Buick 2003 LeSabre - Section 5 Service and Appearance Care

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 Your Tank
............................................ 5-7
Filling a Portable Fuel Container
....................... 5-9
Checking Things Under the Hood
.................... 5-10
Hood Release
.............................................. 5-1 1
Engine Compartment Overview ....................... 5-12
Engine Oil
.................................................. 5-13
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter
................................ 5-19
Automatic Transaxle Fluid
.............................. 5-22
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Radiator Pressure Cap .... .................. -5-27
Engine Overheating
......... ................... 5.28
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Cooling System .......................................... -5-30
Power Steering Fluid ..................................... 5-38
Windshield Washer Fluid
................................ 5-39
Brakes
................. ................................ 5-40
Battery
........................................................ 5.43
Jump Starting
............................................... 5-45
Headlamp Aiming
........................................... 5-51
Headlamp Vertical Aiming
............................. 5.53
Headlamp Horizontal Aiming
........................... 5.52
Bulb Replacement
.......................................... 5.55
Halogen Bulbs
.............................................. 5.55
Headlamps
................................................. 5-55
Taillamps and Back-up Lamps
....................... 5.58
Replacement Bulbs
....................................... 5.59
Front Turn Signal Lamps
............................... 5-56
Taillamps, Turn Signal, and Stoplamps
............ 5.56
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement
.............. 5.60
Tires
.............................................................. 5.61
Inflation
- Tire Pressure ............................... -5-62
Check Tire Pressure System
......................... 5-63
Tire Inspection and Rotation
........................... 5.64
Buying New Tires
......................................... 5.66
Wheel Replacement
..................................... -5-68
When It
Is Time for New Tires ....................... 5-65
Uniform Tire Quality Grading
.......................... 5-67
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance
.................. 5-68
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