Service And Appearance Care - Chevrolet 2010 Corvette Owner's Manual

Section 6
Service ............................................................6-3
Accessories and Modifications ..........................6-3
California Proposition 65 Warning .....................6-4
California Perchlorate Materials Requirements .....6-4
Doing Your Own Service Work .........................6-4
Adding Equipment to the Outside of the
Vehicle ......................................................6-5
Fuel ................................................................6-5
Gasoline Octane ............................................6-6
Gasoline Specifications ....................................6-6
California Fuel ...............................................6-7
Additives .......................................................6-7
Fuels in Foreign Countries ...............................6-8
Filling the Tank ..............................................6-9
Filling a Portable Fuel Container .....................6-12
Checking Things Under the Hood ....................6-12
Hood Release ..............................................6-13
Engine Compartment Overview .......................6-14
Engine Oil ...................................................6-20
Engine Oil Life System ..................................6-27
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................6-28
Automatic Transmission Fluid .........................6-32
Manual Transmission Fluid .............................6-33
Hydraulic Clutch ...........................................6-33
Cooling System (Engine) ................................6-34
Cooling System (Intercooler) ...........................6-35

Service and Appearance Care

Engine Coolant .............................................6-36
Engine Overheating .......................................6-41
Overheated Engine Protection Operating Mode ...6-43
Power Steering Fluid .....................................6-44
Windshield Washer Fluid ................................6-45
Brakes ........................................................6-46
Battery ........................................................6-52
Jump Starting ...............................................6-53
Rear Axle .......................................................6-58
Headlamp Aiming ...........................................6-58
Bulb Replacement ..........................................6-59
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting ............6-59
Halogen Bulbs ..............................................6-59
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, and
Taillamps, Turn Signal, and Stoplamps ............6-61
Replacement Bulbs .......................................6-61
Windshield Replacement .................................6-62
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..............6-62
Tires ..............................................................6-64
Winter Tires .................................................6-65
Tire Sidewall Labeling ...................................6-66
Tire Terminology and Definitions .....................6-68
Run-Flat Tires ..............................................6-71
Inflation - Tire Pressure .................................6-72
Parking Lamps ..........................................6-59
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