OPERATING
PRECAUTIONS
FORCATALYTIC
CONVERTER
(For
Europcan
models)
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must
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1;ark
the
vehicleover
or
tttt;tt
ll,tttttttilble
objects
such
;r,rlry
grass.
Under
certain
conrltltttrt:,,
llrtrsematerialscould
lxrrgnrted
bya hot
exhaust
syslttttl
:l l)onotoperatethe
vehicle
whentltotr'
,rrnr;r(,trs
ofengine
mal-
tunction,such
asengine
misfire
or
olltlt troltt;oablelossof
per-
formance.
4 Do
notmisuse
orabuse
theengine
| ,,rttrl)los
of
misuseare,
coasting
with
ignitionoff
,
going
down
r;k'l|
I
rlradesin
gear
with
illnitionofi.
Do not operate
engineat high idle sprrctllrlr extended
peri-
orls (five
minutes
or more)
[)o not allow
the fueltank to becotttc
rttttply,
t)o rrotmodifyor tamperwith
any pirrl
tll llrccngine
or emls-
:;rorr<;<lntrolsystem All rnspectionsitrtdittl;ttstrr)ents
mustbe
rrurtftr
lry ;rqualiltotl
tcr:ltnician.
f ;uhrrckl otllxrrve
lhtlabovtt
precauttotr:;r;ouldresult
in
damages
lo llrc r;;rtitlylrr:cortvcrter
itrtd
your vtrlltt;lc
HeatHazardWarningLight
lf
thecatalyticconvertershould
begintooverheat,theheat
haz
ardwarning
Iightwill
come
on,
HEATHAZARDWARNINGLIGHI
Whattodo:
1 Reduce
speed,
llirrk
your
vehicle
in
a s;rfc
spot
wherethere
are
no
flammatrlc
materials
andturnthccngine
off.Waitfive
minutes
ormore
2. Checkthe
spark
plug
wire
connections.
ll
arry
ofthem
aredis-
connected,
rcconnectthem
properly
(see
page
6-25).
,,
3. lf
thespark
plug
wiresare
prope/y
connecteri,
have
your
Autho-
rized
Mazda
Dealer
locate
andcorrectthelrouble
assoonas
possible
Park
your
vehicle
untilthe
heat
hazardwarninglight
goes
out
and
thendrive
your
vehicleto
adealcrat
slowspeeds.
Thiswarning
light
also
comeson
whentheignilion
switch
is
turned
ON(ll)
(to
check
bulboperation),and
shoulrl
<;o
outafter
theen-
gine
hasbeen
started.
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