Filling a Portable Fuel Container
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CAUTION:
Never fill
a
portable fuel container while it
is
in
your vehicle. Static electricity discharge from the
container can ignite the gasoline vapor. You can
be badly burned and your vehicle damaged if this
occurs.
To
help avoid injury to you and others:
Dispense gasoline only into
approved containers.
Do not
fill
a
container while it is inside
a
vehicle, in
a
vehicle’s trunk, pickup bed
or
on any surface other than the ground.
inside
of
the fill opening before operating
the nozzle. Contact should be maintained
until the filling is complete.
Bring the fill nozzle in contact with the
Don’t smoke while pumping gasoline.
Checking Things Under the Hood
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CAUTION:
If
your vehic1.e has air conditioning, the auxiliary
engine fan under the hood can start up and
injure you even when the engine is not running.
Keep hands, clothing and tools
away
from any
underhood electric fan.
Things that burn
can
get on hot engine parts and
start a
fire.
These include liquids like gasoline or
diesel fuel,
oil,
coolant, brake fluid, windshield
washer and other fluids, and plastic or rubber. You
or others could be burned. Be careful not to drop
or spill things that
will
burn onto a hot engine.
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