Section 6 Service and Appearance Care

Service

6-3

Accessories and Modifications

6-3

California Proposition 65 Warning

6-4

California Perchlorate Materials Requirements

6-4

Doing Your Own Service Work

6-4

Adding Equipment to the Outside of

 

the Vehicle

6-5

Fuel

6-5

Gasoline Octane

6-5

Gasoline Specifications

6-6

California Fuel

6-6

Additives

6-7

Fuel E85 (85% Ethanol)

6-8

Fuels in Foreign Countries

6-9

Filling the Tank

6-9

Filling a Portable Fuel Container

6-11

Checking Things Under the Hood

6-12

Hood Release

6-13

Engine Compartment Overview

6-14

Engine Oil

6-15

Engine Oil Life System

6-18

Engine Air Cleaner/Filter

6-19

Automatic Transmission Fluid

6-21

Cooling System

6-25

Engine Coolant

6-26

Engine Overheating

6-30

Overheated Engine Protection

 

Operating Mode

6-33

Engine Fan Noise

6-33

Power Steering Fluid

6-33

Windshield Washer Fluid

6-34

Brakes

6-35

Battery

6-39

Jump Starting

6-40

All-Wheel Drive

6-45

Rear Axle

6-46

Front Axle

6-47

Headlamp Aiming

6-48

Bulb Replacement

6-51

High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting

6-51

Taillamps, Turn Signal, Sidemarker, Stoplamps

 

and Back-up Lamps

6-51

License Plate Lamp

6-52

Replacement Bulbs

6-53

Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement

6-53

Tires

6-54

Tire Sidewall Labeling

6-55

Tire Terminology and Definitions

6-57

Inflation - Tire Pressure

6-60

High-Speed Operation

6-61

 

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Cadillac 2009 owner manual Checking Things Under the Hood, Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement