Service And Appearance Care - Buick Automobile User Manual

Section 5
Service ............................................................5-3
Accessories and Modifications ..........................5-3
California Proposition 65 Warning .....................5-3
California Perchlorate Materials Requirements .....5-4
Doing Your Own Service Work .........................5-4
Adding Equipment to the Outside of
Your Vehicle ..............................................5-5
Fuel ................................................................5-5
Gasoline Octane ............................................5-5
Gasoline Specifications ....................................5-6
California Fuel ...............................................5-6
Additives .......................................................5-7
Fuels in Foreign Countries ...............................5-7
Filling the Tank ..............................................5-8
Filling a Portable Fuel Container .....................5-10
Checking Things Under the Hood ....................5-10
Hood Release ..............................................5-11
Engine Compartment Overview .......................5-12
Engine Oil ...................................................5-18
Engine Oil Life System ..................................5-21
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................5-23
Automatic Transmission Fluid .........................5-25
Engine Coolant .............................................5-27
Radiator Pressure Cap ..................................5-29
Pressure Cap ...............................................5-30

Service and Appearance Care

Engine Overheating .......................................5-30
Overheated Engine Protection
Cooling System ............................................5-33
Power Steering Fluid .....................................5-43
Windshield Washer Fluid ................................5-44
Brakes ........................................................5-46
Battery ........................................................5-49
Jump Starting ...............................................5-50
Headlamp Aiming ...........................................5-56
Bulb Replacement ..........................................5-58
Halogen Bulbs ..............................................5-58
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Sidemarker, Stoplamps
License Plate Lamp ......................................5-61
Replacement Bulbs .......................................5-61
Windshield Replacement .................................5-62
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..............5-62
Tires ..............................................................5-63
Tire Sidewall Labeling ...................................5-64
Tire Terminology and Definitions .....................5-67
Inflation - Tire Pressure .................................5-70
Tire Pressure Monitor System .........................5-71
Tire Pressure Monitor Operation .....................5-73
Operating Mode ........................................5-32
and Back-up Lamps ...................................5-59
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