Service And Appearance Care - Pontiac 2005 Grand Prix 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 ...............................................5-6
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
Engine Oil Life System ..................................5-18
Supercharger Oil ..........................................5-19
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................5-20
Automatic Transaxle Fluid ..............................5-22
Engine Coolant .............................................5-24
Radiator Pressure Cap ..................................5-27
Engine Overheating .......................................5-27

Service and Appearance Care

Overheated Engine Protection
Cooling System ............................................5-30
Power Steering Fluid .....................................5-38
Windshield Washer Fluid ................................5-39
Brakes ........................................................5-40
Battery ........................................................5-42
Jump Starting ...............................................5-43
Headlamp Aiming ...........................................5-48
Bulb Replacement ..........................................5-50
Halogen Bulbs ..............................................5-50
Headlamps and Sidemarker Lamps .................5-51
Front Turn Signal, Parking and Fog Lamps ......5-53
Taillamps, Turn Signal, and Stoplamps ............5-54
Back-Up Lamps ............................................5-55
Replacement Bulbs .......................................5-56
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..............5-57
Tires ..............................................................5-58
Tire Sidewall Labelling ...................................5-59
Tire Terminology and Definitions .....................5-61
Inflation - Tire Pressure .................................5-64
Tire Pressure Monitor System .........................5-65
Operating Mode ........................................5-29
5-1