ALTITUDE ADJUSTMENTS E.P.A. APPROVED

OLDSMOBILE WILL NOT BE OFFERING AN ASSEMBLY LINE BUILT GAS ENGINE ALTITUDE EMISSIONS PACKAGE AS AN OPTION FOR THE 1982 MODEL YEAR. INSTEAD, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HAS APPROVED A CERTAIN ADJUSTMENT ON 1982 PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 4.3L V-8 FEDERAL GAS ENGINE BUILT AND CERTIFIED FOR OPERATION AT LOW ALTITUDES BUT DELIVERED BY DEALERS FOR PRINCIPAL USE IN HIGH ALTITUDE AREAS. VEHICLE INSPECTION 1982 4.3 LITER V-8 GAS ENGINE EQUIPPED VEHICLES IDENTIFIED ON THE UNDERHOOD EMISSION CONTROL LABEL AS CERTIFIED FOR USE IN CALIFORNIA ARE EXCLUDED FROM THIS PROGRAM AND ARE NOT TO BE ADJUSTED. THE ADJUSTMENT LISTED IN THIS BULLETIN WHEN PERFORMED AT HIGH ALTITUDES WILL REDUCE HYDROCARBON AND CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSIONS AND IMPROVE ENGINE PERFORMANCE ON MODELS OPERATED AT HIGH ALTITUDES. DEALER INFORMATION OLDSMOBILE REQUIRES DEALERS TO PERFORM THIS ADJUSTMENT PRIOR TO DELIVERY OF A 1982 VEHICLE TO THE CUSTOMER WHOSE PRIMARY USE OF THE VEHICLE WILL BE AT HIGH ALTITUDE. AFTER PERFORMING THIS ADJUSTMENT, DEALERS MAY ADVISE CUSTOMERS THAT, IF THE VEHICLE IS RETURNED TO CONTINUOUS, LOW ALTITUDE OPERATION, THE ENGINE MAY BE RE-ADJUSTED TO LOW ALTITUDE SPECIFICATION PER THE CORRECT CHASSIS SERVICE MANUAL AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL LABEL REMOVED TO IMPROVE DRIVEABILITY. PROCEDURE ADJUST THE REAR VACUUM BREAK FROM ITS PRESENT SETTING TO 40F AS SHOWN IN FIG. 1 AND INSTALL A VEHICLE EMISSION CONTROL INFORMATION UPDATE LABEL. SPECIAL TOOLS REQUIRED ALL TOOLS OR EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO PERFORM THIS ADJUSTMENT ARE PRESENTED IN DETAIL IN THE OLDSMOBILE CHASSIS SERVICE MANUAL AND INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: - A VACUUM PUMP, BT-7517, OR MINI VAC, J-23738, OR EQUIVALENT - AN ANGLE GAGE, BT-7704 OR J-26701, OR EQUIVALENT ALTITUDE ADJUSTMENT LABEL WHEN VEHICLES ARE ADJUSTED FOR HIGH ALTITUDE OPERATION, A VEHICLE EMISSION CONTROL INFORMATION UPDATE LABEL (FIG. 2) MUST BE PLACED NEXT TO THE EXISTING UNDERHOOD EMISSION CONTROL INFORMATION LABEL. WASH OFF THE AREA WITH SOAP AND WATER, DRY THOROUGHLY, AND APPLY THE NEW LABEL. VEHICLE EMISSION CONTROL INFORMATION UPDATE LABEL KIT, PART NO. 22517615 IS AVAILABLE THROUGH YOUR OLDSMOBILE ZONE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OR HELM INCORPORATED, P.O. BOX 5396, DEPT. ML, DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48211 . A LABEL ORDER FORM IS PROVIDED AT THE END OF THE GMWWD STANDARD PARTS CATALOG. DEALER COST FOR EACH LABEL IS PRESENTLY $1.50. HANDLING OF ALTITUDE ADJUSTMENT EXPENSE 1.PREDELIVERY-TO BE PERFORMED AT TIME OF PREDELIVERY BY THOSE DEALERS DELIVERING A VEHICLE TO A CUSTOMER FOR USE PRINCIPALLY IN DESIGNATED HIGH ALTITUDE AREAS. (REFER TO THE ENCLOSED 1982 LIST OF HIGH ALTITUDE COUNTIES.) DEALERS IN DESIGNATED HIGH ALTITUDE COUNTIES WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE CREDITED .2 LABOR AND $1.50 PLUS 30% FOR THE LABEL AS PART OF THE NEW VEHICLE INSPECTION ALLOWANCE CREDIT AS DETERMINED BY THE (VIN 8) ENGINE CODE DESIGNATION. DEALERS IN FRINGE AREA COUNTIES, THAT IS, COUNTIES CONTIGUOUS TO COUNTIES DESIGNATED BY EPA AS HIGH ALTITUDE AREAS, ARE TO SUBMIT A LABOR ONLY WARRANTY CLAIM WHEN PERFORMING THE PREDELIVERY HIGH ALTITUDE ADJUSTMENT ON A CAR PURCHASED FOR USE IN HIGH ALTITUDES. THIS ALLOWANCE MUST BE AUTHORIZED BY AN OLDSMOBILE REPRESENTATIVE PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. THE CREDIT WILL AUTOMATICALLY INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE FOR THE LABEL. OPERATION NO. T4001 TIME ALLOWANCE 0.2 2.OWNERS WHO MOVE TO HIGH ALTITUDE COUNTIES-DEALERS IN HIGH ALTITUDE AREAS SHOULD ENCOURAGE OWNERS WHO HAVE MOVED TO HIGH ALTITUDE COUNTIES TO PURCHASE THIS ADJUSTMENT SERVICE WHICH IS CONSIDERED AN OWNER MAINTENANCE EXPENSE. 3.OWNERS WHO MOVE FROM HIGH ALTITUDE COUNTIES-DEALERS SHOULD ENCOURAGE OWNERS MOVING TO LOW ALTITUDE AREAS TO HAVE THE ENGINE READJUSTED TO "LOW ALTITUDE" SPECIFICATIONS AND THE HIGH ALTITUDE LABEL REMOVED. THIS IS CONSIDERED AN OWNER MAINTENANCE EXPENSE. SUGGESTED LABOR TIME 0.2

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