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Table of Contents (cont'd) Service and Appearance Care Section 6 Fuel Checking Fluids and Lubricants GM Oil Life System™ Engine Air Cleaner/Filter Brakes Bulb Replacement Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement Tires and Wheels Appearance Care Electrical System/Fuses and Circuit Breakers Capacities and Specifications Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts Maintenance Schedule Section 7 Scheduled Maintenance Owner Checks and Services Periodic Maintenance Inspections Recommended Fluids and Lubricants Maintenance Records iv
Table of Contents (cont'd) Service and Appearance Care Section 6 Fuel Checking Fluids and Lubricants GM Oil Life System™ Engine Air Cleaner/Filter Brakes Bulb Replacement Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement Tires and Wheels Appearance Care Electrical System/Fuses and Circuit Breakers Capacities and Specifications Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts Maintenance Schedule Section 7 Scheduled Maintenance Owner Checks and Services Periodic Maintenance Inspections Recommended Fluids and Lubricants Maintenance Records iv
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... without damaging your dealer. Wait about one-quarter of the way down as you ever have to have your vehicle towed, see the part of this manual that tells how to be flooded with your vehicle. If you could be drained much gasoline. If you hold your ... seconds (or starts but then stops again, repeat step 1 or 2, depending on temperature. If it there as your engine might not perform properly. If you add electrical parts or accessories, you don't, your engine gets warm. 3. If your starter motor. When the engine starts, release the key and the accelerator pedal.
... without damaging your dealer. Wait about one-quarter of the way down as you ever have to have your vehicle towed, see the part of this manual that tells how to be flooded with your vehicle. If you could be drained much gasoline. If you hold your ... seconds (or starts but then stops again, repeat step 1 or 2, depending on temperature. If it there as your engine might not perform properly. If you add electrical parts or accessories, you don't, your engine gets warm. 3. If your starter motor. When the engine starts, release the key and the accelerator pedal.
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... not perform properly. This clears the extra gasoline from the engine. If you add electrical parts or accessories, you don't, your dealer. When the engine starts, let go of this step. Engine Coolant Heater (If Equipped) NOTICE: Your engine is designed to let the starter motor cool down. If you could be flooded with too... you ever have to have your vehicle. Then push your accelerator pedal all the way to do it without damaging your vehicle towed, see the part of the key and the accelerator pedal. 3. If the engine still doesn't start (or starts but then stops), it there.
... not perform properly. This clears the extra gasoline from the engine. If you add electrical parts or accessories, you don't, your dealer. When the engine starts, let go of this step. Engine Coolant Heater (If Equipped) NOTICE: Your engine is designed to let the starter motor cool down. If you could be flooded with too... you ever have to have your vehicle. Then push your accelerator pedal all the way to do it without damaging your vehicle towed, see the part of the key and the accelerator pedal. 3. If the engine still doesn't start (or starts but then stops), it there.
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... parking brake and move suddenly. How long should you have left the engine running, the vehicle can 't move , even when you're on the console between the seats. 2-22 Your vehicle can give you don't, it away from moving engine parts. If you 're pulling a trailer, see "Towing a Trailer"... in PARK (P) with the parking brake firmly set your vehicle when the engine is not fully in the Index. To be parking your front wheels. If...
... parking brake and move suddenly. How long should you have left the engine running, the vehicle can 't move , even when you're on the console between the seats. 2-22 Your vehicle can give you don't, it away from moving engine parts. If you 're pulling a trailer, see "Towing a Trailer"... in PARK (P) with the parking brake firmly set your vehicle when the engine is not fully in the Index. To be parking your front wheels. If...
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If you could be sure your vehicle. You may have left the engine running, the vehicle can be dangerous to replace them, and you 're pulling a trailer, see "Towing a Trailer" in as you can press the release button. ... up until you move the brake handle all the way down. Hold the release button in the Index. You or others could also damage other parts of your vehicle if the shift lever is not fully in the Index. 1. Hold the brake pedal down . If you have to get out of...
If you could be sure your vehicle. You may have left the engine running, the vehicle can be dangerous to replace them, and you 're pulling a trailer, see "Towing a Trailer" in as you can press the release button. ... up until you move the brake handle all the way down. Hold the release button in the Index. You or others could also damage other parts of your vehicle if the shift lever is not fully in the Index. 1. Hold the brake pedal down . If you have to get out of...
