Service And Appearance Care - Pontiac 2008 G6 Owner's Manual

Section 5
Service ............................................................5-4
Accessories and Modifications ..........................5-4
California Proposition 65 Warning .....................5-5
California Perchlorate Materials Requirements .....5-5
Doing Your Own Service Work .........................5-5
Adding Equipment to the Outside of Your
Vehicle ......................................................5-6
Fuel ................................................................5-6
Gasoline Octane ............................................5-6
Gasoline Specifications ....................................5-7
California Fuel ...............................................5-7
Additives .......................................................5-8
Fuels in Foreign Countries ...............................5-8
Filling the Tank ..............................................5-9
Filling a Portable Fuel Container .....................5-11
Checking Things Under
the Hood ....................................................5-12
Hood Release ..............................................5-12
Engine Compartment Overview .......................5-14
Engine Oil ...................................................5-21
Engine Oil Life System ..................................5-24
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................5-26
Automatic Transmission Fluid
(3.9L Engine) ............................................5-27

Service and Appearance Care

Automatic Transmission Fluid
Engine Coolant .............................................5-30
Pressure Cap ...............................................5-33
Engine Overheating .......................................5-33
Overheated Engine Protection
Cooling System ............................................5-36
Power Steering Fluid .....................................5-40
Windshield Washer Fluid ................................5-41
Brakes ........................................................5-42
Battery ........................................................5-45
Jump Starting ...............................................5-46
Bulb Replacement ..........................................5-51
Halogen Bulbs ..............................................5-52
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker,
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL)
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL)
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Sidemarker, Stoplamps
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Sidemarker, Stoplamps
(2.4L L4, 3.5L and 3.6L V6 Engines) ............5-30
Operating Mode ........................................5-35
and Parking Lamps ....................................5-52
(Sedan) ...................................................5-54
(Retractable Hardtop and Coupe) .................5-54
and Back-up Lamps (Sedan) .......................5-55
and Back-up Lamps (Coupe) .......................5-56
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