Service And Appearance Care - Buick 2005 LaCrosse Owner's Manual

Section 5
Service ............................................................5-3
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 .......................................................5-6
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 ...................................................5-15
Engine Oil Life System ..................................5-18
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................5-19
Automatic Transmission Fluid .........................5-21
Engine Coolant .............................................5-21
Radiator Pressure Cap ..................................5-24
Engine Overheating .......................................5-24
Overheated Engine Protection
Operating Mode ........................................5-26
Cooling System ............................................5-26

Service and Appearance Care

Power Steering Fluid .....................................5-33
Windshield Washer Fluid ................................5-34
Brakes ........................................................5-35
Battery ........................................................5-38
Jump Starting ...............................................5-39
Headlamp Aiming ...........................................5-43
Bulb Replacement ..........................................5-45
Halogen Bulbs ..............................................5-45
Headlamps and Sidemarker Lamps .................5-46
Front Turn Signal and Parking Lamps ..............5-47
Fog Lamps ..................................................5-48
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Sidemarker,
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..............5-51
Tires ..............................................................5-52
Tire Sidewall Labelling ...................................5-53
Tire Terminology and Definitions .....................5-55
Inflation - Tire Pressure .................................5-58
Tire Inspection and Rotation ...........................5-60
When It Is Time for New Tires .......................5-61
Buying New Tires .........................................5-62
Uniform Tire Quality Grading ..........................5-63
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance ..................5-64
Wheel Replacement ......................................5-65
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps ...................5-48
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