Service And Appearance Care - Oldsmobile 2003 Alero Owner's Manual

Section 5 Service and Appearance Care
Service ........................................................... -5-3
Doing Your Own Service Work
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5.4
Adding Equipment to the Outside of Your
Vehicle ..................................................... -5-4
Fuel
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-5-5
Gasoline Octane
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-5-5
Gasoline Specifications
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5.5
California Fuel
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-5-6
Additives ...................................................... -5-6
Fuels in Foreign Countries
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-5-6
Filling Your Tank ..................................... 5-7
Fillins a Portable Fuel Container ..
......
5.8
the Hood
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5-9
Hood Release
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5-10
Engine Compartment Overview ....................... 5-12
Engine Oil
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-5-1 5
Au'romaiic Transaxie Fiuia
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Manual Transaxle Fluid
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5-22
Checking Things Under
Engine Air CleanedFilter ................................
5-21
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Hydraulic Clutch ........................................... 5-22
Engine Overheating ....................................... 5-26
Cooling System ............................................ 5-28
Power Steering Fluid
.....................................
5-35
Windshield Washer Fluid
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............ -5-36
Brakes
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-5-38
Battery ........................................................ 5-41
Jump Starting .............................................. 5-42
Engine Coolant
.............................................
5-23
Headlamp Aiming ...........................................
5-47
Bulb Replacement .......................................... 5-49
Haloger; !3L;lbs ..............................................
5-49
Headlamps .................. ....
......... 5-49
Front Turn Signal and
Parking Lamps ..........
.........
5-50
Center High-Mounted
Stoplamp (CHMSL)
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5-50
Taillamps, Turn Signal, and Stoplamps
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5-50
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