1996 Buick Park Avenue Owner's Manual

I . 5-4. .A CAUTION:Using a match near a battery can cause batterygas to explode. People have been hurt doing this,and some have been blinded. Use a flashlight ifyou need more light. .Be sure the battery has enough water. You don’tneed to add water to the Delco Freedom@ batteryinstalled in every new GM vehicle. But if abattery has filler caps,. be sure the rightamountoffluid is there. If it is low, add water to take careof that first. If you don’t, explosive gas couldbe present.Battery fluid contains acid that can burn you.Don’t get it on you. If you accidentally get it inyour eyes or on your skin, flush the place withwater and get medical help immediately.6. Check that the jumper cables don’t have loose ormissing insulation. If they do, you could get a shockand the vehicles could. be damaged.Before you connect the cables, here are some basic , . ’things you should know. Positive (+) will ‘go topositive (+) and negative (-) will go to negative (-),or a metal .engine part. Don’t connect positive (+) tonegative (-) or you’ll get a short that would damage. ,the battery and maybe other parts, too.Fans or other moving engine parts ean injure youbadly. Keep your hands away fromoving partsonce the engines are running.I