Service And Appearance Care - Chevrolet 2006 Equinox Owner's Manual

Section 5
Service ............................................................5-3
Accessories and Modifications ..........................5-3
California Proposition 65 Warning .....................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 ....................................5-5
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 ...................................................5-13
Engine Oil Life System ..................................5-16
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................5-18
Automatic Transaxle Fluid ..............................5-21
Engine Coolant .............................................5-21
Engine Overheating .......................................5-24
Overheated Engine Protection
Operating Mode ........................................5-26

Service and Appearance Care

Cooling System ............................................5-26
Windshield Washer Fluid ................................5-31
Brakes ........................................................5-32
Battery ........................................................5-34
Jump Starting ...............................................5-35
All-Wheel Drive ..............................................5-40
Bulb Replacement ..........................................5-41
Halogen Bulbs ..............................................5-41
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker,
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps and
Replacement Bulbs .......................................5-45
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..............5-45
Tires ..............................................................5-47
Tire Sidewall Labeling ...................................5-48
Tire Terminology and Definitions .....................5-50
Inflation - Tire Pressure .................................5-53
Tire Inspection and Rotation ...........................5-54
When It Is Time for New Tires .......................5-55
Buying New Tires .........................................5-56
Different Size Tires and Wheels ......................5-57
Uniform Tire Quality Grading ..........................5-58
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance ..................5-59
and Parking Lamps ....................................5-42
Back-up Lamps .........................................5-44
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