Vauxhall 1997 Omega Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 141)

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Driving hints

The first 600 miles/1000 km

Drive your vehicle at various speeds. Do not

use full throttle. Never allow the engine to

labour at low revs.

Make good use of all gears. Depress the

acce lerator pedal a maximum of a round three

quarters of the ava ila ble peda l travel in all

gears.

Do not drive faster than thre e quarters of

ma xi mu m s p eed .

Do not brake unnecessarily hard for the first

125 miles (2 00 km).

The information conce rns the e ngine a nd

parts of the power train, e.g. the final drive.

Never coast with engine not running

Many units will not function in this situation

(e.g. brake se rvo u nit , power st eering ). Driving

in this manner is a da nger to yourself and

ot her s.

Brake servo unit

With th e e ng ine no t r unnin g t he b rak e ser vo

unit is no longer ef fective onc e the brake

peda l has been depressed once or twice. The

braking effect is not reduced but substantially

greater foot pressure is nece ssary t o stop the

vehicle.

Power steering

If the power steering should fail – e.g. when

the vehicle is being towed with the engine

switched off – the vehicle can still be steered

but considerably greater eff ort is n ec essary.

Driving in mountainous terrain or with

caravan/trailer

The cooling fan is driven electrica lly. Its

cooling capa city is thus not dependen t on the

engin e spee d. At high engine spee ds a lot of

heat is produce d and a t low engine speeds

correspondingly less heat is produced.

For this reason, when driving uphill do not

shift down into a lower gear when ever the

vehicle c an still climb the hill in t he higher

gear.

Diesel engine: O n gra dients of 8 % or more,

do not drive faster than 20 mph (30 km/h) in

first gea r or 30 mph (50 km/h) in second gear.

Driving with a roof load

Do not exceed the permissible roof load; see

pages 168, 222. For reasons of safety,

distribu te the load eve nly and secure it

properly with re taining stra ps so that it can not

slip. Set the tyre pressure to the value

spec ifie d for a full load. Do not drive f aster

than 75 mph (12 0 km/h). Check an d retigh ten

the straps frequ ently.

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