Service And Appearance Care - Pontiac 2003 Grand Am Owner's Manual

Section
5
Service and Appearance Care
Service
............................................................
5. 3
Doing Your Own Service Work .........................
5.3
Adding Equipment to the Outside of Your
Vehicle
......................................................
5.4
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 a Portable Fuel Container
.....................
- 5 - 9
Filling Your Tank
............................................
5-7
Checking Things Under
the Hood .................................................... 5-10
Hood Release .............................................. 5-10
Engine Compartment Overview
.......................
5-12
Engine Oil ................................................... 5.15
Engine Air CleanedFilter ................................ 5-21
Manual Transaxle Fluid .................................. 5-22
Hydraulic Clutch ........................................... 5-23
Engine Coolant
.............................................
5-23
Engine Overheating
.......................................
5-26
Cooling System
............................................
5-29
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Windshield Washer Fluid
................................
5-37
Brakes ........................................................ 5.39
Battery ........................................................ 5.42
Jump Starting
...............................................
5-43
Bulb Replacement ..........................................
5.49
Halogen Bulbs
..............................................
5.49
Headlamps .................................................. 5.49
Front Turn Signal and Parking Lamps .............. 5-50
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL)
.........
5.50
Taillamps, Turn Signal, and Stoplamps
............
5.51
Replacement Bulbs ....................................... 5.51
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement .............. 5.52
Tires
..............................................................
5.53
Inflation
. .
Tire Pressure
................................
5-54
Tire Inspection and Rotation
...........................
5-55
When It
I s
Time for New Tires
.......................
5-56
Buying New Tires
.........................................
5-56
Uniform Tire Quality Grading
.........................
5-57
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance
..................
5-59
Wheel Replacement ...................................... 5-59
Tire Chains .................................................. 5-60
If
a
Tire Goes Flat
........................................
5-61
Changing
a Flat Tire ..................................... 5-62
Compact Spare Tire ...................................... 5-71
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