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Jump Starting, If the Engine Overheats

6. Start the vehicle. If the starter If the Engine Overheats
motor still operates slowly, check The reading of the vehicle’s
that the jumper cables have good temperature gauge should stay in
metal-to-metal contact. the midrange. If it climbs to the red
mark, you should determine the
7. Once the vehicle is running, reason (hot day, driving up a steep
disconnect the negative cable from hill, etc.).
your vehicle, then from the
booster battery. Disconnect the If your vehicle overheats, you should
positive cable from your vehicle, take immediate action. The only
and then from the booster battery. indication may be the temperature
gauge climbing to or above the red
Keep the ends of the jumper cables mark. Or you may see steam or
4. Connect the second jumper cable away from each other and any metal spray coming from under the hood.
to the negative ( ʵ) terminal on on the vehicle until everything is
the booster battery. Connect the disconnected. Otherwise, you may
other end to the grounding strap cause an electrical short.
as shown. Do not connect this Driving with the temperature gauge
jumper cable to any other part of reading at the red mark can cause
the engine. serious damage to your engine.

5. If the booster battery is in another
vehicle, have an assistant start
that vehicle and run it at a fast idle.

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