1993 Oldsmobile Achieva Owner's Manual - Page 172

Your Driving and the Road If You're Caught in a B/ihard (CONT) I CAUTION I I Run your engine onlyas long as you must. This saves fuel. When you run the engine, makeit go a little faster than just idle. Thatis, push the accelerator slightly. This uses less fuel for the heat that you get and keeps it the battery charged. You will need a well-charged battery to restartthe vehicle and possibly for signaling later on with your headlights. Let the heater run for a while. Then, shut the engineoff and close the window almost allthe way to preserve the heat. Start the engine again and repeatthis only when you from the feel really uncomfortable cold. But do it as little as possible. Preserve the fuel as long you can. as I Put clothing on extra or wrap canexhaust Snowtrap gases a under your vehicle. This can blanket around you.If you have no blankets or' extra clothing, make body cause deadly co (carbon monoxide) gas to get inside. CO insulators from newspapers, burlap could overcome you and kill you. bags, rags, floor mats-anything you You can't see it or smell it, so you can wrap around yourself tuck or might not know it wasin your under your clothing to keep warm. You can run the engine to keep warm, I ---hicle. Clearaway snow from ,mnd the base of your vehicle, but be careful. especially any that is blocking your exhaust pipe. And check around again from time to time to be sure snow doesn't collect there. Open a windowjust a little on the side of the vehicle that's away from the wind. This will help keepCO out. 1I I