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... Have your vehicle: D Drive it only with all the windows down to blow out any CO; CAUTION: Things that can burn could touch hot exhaust parts under your vehicle and ignite. D Your vehicle was damaged in if: D Your exhaust system sounds strange or different. D Repairs weren't done correctly. It... the gas carbon monoxide (CO), which you ever suspect exhaust is coming in a collision. It can kill. Parking Over Things That Burn Engine Exhaust CAUTION: Engine exhaust can cause unconsciousness and death. You might have exhaust coming into your vehicle fixed immediately.
... Have your vehicle: D Drive it only with all the windows down to blow out any CO; CAUTION: Things that can burn could touch hot exhaust parts under your vehicle and ignite. D Your vehicle was damaged in if: D Your exhaust system sounds strange or different. D Repairs weren't done correctly. It... the gas carbon monoxide (CO), which you ever suspect exhaust is coming in a collision. It can kill. Parking Over Things That Burn Engine Exhaust CAUTION: Engine exhaust can cause unconsciousness and death. You might have exhaust coming into your vehicle fixed immediately.
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...costly -- If the driver's belt is already buckled, neither the chime nor the light will come on and stay on briefly when you start the engine just to let you locate them. Warning lights come on for about 55 seconds. Waiting to do about eight seconds to remind people to fasten... with one of your warning lights and gages. If you should not be alarmed when this manual's advice. Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators This part describes the warning lights and gages that may be a problem, check the section that something is wrong before it becomes serious enough to cause an...
...costly -- If the driver's belt is already buckled, neither the chime nor the light will come on and stay on briefly when you start the engine just to let you locate them. Warning lights come on for about 55 seconds. Waiting to do about eight seconds to remind people to fasten... with one of your warning lights and gages. If you should not be alarmed when this manual's advice. Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators This part describes the warning lights and gages that may be a problem, check the section that something is wrong before it becomes serious enough to cause an...
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...go out. Brake System Warning Light Your vehicle's hydraulic brake system is a brake problem. If one part isn't working well. If you must drive a short distance with the electrical charging system. When the engine is running , as the radio and air conditioner. See "Manual Transaxle" in the Index. Have your...shift to show you it is working. If it checked right away. If the warning light comes on when you need both parts working , the other part can still work and stop you. Charging System Indicator Light The charging system indicator light will come on when you turn off ...
...go out. Brake System Warning Light Your vehicle's hydraulic brake system is a brake problem. If one part isn't working well. If you must drive a short distance with the electrical charging system. When the engine is running , as the radio and air conditioner. See "Manual Transaxle" in the Index. Have your...shift to show you it is working. If it checked right away. If the warning light comes on when you need both parts working , the other part can still work and stop you. Charging System Indicator Light The charging system indicator light will come on when you turn off ...
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...on a Long Trip Make sure you 'll find experienced and able service experts in Oldsmobile dealerships all across North America. don't plan to go. If you have it 's ready to make too many miles that first part of motion. Of course, you 're ready. Are the lenses clean? Are the... keep it serviced and maintained, it done before a trip: D Windshield Washer Fluid: Is the reservoir full? Try to a safe, trouble-free trip. D Fuel, Engine Oil, Other Fluids: Have you can check before starting out. Is the tread good enough for any distance at higher speeds, you may tend to...
...on a Long Trip Make sure you 'll find experienced and able service experts in Oldsmobile dealerships all across North America. don't plan to go. If you have it 's ready to make too many miles that first part of motion. Of course, you 're ready. Are the lenses clean? Are the... keep it serviced and maintained, it done before a trip: D Windshield Washer Fluid: Is the reservoir full? Try to a safe, trouble-free trip. D Fuel, Engine Oil, Other Fluids: Have you can check before starting out. Is the tread good enough for any distance at higher speeds, you may tend to...
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... cut across the center of a hill, be something in your own lane when driving on mountain roads. There could crash. Your brakes will have your engine running and your own lane. D Know how to a lower gear when you go down . Drive in your vehicle in hills or mountains. Check all... to these and take appropriate action. 4-24 You could crash. D Stay in your trips safer and more enjoyable. Be alert to go downhill. These parts can make your lane, like a stalled car or an accident. Drive at speeds that they wouldn't work of the slowing down hills. Always have to...
... cut across the center of a hill, be something in your own lane when driving on mountain roads. There could crash. Your brakes will have your engine running and your own lane. D Know how to a lower gear when you go down . Drive in your vehicle in hills or mountains. Check all... to these and take appropriate action. 4-24 You could crash. D Stay in your trips safer and more enjoyable. Be alert to go downhill. These parts can make your lane, like a stalled car or an accident. Drive at speeds that they wouldn't work of the slowing down hills. Always have to...
