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Service and appearance care, Service and appearance care -1 – Cadillac 2006 Escalade User Manual

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

Accessories and Modifications ..........................5-3
California Proposition 65 Warning .....................5-3
Doing Your Own Service Work .........................5-4
Adding Equipment to the Outside of

Your Vehicle ..............................................5-4

Fuel ................................................................5-4

Gasoline Octane ............................................5-4
Gasoline Specifications ....................................5-5
California Fuel ...............................................5-5
Additives .......................................................5-5
Fuels in Foreign Countries ...............................5-6
Filling the Tank ..............................................5-6
Filling a Portable Fuel Container .......................5-8

Checking Things Under the Hood .....................5-8

Hood Release ................................................5-9
Engine Compartment Overview .......................5-10
Engine Oil ...................................................5-11
Engine Oil Life System ..................................5-14
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................5-16
Automatic Transmission Fluid .........................5-19
Engine Coolant .............................................5-21
Coolant Surge Tank Pressure Cap ..................5-24
Engine Overheating .......................................5-24
Overheated Engine Protection Operating Mode ...5-26
Cooling System ............................................5-27

Engine Fan Noise .........................................5-31
Power Steering Fluid .....................................5-32
Windshield Washer Fluid ................................5-33
Brakes ........................................................5-34
Battery ........................................................5-37
Jump Starting ...............................................5-38

All-Wheel Drive ..............................................5-43

Rear Axle .......................................................5-44

Front Axle ......................................................5-45

Headlamp Aiming ...........................................5-46

Headlamp Horizontal Aiming ...........................5-47
Headlamp Vertical Aiming ..............................5-48

Bulb Replacement ..........................................5-49

High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting ............5-49
Halogen Bulbs ..............................................5-50
Headlamps ..................................................5-50
Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker and Daytime

Running Lamps .........................................5-54

Taillamps, Turn Signal, Sidemarker, Stoplamps

and Back-up Lamps ...................................5-55

Replacement Bulbs .......................................5-56

Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..............5-56

Tires ..............................................................5-57

Tire Sidewall Labeling ...................................5-58
Tire Terminology and Definitions .....................5-62

Section 5

Service and Appearance Care

5-1

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