Maintenance and care
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Your“ServiceEngineSoon”indicatormaycomeon.Formore
informationonthe“ServiceEngineSoon”indicator,refertothe
Instrumentationchapter.
Fuel Filter
Forfuelfilterreplacement,seeyourdealeroraqualifiedservice
technician.RefertotheScheduledMaintenanceGuideforthe
appropriateintervalsforchangingthefuelfilter.
ReplacethefuelfilterwithanauthorizedMotorcraftpart.The
customerwarrantymaybevoidforanydamagetothefuelsystem
ifanauthorizedMotorcraftfuelfilterisnotused.
ESSENTIALS OF GOOD FUEL ECONOMY
Measuring techniques
Yourbestsourceofinformationaboutactualfueleconomyisyou,the
driver.Youmustgatherinformationasaccuratelyandconsistentlyas
possible.Fuelexpense,frequencyoffillupsorfuelgaugereadingsare
NOTaccurateasameasureoffueleconomy.Wedonotrecommend
takingfueleconomymeasurementsduringthefirst1600km(1000
miles)ofdriving(enginebreak-inperiod).Youwillgetamoreaccurate
measurementafter3000km–5000km(2000miles-3000miles).
Filling the tank
Theadvertisedfuelcapacityofthefueltankonyourvehicleisequalto
theratedrefillcapacityofthefueltankaslistedintheRefillCapacities
chartinthis“OwnerGuide”.Theadvertisedcapacityistheamountof
theIndicatedCapacityandtheEmptyReservecombined.Indicated
Capacityisthedifferenceintheamountoffuelinafulltankandatank
whenthefuelgaugeindicatesempty.EmptyReserveisthesmallamount
ofusablefuelremaininginthefueltankafterthefuelgaugeindicates
empty.
TheamountofEmptyReservevariesandshouldnotberelied
upontoincreasedrivingrange.Whenrefuelingyourvehicleafter
thefuelgaugeindicatesempty,youmightnotbeabletorefuel
thefullamountoftheadvertisedcapacityofthefueltankdueto
theemptyreservestillpresentinthetank.
Forconsistentresultswhenfillingthefueltank:
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Usethesamefillingratesetting(low—medium—high)eachtime
thetankisfilled.
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| Categories | Ford Escort Manuals, Ford Manuals |
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| Model Year | 1999 |
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