Engine Cooling System; Automatic Transmission Drain Intervals - Chevrolet El Camino 1983 Owner's Manual

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fUU HOT
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nit
was
too hot
to'
hO.
l
d..
the·
level
st:lould
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.
b e
at
'the
·"Fun"· ·
mark.
Add
just
enough·
OEXRQJ.,e··1I fliJid·to fill
the
'
t
ransmission to
·tM
proper
level.
11
lakes
only
0.5
Mer
(one
pint)
to
raise the
level :from
"
Add"
to
" Full"
with
a hot
transmission.
Automatic Tranemission
'
Drain I"tervala
.Change the
traOsmissiOli
'fIuid
and
ctialge the liItef
,(Of
~
ltie
8Cfaen) as
-outlined
in
the
Maintenanclt·
Scheci.JIa
1oIdar.
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.
ENGINE'
COoUNG
" SYSTEM'
.
CAUT!ON:
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vour
cooing
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IN
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AND
THE_POSSIIIIUTY OF
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ttJURY
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VEHlCl:fOAMAGE;
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v~icle 'haS
a
coolant
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m
.
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'In
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the
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with
heat.and·
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tt\e:
reeovery
tjVIk..
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:the_
~ ·cooIs
down,
coolant
is
ctawn
bac.dnto
the
radiator.
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Tt)9
-oooling
syst~
was
~
filled
:8,1
the
factory ·with a
quality
ocxilant
thai
meets
GM
Spectfications..
:tt
is
~·!to
use'
proper,
co6IaJit·to
'p-event dlwoage.·to
cooling
system
~
'CooianlS'
meeting
.
' aM
specifICation
1825-M
or
specially fornUate:d
-
1Or-
aJ~
m
·
~
protection_
should
-be used.
The
coolIng .system
is
'designad_
to
use
COO:Iant
(8
:niiXtute
of 9thyIeile
glYcol,
.
'
:" cOrrosiOn~'
lnhibitor~i
"
arid
water)
,
rather
)!han'
plain
:.Water~
The
;Cootant
· · .
80lution
':
~Sl
be"used
Year ;~Ound'to
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polling
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protection ag8iost
rust
anc;I9OI'rpsiQn
in
lhe
pooling
system.,'.
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the
proper'
enQine :~ature
fOr
etricfent"opetano., and
emission
Control,
,
and
,
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-".
proper operation
01
the:tooIant temperalu"e
1igtl1'
:
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:gage.' : :
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See
the
~nt'enanoe '~
loider
to
liild
cirtlWhef.· ~:
ciooiafit
rOOst
be
repfaced. Note
that
c~
. .
the
c:ooJanl
is
IlEI9Qed
to
rnake
·ce.tairl"lhat all
parts
Of,
the'cooling syStem
work
well.
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