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

Section 5 Service and Appearance Care
Service ............................................................
5.3
Doing Your Owr? Service Work .........................
5-4
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 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 ................................................... 5-18
Supercharger Oil .......................................... 5-24
Engine Air CleanedFilter ................................
5-25
Automatic Transaxle Fluid .............................. 5-27
Engine Coolant ............................................. 5-30
Radiator Pressure Cap .................................. 5-33
Cooling System ........................................... -5-36
Power Steering Fluid ..................................... 5-46
Windshield Washer Fluid ................................ 5-48
Engine Overheating .......................................
5-33
Brakes ........................................................ 5.49
Battery
........................................................
5.52
Jump Starting
...............................................
5-53
Bulb Replacement .......................................... 5-60
Halogen Bulbs ..............................................
5-60
Headlamps .................................................. 5-60
Front Turn Signal and Sidemarker Lamps ........ 5-62
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL) ......... 5-63
Taillamps, Sidemarker and Back-up Lamps ...... 5-64
Replacement Bulbs .......................................
5-66
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement .............. 5-67
Tires ............................................................. -5-68
Inflation -- Tire Pressure ................................ 5-68
Tire Inspection and Rotation ...........................
5-69
When It Is Time for New Tires
.......................
5-70
Buying New Tires ......................................... 5-71
Uniform Tire Quality Grading .......................... 5-72
Wheel Replacement ...................................... 5-73
Headlamp Aiming ........................................... 5-59
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance .................. 5-73
Tire Chains .................................................. 5-75
If a Tire Goes Flat ........................................ 5-76
Changing a Flat Tire
.....................................
5-76
Compact Spare Tire ...................................... 5-87
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