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Service and appearance care, Service and appearance care -1 – GMC 2004 Sierra User Manual

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

Doing Your Own Service Work .........................5-3
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 .......................................................5-6
Fuels in Foreign Countries ...............................5-6
Filling Your Tank ............................................5-7
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 ...................................................5-18
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................5-23
Automatic Transmission Fluid (Except Allison

Transmission

®

) ..........................................5-25

Automatic Transmission Fluid (Allison

Transmission

®

) ..........................................5-28

Manual Transmission Fluid .............................5-31
Hydraulic Clutch ...........................................5-32
Engine Coolant .............................................5-33
Coolant Surge Tank Pressure Cap ..................5-36
Engine Overheating .......................................5-36

Cooling System ............................................5-39
Engine Fan Noise .........................................5-44
Power Steering Fluid .....................................5-45
Windshield Washer Fluid ................................5-46
Brakes ........................................................5-48
Battery ........................................................5-52
Jump Starting ...............................................5-53

Rear Axle .......................................................5-59

Four-Wheel Drive ............................................5-60

Noise Control System .....................................5-62

Tampering with Noise Control System

Prohibited .................................................5-62

Bulb Replacement ..........................................5-64

Halogen Bulbs ..............................................5-64
Headlamps ..................................................5-64
Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker and Daytime

Running Lamps .........................................5-66

Roof Marker Lamps ......................................5-67
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL) and

Cargo Lamp .............................................5-69

Pickup Box Identification and Fender Marker

Lamps .....................................................5-70

Taillamps .....................................................5-71
Replacement Bulbs .......................................5-74

Section 5

Service and Appearance Care

5-1