond
clock-
wise
(2)
reorword,
14
The
Emergency
Seol
Bock
con
be
hinged
over
lo
odd
to
lhe
luggoge
plollorm
oreo.
Ihe
Fresh-Air
yentitqlion
will prove
very
ellicienl
during
hol
weolher.
Fresh
oir
is
guided
inlo
lhe
inlerior
lhrough
lhe
lwo
defrosler
venls
ol
the
windshield.
Eoch
ol
lhe
lwo
venlilolors
is
equipped
wilh
o
rolory
knob
below
lhe
inslrumenl
ponel
lo
permil
on individuol
regulolion
of
eilher
oir
{low.
Turn
knob
onliclockwise
lo
open.
To
close
venlilolor
lighl,
lurn
knob
fully
clockwise.
1
-
To
open
2
- To
close
By
lurning
on
heoling
oddilionolly
reguloled
ond
venlilolors
ol
lhe
by
ventilolor
openings.
15
The Clock
is eleclricolly
driven.
should
il
become
necessory
lo resel
the clock,
push
in
lhe
knob in
lhe cenler
ol
lhe diol
ond
lurn lo
correcl
lhe
lime.
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-
:/
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|
The Ash Receiver
in lhe instrument
ponel con be complelely
lifled oul
wherr slighlly
pulling
up
lhe
reloining spring.
fhe lnlerior
Lomp
is
oulomolicolly
operoled
by opening
or
closing
eilher
ol lhe
doors.
As on
odded
convenience,
lhe
lomp moy
be operoled
by
lhe monuol
lhree-posilion
swilch
in-
corporoled
in lhe
lomp
filling.
Posilions
ol swilch:
Upper
-
On
lnlermediole -
O{l
t
L
I
I
Lower
-
Door conlocts
This ollows
lhe lighl
lo be
lurned o{{
wilh
lhe doors
open.
:.i].
'l,Q
Itr
fhe
Fronl
Hood
Lock
is releosed
when pulling
ol lhe knob
below lhe
inslrumenr
poner.
Then
push
bock
lhe so{ely
colch lo
open
lhe hood.
The
solely
colch is
lo
prevenl
lhe
hood
{rom
opening
while
cor is in
molion,
il lhe
hood
becomes
occidenlolly
unlocked.
Ihe
Jqck
is secured
in posilion
odjocenl
lo
lhe
spore
wheer
by
meons
of o quick
releose
clomping
slrcrp.
Also
occommodoled
under
lhe
fronr hood
ore lhe rools
ond lhe
spore Ion
bell.
The
Reqr
Hood Lock
is releosed
when pulling
ol lhe knob
below
lhe
emergency
seol
bench, Bolonce
springs
hold lhe
hood in
lhe open posilion.
To
lock,
lower
hood
ond
press
down
on reor end.
:4
A)
o
n
c
PRACTICAL
DRIVING
Breoking-in
(running-inl
Period
does
nol imply
inconvenience
os
reslriclions
ore
nol
imposed
on
lhe
speeds
in lhe
vorious
geors'
Progressive
relinemenls
hove
roised
lhe VW
engine
lo
ils
presenl
predominenl
posilion
ond
il is
lhese
refinemenls
which
ollow
on
omission
of
breoking-in
inslruclions.
Your cor
moy
be operoled
righl
lrom
lhe
beginning
ol lhe
full
speeds
recommended
lor
lhe
9eors:
lrl
geor 0
-
25
km.
P'
h.
(f
5
m.
P'
h'l
2nd
geor l0
(61
-
50
km.
p.
h.
130
m.
p. h.l
31d
Eeol
25
l{51
-
75
km.
p' h.
145
m.P.h'l
Top
geor
40
l25l
-ll5
km.p.h'
172
m'P'h'l
The lile of
your
cor, ils
petlormqnce'
ond ils
opelo-
tion will
depend
on
your driving
hobil.
Moximum
solisloclion
in
lhe
running
ol
your cor
will
be
ossured
by
lollowing
lhe
lundomenlol
rules
lor
driving
on
oulomobile:
Do
not unnecessorily
roce
lhe
engine,
no
moller
whelher
lhe
cor
i5
slolionoly
or in
molion.
The
new engine
is
nol
governed.
There{ore,
il is
good
proclice
lo
glonce ol
lhe speedomeler
hond
lrom
lime
1o
lime. The
moximum
permissible speeds
in
lhe
geors ore
morked
red
on
lhe speedomeler
diol'
Do
nol ollow
lhe
enEine
lo
lobor by
driving
ol
loo
low speeds.
Don'l
believe
lhol
your engine
will
be
soved
ond
preserved
mosl
when
il
is operoled
ol
low
speeds
only.
You won'l
reduce
lhe luel
consumplion
eilher'
The engine
requires
oir lor cooling,
which
is only
olloined
ol on
odequole
number ol
revolulions.
ll
is
overlooding
ond
overheoling
thol ore
horm{ul
lo
lhe
engine,
bul never
high speed
operolion.
18
a\
q"
When
driving
uphill
olwoys
chonge
geor
os soon
os
rhe
speed
drops
ond
lhe
speedomerer
hond
opprooches
lhe
upper
speed
limil
of
lhe
nexl
lower
geor,
Never
ollow
the
engine
lo lobor
in 4th
geor,
which
is
neorly
on overdrive,
ond
expecl
il
lo pick
up
speed
on leeding
more
gos.
Economicol
operolion
is
one
of lhe
oulslonding
reorures
of
your
cor.
However,
wherher
or
nor
o {ew
exlro
miles
will
be yielded
rrom
eoch
goilon
wiil
depend
on lhe
monner
in
which
you
hondle
lhe
cor
ond
shill
geors.
When
occeleroling,
slep
on
lhe
occeleroror
pedor
srowry
ond
onry
ro
such
on
exrenl
os is
necessory
Ior
reoching
lhe
desired
speed.
Depressing
rhe
occereroror
pedor
ropidry
does
nol
improve
occelerolion,
bul resulls
in
on increosed
luel
consumplion.
Do nol
"pump"
lhe
occelerotor
pedol
unless
circumslonces
require
ir.
Even
rhe
smoil
quonriry
or
{uer
oddirionoily
dis-
chorged
by
lhe
occeleroror
pump
eoch
lime
rhe
occererolor
pedor
is
depressed
resulls
in o
morked
increose
in
lhe
overoll
Iuel
consumplion.
Operole
your
cor
smoothty
ond
flexibly,
bolh
when
driving
in
ciry
rrorric
ond
on moin
roods.
Adopt
lhe
speed
or rhe
cqr
lo
prevoiling
rocrd
ond
lrollic
condilions.
A good
driver
occeleroles
lhe
cor
moderofely,
slows
down
in
lime,
ond
ulilizes
lhe
broking
power
ol
lhe
engine.
Moke
use
of lhe
Iull
occelerorion
copocily
ond
rhe
exceilenr
brokes
of your
cor
only
when
circumslonces
require
il.
How
lo
drive
ol high
speed
wilhoul
socrilicing
luel
economy
When you
hove
occelerqled
rhe
cor ro
rhe
desired
speed,
slowly
ler
lhe
occeleroror
pedol
relurn
lo lhe
posirion
which
jusr
moinroins
rhis
speed.
This
procrice
is
especiolly
economicol
when
driving
on
highwoys.
Perhops
you
ore
owore
ol rhe
focr
rhol
oir resisronce
is
on obslocle
lor
oll
high-
speed
vehicles.
Due
lo lhe
simple
ond sweeping
lines
ol
your
cor,
lhe
oir resislonce
is relolively
low,
bul
ir
should
be remembered
rhor
high
rood
speed
olwoys
in-
volves
o
greoler
luel
consumplion.
19
Wqtch
the
Roqd
closely
while
driving.
As
lo lhe
votious
monipulolions
o{
levers'
swilches
ond
conlrols,
you
by
now
ore oble
lo operole
lhem
oulomolicolly.
Furlhermore,
your
cor
on
ils own
occord
will
"lell"
you when
il needs
ollenlion.
Direclion
lndicqlors
Red
Lighl
The lloshing
direclion
indicolors
lie oulside
lhe
driver's
view'
How-
ever,
lhe
red
lomp
will show
when
lhe
indicolors
ore
lurned
on'
The direclion
indicolor
swilch
con
be
operoled
wilhoul
loking
lhe
hond
oll
lhe
sleering
wheel.
Generqlor
qnd
Cooling
Red
tighl
ore
conlrolled
simulloneously
by o
red
lighl'
The
lighl
will show
when lhe
ignition
is lurned on
ond
when
lhe engine
is running
ol
low speed.
The
light
should
go oul os
speed
is increosed'
Cqulion!
ll
lhe lomp
lights
up
while
you
ote
driving
lhe
cor'
lhe
lqn
belt
moy be
broken.
Bring
your
Gol
lo o
slop,
ond
lind
out
whol
i3
wlong.
lor when
the belt
is
broken'
lhe
cooling
ir
dirrupted
ond
lhe
generolor
no
longer chorge3.
Oil
Pressure
Green
Lighl
The oil
pressure
o{
your cor
is os
imporlonl
os
lhe oil
level,
which
you
hove olreody
checked'
When
lhe
ignilion
is
lurned
on,
lhe
Green
Oil
Pressure
Lomp
will
lighl
up.
The
lighl
should
go oul
when
lhe engine
is slorled
ond
lhe oil
pressure
increoses'
Coulion!
Should
lhe
lighl
sloy
on during
lhe
ride,
lhe
chonces
ore
thol
the
oit
circulolion
hos
been
inlerrupled,
which
meont
lhol
lhe
lubricolion
ol lhe
enginc
hol ceoled'
Slop
ol
once
ond
check
the
level
ol the oil
before
you
conrull
o
Service
Slolion'
An
occolionol
lloshing
ol
lhe lomp
wilh
the engine
worm
qnd
ol
low
speed
does
nol
indicqle
lrouble,
il
lhe
lomp
goes oul
ogoin
os
the
speed
increosel.
-
Heodlights
Blue
Lighl
The
upper
beom
ol
your
heodlighls
lhrows
glore
inlo
lhe
eyes
of oncoming
drivers.
You know
yoursell
how
unpleosonl
ond
dongerous
lhis is'
For this
reoson,
be considerole!
The
blue
light
will
lell
you when
lhe
upper
beom
is swilched
on'
Jusl
slep
on
lhe
dimmer
swilch
lo lronsler
lhe
heodlighls
from
upper
lo
lower
beom ond
vice
verso,
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