1993 Oldsmobile Achieva Owner's Manual - Page 240

Service & Appearance Care Replacing Brake SystemParts The braking system on a modern vehicle is complex. Its many parts have to be of Battery top quality and work well together if the Every new Oldsmobile has a Delco vehicle is to have really good braking. Freedom@ battery.You never have to Vehicles we design and test have topadd water to one of these. When it's quality GM brake parts in them, as your time for a new battery, we recommend a Oldsmobile does when it is new. When Delco Freedom@ battery. Get one that you replace parts of your braking has the catalog number shown on the system-for example, when your brake original battery's label. linings wear down and have to have you Jump Starting new ones put in-be sure you get new genuine GM replacement parts. If you For jump starting instructions, see the don't, your brakes may no longer work Index under Jump Starting. properly. For example, if someone puts in brake linings that are wrong for your vehicle, the balance between your front and rear brakes can change, for the worse. The braking performance you've come to expect can change many in other ways if someone puts in the wrong replacement brake parts. Vehicle Storage If you're not goingto drive your vehicle for 25 days or more, take off the black, negative (-) cable from the battery. This will help keep your battery from running down. I Batteries have acid that can n you and gas that can explode. You can be badly hurt if you aren't c m h l . See theI d e x der Jump Starting for tips on working around a battery without getting hurt. 238 Contact your dealer to learn how to prepare your vehicle for longer storage periods.