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Maintenance and care – Mercury Tracer 1997 User Manual

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• engine runs more than five

seconds after shut off or engine
misfires, surges, stalls, or
backfires

• loss of oil pressure

Important emission control
information

By law, anyone who manufactures,
repairs, services, sells, leases, or
trades vehicles, or who supervises
a fleet of vehicles is not permitted
to intentionally remove an
emission control device or prevent
it from working. Do not make any
unauthorized changes to the
vehicle or engine. Changes that
cause more unburned fuel to reach
the exhaust system can increase
the temperature of the engine or
exhaust system.

When your vehicle is serviced,
never use a metal exhaust
collector. The use of a metal
collector may melt or deform
plastic parts.

Do not park, idle, or drive
your vehicle in dry grass

or other dry ground cover. The
emission system heats up the
engine compartment and exhaust
system, which can start a fire.

Preparing your vehicle for
inspection / maintenance (I/M)
testing

In some localities it may become a
legal requirement to pass an I/M
test of the on-board diagnostic

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