Chevrolet S 10 owners manual page 138

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Did you just drive through a deep puddle of water?Emissions Inspection and Maintenance If so, your electrical system may be wet. The conditionPrograms will usually be corrected when the electrical systemSome state/provincial and local governments have or dries out. A few driving trips should turn the light off.maybegin programs to inspect the emission control Have you recently changed brands of fuel?equipment on your vehicle. Failure to pass this If so, be sure to fuel your vehicle with quality fuel. Seeinspection could prevent you from getting a vehicle Gasoline Octane on page 5-4. Poor fuel quality willregistration. cause your engine not to run as efficiently as designed.Here are some things you need to know to help your You may notice this as stalling after start-up, stallingvehicle pass an inspection: when you put the vehicle into gear, misﬁring, hesitationYour vehicle will not pass this inspection if the SERVICE on acceleration or stumbling on acceleration. (TheseENGINE SOON or CHECK ENGINE light is on or not conditions may go away once the engine is warmed up.)working properly. This will be detected by the system and cause the light to turn on. Your vehicle will not pass this inspection if the OBD If you experience one or more of these conditions,(on-board diagnostic) system determines that critical change the fuel brand you use. It will require at leastemission control systems have not been completely one full tank of the proper fuel to turn the light off.diagnosed by the system. The vehicle would be If none of the above steps have made the light turn off,considered not ready for inspection. This can happen if your dealer can check the vehicle. Your dealer hasyou have recently replaced your battery or if your the proper test equipment and diagnostic tools to ﬁx anybattery has run down. The diagnostic system is mechanical or electrical problems that may havedesigned to evaluate critical emission control systems developed. during normal driving. This may take several days of routine driving. If you have done this and your vehicle still does not pass the inspection for lack of OBD system readiness, your GM dealer can prepare the vehicle for inspection. 3-32

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