Buick 2003 Park Avenue Owner's Manual page 250

Section 5
Service and Appearance Care
Service ............................................................ 5. 3
Doing Your Own Service Work
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5-3
Adding Equipment to the Outside
of Your Vehicle ........................................... 5-4
Fuel ................................................................ 5-5
Gasoline Octane ............................................ 5-5
Gasoline Specifications
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5-5
California Fuel ............................................... 5-6
Additives ....................................................... 5-6
Fuels in Foreign Countries ............................... 5-7
Filling Your Tank ............................................ 5-7
Filling a Portable Fuel Container ....................... 5-9
Checking Things Under the Hood .................... 5-10
Hood Release .............................................. 5-10
Engine Compartment Overview ....................... 5-12
Engine Oil ................................................... 5-14
Supercharger Oil .......................................... 5-19
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................ 5-20
Engine Coolant ............................................. 5-26
Radiator Pressure Cap .................................. 5-29
Engine Overheating ....................................... 5-30
Cooling System ............................................ 5-32
Power Steering Fluid ..................................... 5-40
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Brakes ........................................................ 5.42
Battery ........................................................ 5.45
Jump Starting ............................................... 5.46
Headlamp Aiming ........................................... 5-52
Bulb Replacement .......................................... 5-54
Halogen Bulbs .............................................. 5.54
Headlamps ................................................. -5-54
Back-up Lamps ....................
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5.57
and Stoplamps .......................................... 5.61
Replacement Bulbs ....................................... 5.63
Front Turn Signal Lamps ............................... 5-57
Rear Turn Signal, Stoplamps and
Rear Quarter Panel Turn Signal
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement
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5.64
Tires .............................................................. 5.65
Inflation -
Tire Pressure ................................
5.66
Check Tire Pressure System .......................... 5-67
When It
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Time for New Tires .......................
5-69
Buying New Tires ......................................... 5.70
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance .................. 5-72
Tire Chains .................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.74
Tire Inspection and Rotation ........................... 5.68
Uniform Tire Quality Grading .......................... 5-71
Wheel Replacement
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5-72
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