Service And Appearance Care - Pontiac 2005 Grand Am 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 ....................................5-5
California Fuel ...............................................5-5
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 ...................................................5-15
Engine Oil Life System ..................................5-18
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................5-20
Automatic Transaxle Fluid ..............................5-21
Engine Coolant .............................................5-22
Engine Overheating .......................................5-24
Cooling System ............................................5-26
Power Steering Fluid .....................................5-31
Windshield Washer Fluid ................................5-32
Brakes ........................................................5-33
Battery ........................................................5-36
Jump Starting ...............................................5-37

Service and Appearance Care

Bulb Replacement ..........................................5-42
Halogen Bulbs ..............................................5-42
Headlamps ..................................................5-42
Front Turn Signal and Parking Lamps ..............5-43
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL) .........5-44
Taillamps, Turn Signal, and Stoplamps ............5-44
Replacement Bulbs .......................................5-45
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..............5-45
Tires ..............................................................5-46
Tire Sidewall Labelling ...................................5-47
Tire Terminology and Definitions .....................5-49
Inflation - Tire Pressure .................................5-52
Tire Inspection and Rotation ...........................5-53
When It Is Time for New Tires .......................5-54
Buying New Tires .........................................5-55
Uniform Tire Quality Grading ..........................5-56
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance ..................5-57
Wheel Replacement ......................................5-57
Tire Chains ..................................................5-59
If a Tire Goes Flat ........................................5-60
Changing a Flat Tire .....................................5-61
Removing the Spare Tire and Tools ................5-62
Removing the Flat Tire and Installing the
Storing a Flat or Spare Tire and Tools ............5-69
Compact Spare Tire ......................................5-70
Spare Tire ................................................5-64
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