1997 Chevrolet S10 Pickup Owner's Manual - Page 179

Snow can trap exhaust gases under yo.ur vehicle. This.can cause deadly CO (carbon rncmoxide) gas to get: inside. could overcomeyou and kill CO you. 'Youcan't .seeit or smell it, so you might not know it is in your vehicle. Clear away snow from aruund 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 col1ect:there. Open a window just a, little on the side of the vehicle that%away froin the wind. This will help keep CO out. Run your engine o111y as long as you h~ust. This s&veSfu.eL When you run the engine,make it g . - alittle faster than just idle. That is, push. the,accelerator..slightIy. This uses less fuel far the heat that .you get and it keeps- the. battery charg.ed. You willl neecia well-charged battery 'to restart the vehicle, and possibly for signaling later an with.your headamps.. Let the heatex run for a while. Then,.shut the-engineoff and dose the window almost all the way to' p&erve the heat. Start the e.ngine again and repe.at.this only when you feel ceally qxkbmfortable 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 .faidy vlgorous -exercises every half how os so until help comes.