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Service and appearance care, Service and appearance care -1 – Saturn 2004 L-Series User Manual

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Service ............................................................5-3

Doing Your Own Service Work .........................5-4
Adding Equipment to the Outside of Your

Vehicle ......................................................5-5

Fuel ................................................................5-5

Gasoline Octane ............................................5-5
Gasoline Specifications ....................................5-6
California Fuel ...............................................5-6
Additives .......................................................5-7
Fuels in Foreign Countries ...............................5-7
Filling Your Tank ............................................5-8
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 ...................................................5-16
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................5-20
Automatic Transaxle Fluid ..............................5-23
Engine Coolant .............................................5-23
Coolant Surge Tank Pressure Cap ..................5-26
Engine Overheating .......................................5-26
Cooling System ............................................5-29
Power Steering Fluid .....................................5-34
Windshield Washer Fluid ................................5-35
Brakes ........................................................5-36

Battery ........................................................5-39
Jump Starting ...............................................5-40

Bulb Replacement ..........................................5-46

Halogen Bulbs ..............................................5-46
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker,

and Parking Lamps ....................................5-47

Fog Lamps ..................................................5-49
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL)

(Sedan) ...................................................5-49

Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL)

(Wagon) ...................................................5-50

Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps and

Back-up Lamps (Sedan) .............................5-50

Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps and

Back-up Lamps (Wagon) ............................5-52

Replacement Bulbs .......................................5-52

Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..............5-53

Tires ..............................................................5-54

Inflation - Tire Pressure .................................5-61
Tire Inspection and Rotation ...........................5-62
When It Is Time for New Tires .......................5-64
Buying New Tires .........................................5-64
Uniform Tire Quality Grading ..........................5-65
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance ..................5-67
Wheel Replacement ......................................5-67

Section 5

Service and Appearance Care

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