Service And Appearance Care - Chevrolet 2005 Equinox 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 the Tank ..............................................5-8
Filling a Portable Fuel Container .....................5-10
Checking Things Under the Hood ....................5-10
Hood Release ..............................................5-10
Engine Compartment Overview .......................5-12
Engine Oil ...................................................5-13
Engine Oil Life System ..................................5-16
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................5-17
Automatic Transaxle Fluid ..............................5-21
Engine Coolant .............................................5-21
Engine Overheating .......................................5-24
Overheated Engine Protection
Operating Mode ........................................5-26
Cooling System ............................................5-26
Windshield Washer Fluid ................................5-31
Brakes ........................................................5-33
Service and Appearance Care
Battery ........................................................5-35
Jump Starting ...............................................5-36
All-Wheel Drive ..............................................5-41
Bulb Replacement ..........................................5-43
Halogen Bulbs ..............................................5-43
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker,
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps and
Replacement Bulbs .......................................5-47
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..............5-48
Tires ..............................................................5-49
Tire Sidewall Labelling ...................................5-50
Tire Terminology and Definitions .....................5-52
Inflation - Tire Pressure .................................5-55
Tire Inspection and Rotation ...........................5-56
When It Is Time for New Tires .......................5-57
Buying New Tires .........................................5-58
Uniform Tire Quality Grading ..........................5-59
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance ..................5-60
Wheel Replacement ......................................5-61
Tire Chains ..................................................5-62
If a Tire Goes Flat ........................................5-63
Changing a Flat Tire .....................................5-64
Removing the Spare Tire and Tools ................5-65
and Parking Lamps ....................................5-43
Back-up Lamps .........................................5-46
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