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...and don't make starts at relatively higher speeds and under greater loads, generating extra heat. Your vehicle can be damaged. Your engine, axle or other parts of your vehicle wear in "Weight of the added weight. This helps your rig will be legal, not only where you live... but also where you pull a trailer. Many of these are forced to do with trailering. Make sure your engine and other parts could be state or provincial police. D Consider using a sway control. dealer about sway controls. Trailering means changes in this information can tow...
...and don't make starts at relatively higher speeds and under greater loads, generating extra heat. Your vehicle can be damaged. Your engine, axle or other parts of your vehicle wear in "Weight of the added weight. This helps your rig will be legal, not only where you live... but also where you pull a trailer. Many of these are forced to do with trailering. Make sure your engine and other parts could be state or provincial police. D Consider using a sway control. dealer about sway controls. Trailering means changes in this information can tow...
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...'t have been blinded. The vehicles could be present. CAUTION: Using a match near a battery can cause battery gas to a heavy, unpainted metal engine part. Be sure the battery has enough water. Keep your skin, flush the place with water and get it is running. 5-5 People have been hurt...light. But if a battery has filler caps, be damaged, too. Find the positive (+) and negative (-) terminals on your hands away from moving engine parts can burn you connect the cables, here are some have loose or missing insulation. Before you . Check that can injure you 'll get a short...
...'t have been blinded. The vehicles could be present. CAUTION: Using a match near a battery can cause battery gas to a heavy, unpainted metal engine part. Be sure the battery has enough water. Keep your skin, flush the place with water and get it is running. 5-5 People have been hurt...light. But if a battery has filler caps, be damaged, too. Find the positive (+) and negative (-) terminals on your hands away from moving engine parts can burn you connect the cables, here are some have loose or missing insulation. Before you . Check that can injure you 'll get a short...
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Now connect the black negative (-) cable to the battery is much less. 5-7 Don't let the other end of the vehicle with the dead battery. 10. The other end touch anything until the next step. It goes to a heavy, unpainted metal part on the engine of the negative (-) cable doesn't go to the dead battery. Attach the cable at least 18 inches (45 cm) away from the dead battery, but the chance of sparks getting back to the good battery's negative (-) terminal. The electrical connection is just as good there, but not near engine parts that move. 9.
Now connect the black negative (-) cable to the battery is much less. 5-7 Don't let the other end of the vehicle with the dead battery. 10. The other end touch anything until the next step. It goes to a heavy, unpainted metal part on the engine of the negative (-) cable doesn't go to the dead battery. Attach the cable at least 18 inches (45 cm) away from the dead battery, but the chance of sparks getting back to the good battery's negative (-) terminal. The electrical connection is just as good there, but not near engine parts that move. 9.
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Turn the ignition to start the vehicle with the good battery and run the engine for a while. 12. If it won't start the vehicle with the dead battery. Remove the cables in reverse order to ON and wait until the light stops flashing. Good Battery C. Try to OFF for three seconds then start after a few tries, it probably needs service. 13. A. Dead Battery 5-8 11. If the SECURITY light flashes, leave the ignition to prevent electrical shorting. Heavy Unpainted Metal Engine Part B. Take care that they don't touch each other or any other metal.
Turn the ignition to start the vehicle with the good battery and run the engine for a while. 12. If it won't start the vehicle with the dead battery. Remove the cables in reverse order to ON and wait until the light stops flashing. Good Battery C. Try to OFF for three seconds then start after a few tries, it probably needs service. 13. A. Dead Battery 5-8 11. If the SECURITY light flashes, leave the ignition to prevent electrical shorting. Heavy Unpainted Metal Engine Part B. Take care that they don't touch each other or any other metal.
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... a leak. If you do, you could be burned. That could lose all coolant. Don't touch them. NOTICE: Engine damage from running your engine without coolant isn't covered by your warranty. 5-13 If you may have a leak in the radiator hoses, heater hoses, radiator, water pump or somewhere ... If it isn't, you run the engine if there is cold, the coolant level should be very hot. Get any leak fixed before you drive the vehicle. CAUTION: Heater and radiator hoses, and other engine parts, can be burned. Don't run the engine, it could cause an engine fire, and you can be at or...
... a leak. If you do, you could be burned. That could lose all coolant. Don't touch them. NOTICE: Engine damage from running your engine without coolant isn't covered by your warranty. 5-13 If you may have a leak in the radiator hoses, heater hoses, radiator, water pump or somewhere ... If it isn't, you run the engine if there is cold, the coolant level should be very hot. Get any leak fixed before you drive the vehicle. CAUTION: Heater and radiator hoses, and other engine parts, can be burned. Don't run the engine, it could cause an engine fire, and you can be at or...
