CHEVROLET CAVALIER 1996 3.G Owners Manual

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine How to Add Coolant to the Coolant Surge
Tank
If you haven’t found a problem yet, but the coolant level
isn’t at the
FULL COLD mark, add a 50/50 mixture of
clean water (preferably distilled) and DEX-COOL TM
antifreeze at the coolant surge tank, but be sure the
cooling system, including the coolant surge tank
pressure cap,
is cool before you do it. (See “Engine
Coolant”
in the Index for more information.)
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Steam and scalding liquids from a hot cooling
system can blow out and burn you badly. They
are under pressure, and if you turn the coolant
surge tank pressure cap
-- even a little -- they
can come out at high speed. Never turn the cap
’ CAUTION: (Continued) when
the cooling system, including the coolant
surge
tank pressure cap, is hot. Wait for the cooling
system and coolant surge tank pressure cap to cool
if you ever have to turn the pressure cap.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine A CAUTION:
Adding only plain water to your cooling system
can be dangerous. Plain water,
or some other
liquid like alcohol, can boil before the proper
coolant mix will. Your vehicle's coolant warning
system is set
for the proper coolant mix. With
plain water or the wrong mix, your engine could
get
too hot but you wouldn't get the overheat
warning. Your engine could catch
fire and you or
others could be burned.
Use a 50/50 mix of clean
water and
DEX-COOL TM antifreeze.
I NOTICE:
In cold weather, water can freeze and crack the
engine, radiator, heater core and other parts.
So
use the recommended coolant. You
can be burned if you spill coolant
01 lot
engine parts. Coolant contains ethylene glycol
and it will burn if the engine parts are hot
enough. Don't spill coolant on
a hot engine.
1. You can remove the coolant surge tank pressure cap
when the cooling system, including the
coolant surge
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine tank pressure cap and upper radiator hose, is no
longer hot. Turn the pressure cap slowly about
one-quarter turn to the left and then stop.
that to stop.
A hiss means
left. If you hear a hiss, wait for
there
is still some pressure
2. Then keep turning the
pressure cap slowly, and
remove it.
3. Then fill the coolant surge tank with the proper mix,
up to the
FULL COLD mark.
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4.
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With the coolant surge tank pressure cap off, start
the engine and let it run until you can feel the upper
radiator hose getting hot. Watch out for the engine fan.
By this time, the coolant level inside the coolant surge
tank may be lower. If the level is lower, add more of the
proper mix
to the coolant surge tank until the level
reaches the
FULL COLD mark.
5. Then replace the
pressure cap. Be sure the
pressure cap is tight.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine If a Tire Goes Flr Changing a Flat Tire
It’s unusual for a tire to “blow out” while you’re driving,
especially if you maintain your tires properly.
If air goes
out of a tire, it’s much more likely to leak out slowly.
But if you should ever have a “blowout,”
here are a few
tips about what to expect and what to do:
If a front
tire fails, the flat tire will create a drag that
pulls the vehicle toward that side. Take your foot off the
accelerator pedal and grip the steering wheel firmly.
Steer to maintain lane position, and then gently brake to
a stop well out of the traffic lane.
A rear blowout, particularly on a curve, acts much like a
skid and may require the same correction you’d use in a
skid. In any rear blowout, remove your foot from the
accelerator pedal. Get the vehicle under control by
steering the way you want the vehicle to
go. It may be
very bumpy and noisy, but you can still steer. Gently
brake
to a stop -- well off the road if possible.
If a tire goes flat, the next
part shows how to use your
jacking equipment to change a flat tire safely.
If a tire goes rlat, avoid further tire and wheel damage
by driving slowly to a level place. Turn on your hazard
warning flashers.
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Changing a tire can cause an injury. The vehicle
can slip
off the jack and roll over you or other
people. You and they could be badly injured.
Find
a level place to change your tire. To help
prevent the vehicle from moving:
1. Set the parking brake firmly.
2. Put an automatic transaxle shift lever in
PARK (P), or shift a manual transaxle to
FIRST
(1) or REVERSE (R).
3. lbrn off the engine.
To be even more certain the vehicle won’t move,
you can put blocks
at the front and rear of the
tire farthest away from the one being changed.
That would be the tire on the other side of the
vehicle,
at the opposite end.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine need is in the t&. Turn
the center retainer nut
on
the compact spare cover
counterclockwise to
remove it.
Lift
and remove the cover. See “Compact Spare Tire”
later in this section for more information about the
compact spare.
The following steps will tell
you how to use the jack and
change a tire.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Turn the wing nut counterclockwise and
remove it. Then lift
off the
adapter and remove the
spare tire. Remove the
jack and wheel wrench
from the trunk. Yo1
vehicle’s jack and wheel wrench are stored in a foam
tray. Remove the band around the jack.
The tools you’ll be using include the jack
(A) and wheel
wrench
(B).
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Removing the Fiat Tire and Installing the
Spare Tire
Remove the wheel nut caps (you may need to
use the wheel wrench to
loosen and remove
them,
if your fingers do
not fit into this small
area).
2. Then use the wheel wrench to loosen all the wheel
nuts. Don’t remove them yet.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 3. On some models, a cover plate must be removedbto
find the wheel nuts. Carefully use the wedge end of
the wheel wrench to
pry it off.
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4. Position the jack and raise the jack head until it fits
firmly into the notch in the vehicle’s frame nearest
the flat tire. Put the compact sparc *re
1 LT you.
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Getting under a vehicle when it is jacked up is
dangerous. If the vehicle slips off the jack, you
could be badly injured or killed. Never get under
a vehicle when it is supported only by a jack.
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Raising your vehicle with the jack improperly
positioned will damage the vehicle or may allow
the vehicle to fall off the jack. Be sure to fit the
jack lift head into the proper location before
raising your vehicle.
Do not jack or lift the vehicle using the oil pan.
Pans could crack and begin to leak fluid.
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5. Raise the vehicle by rotating the wheel wrench
clockwise. Raise the vehicle far enough
off the ground
so there is enough room for the spare tire to fit.
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