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Service and appearance care, Service and appearance care -1 – Saturn 2004 Vue 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 ....................................5-5
California Fuel ...............................................5-6
Additives .......................................................5-6
Fuels in Foreign Countries ...............................5-7
Filling Your Tank ............................................5-8
Filling a Portable Fuel Container .....................5-10

Checking Things Under the Hood ....................5-10

Hood Release ..............................................5-11
Engine Compartment Overview .......................5-12
Engine Oil ...................................................5-15
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................5-21
Automatic Transaxle Fluid ..............................5-25
Manual Transaxle Fluid ..................................5-27
Hydraulic Clutch ...........................................5-28
Engine Coolant .............................................5-28
Coolant Surge Tank Pressure Cap ..................5-31
Engine Overheating .......................................5-31
Cooling System ............................................5-34

Windshield Washer Fluid ................................5-40
Brakes ........................................................5-41
Battery ........................................................5-44
Jump Starting ...............................................5-45

All-Wheel Drive ..............................................5-51

Headlamp Aiming ...........................................5-52

Bulb Replacement ..........................................5-53

Halogen Bulbs ..............................................5-53
Headlamps ..................................................5-53
Front Turn Signal and Parking Lamps ..............5-56
Fog Lamps ..................................................5-57
Sidemarker Lamps ........................................5-57
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL) .........5-58
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps and

Back-up Lamps .........................................5-59

Replacement Bulbs .......................................5-60

Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..............5-60

Tires ..............................................................5-62

Inflation - Tire Pressure .................................5-69
Tire Inspection and Rotation ...........................5-70
When It Is Time for New Tires .......................5-71
Buying New Tires .........................................5-72
Uniform Tire Quality Grading ..........................5-73

Section 5

Service and Appearance Care

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