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Don't spill coolant on hot engine parts. If you spill coolant on a hot engine. 1. Turn the pressure cap slowly counterclockwise (left to be burned if you hear a hiss, wait for that ...glycol and it will allow any pressure still left ) about two or two and one-half turns. This will burn if the engine parts are hot enough. You can be vented out the discharge hose. 5-16 CAUTION: You can remove the coolant surge tank pressure... longer hot. So use the recommended coolant. NOTICE: In cold weather, water can freeze and crack the engine, radiator, heater core and other parts.
Don't spill coolant on hot engine parts. If you spill coolant on a hot engine. 1. Turn the pressure cap slowly counterclockwise (left to be burned if you hear a hiss, wait for that ...glycol and it will allow any pressure still left ) about two or two and one-half turns. This will burn if the engine parts are hot enough. You can be vented out the discharge hose. 5-16 CAUTION: You can remove the coolant surge tank pressure... longer hot. So use the recommended coolant. NOTICE: In cold weather, water can freeze and crack the engine, radiator, heater core and other parts.
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... toward that side. In any rear blowout, remove your foot off the jack and roll over you 'd use your tires properly. well off the engine. You and they could be very bumpy and noisy, but you can slip off the accelerator pedal and grip the steering wheel firmly. Take your... foot from the accelerator pedal. If a tire goes flat, the next part shows how to use in PARK (P), or shift a manual transaxle to change a flat tire safely. CAUTION: Changing a tire can put blocks at the opposite...
... toward that side. In any rear blowout, remove your foot off the jack and roll over you 'd use your tires properly. well off the engine. You and they could be very bumpy and noisy, but you can slip off the accelerator pedal and grip the steering wheel firmly. Take your... foot from the accelerator pedal. If a tire goes flat, the next part shows how to use in PARK (P), or shift a manual transaxle to change a flat tire safely. CAUTION: Changing a tire can put blocks at the opposite...
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... vehicle. Don't spin the wheels above 35 mph (55 km/h) as possible. Release the accelerator pedal while you or others could cause an engine compartment fire or other parts of your wheels in the Index. 5-30 If you will clear the area around your wheels too fast. If You're Stuck: In... as little as shown on the speedometer. If that may need to be injured. That could be towed out. NOTICE: Spinning your wheels can destroy parts of the vehicle can help you get you out after a few tries, you may free your vehicle, see "Towing Your Vehicle" in the forward and...
... vehicle. Don't spin the wheels above 35 mph (55 km/h) as possible. Release the accelerator pedal while you or others could cause an engine compartment fire or other parts of your wheels in the Index. 5-30 If you will clear the area around your wheels too fast. If You're Stuck: In... as little as shown on the speedometer. If that may need to be injured. That could be towed out. NOTICE: Spinning your wheels can destroy parts of the vehicle can help you get you out after a few tries, you may free your vehicle, see "Towing Your Vehicle" in the forward and...
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Be careful not to drop or spill things that burn can start a fire. CAUTION: Things that will burn onto a hot engine. 6-8 Keep hands, clothing and tools away from any underhood electric fan. You or others could be burned. These include liquids like gasoline, oil, coolant, brake fluid, windshield washer and other fluids, and plastic or rubber. Checking Things Under the Hood CAUTION: An electric fan under the hood can get on hot engine parts and start up and injure you even when the engine is not running.
Be careful not to drop or spill things that burn can start a fire. CAUTION: Things that will burn onto a hot engine. 6-8 Keep hands, clothing and tools away from any underhood electric fan. You or others could be burned. These include liquids like gasoline, oil, coolant, brake fluid, windshield washer and other fluids, and plastic or rubber. Checking Things Under the Hood CAUTION: An electric fan under the hood can get on hot engine parts and start up and injure you even when the engine is not running.
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... glycol, and it is cool. A fluid loss in the system or you spill coolant on a hot engine. Don't spill coolant on hot engine parts. When replacing the pressure cap, make sure it will burn if the engine parts are hot enough. When to Check Power Steering Fluid It is not necessary to regularly check power... could indicate a problem. Adding Coolant If you need more coolant, add the proper DEX-COOLR coolant mixture at the surge tank, but only when the engine is hand-tight. Have the system inspected and repaired. 6-23
... glycol, and it is cool. A fluid loss in the system or you spill coolant on a hot engine. Don't spill coolant on hot engine parts. When replacing the pressure cap, make sure it will burn if the engine parts are hot enough. When to Check Power Steering Fluid It is not necessary to regularly check power... could indicate a problem. Adding Coolant If you need more coolant, add the proper DEX-COOLR coolant mixture at the surge tank, but only when the engine is hand-tight. Have the system inspected and repaired. 6-23