1995 Oldsmobile 88 Owner's Manual - Page 67

NOTICE: Holding your key in START for longer than 15 seconds a t , a time will cause your battery to be drained muchsooner. And the excessive heat can damage your starter motor. 2. If it doesn't start right away, hold your key in START for about three to seconds at a time until five your engine starts. Wait about15 seconds between each try to help avoid draining your battery. NOTICE: Your engine is designed to workthe electronics with in your vehicle. I ' f you add electrical parts or accessories, you could change the way the fuel injection system operates. Before adding electrical equipment, check with your retailer. you don't, If your engine mightnot performproperly. If you ever have to have your vehicle towed, see the part of this manual that how to doit tells without damaging your vehicle. See "Towing Your Vehicle" in theIndex. 3. If your engine still won't start (or starts but then stops), it couldbe flooded with too much gasoline. Try pushing your accelerator pedal all the way to the Driving Through Deep Standing Water floor and holdingit there as you hold the keyin START for about three seconds.If the vehicle starts NOTICE: briefly but then stops again,do the same thing, but this time keep the pedal down for five or six seconds. If you drive too quicklythrough deep puddles or This clears theextra gasoline from the engine. After standing water, water cancome in through your waiting about 15 seconds, repeat the normal starting engine's air intake andbadly damage your procedure. engine. Never drive through water that slightly is lower than the underbody your vehicle. I you of f can't avoid deep puddles standingwater, drive or through themvery slowly. 2-15