1998 Buick Riviera Owner's Manual

Snow can trap exhaust gases under your vehicle.This can cause deadly CO (carbon monoxide) gasto get inside. CO could overcome you and killyou. You can’t see it or smell it, so you might notknow it is in your vehicle. Clear away snow fromaround the base of your vehicle, especially anythat is blocking your exhaust pipe. And checkaround again from time to time to be sure snowdoesn’t collect there.Open a window just a little on the side of thevehicle that’s away from the wind. This will helpkeep CO out.Run yo^-'- :ngine only as lo&g as you must. This savesfuel. When you run the engine, make it go a little fasterthan just idle. That is, push the accelerator slightly. Thisuses less fuel for the heat that you get and it keeps thebattery charged. You will need a well-charged battery torestart the vehicle, and possibly for signaling later on.with your headlamps. Let the heater run for a while.4-28T n, shut the engine off and close the window almostall the way to preserve the heat. Start the engine againand repeat this only when you feel really uncomfortablefrom the cold. But do it as little as possible, Preserve thefuel as long as you can. To help keep warm, you can getout of the vehicle an do some fairly vigorous exercisesevery half hour or so until help comes.Loading Your Vehicle@ITIRE-LOADING INFORMATIONOCCUPANTS VEHICLE CAP. WT.FRT. CTR. RR. TOTAL LBS. KGMAX. LOADING & GVWR SAME AS VEHICLECAPACITY WEIGHT XXX COLD TIRETIRE SIZE SPEED PRESSURERTG PSI/KPaFRT.RR.SPA.IF TIRES ARE HOT, ADD 4PSli28KPaSEE OWNER’S MANUAL FOR ADDITIONALINFORMATIONTwo labels on your vehicle show how much weight itmay properly carry. The Tire Loading Information labelfound on the rear edge of the driver’s door tells you theproper size, speed rating and recommended inflation\