CHEVROLET S10 1995 2.G Owners Manual

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Do not tow with sling-type equipment or the front bumper
system will be damaged.
Use wheel lift or car-carrier equipment.
Additional ramping may be required for car-carrier equipment.
Use safety chains and wheel straps.
If your vehicle has the four-wheel drive option, a dolly MUST
be used under the rear wheels when towing from the front.
Towing From the Rear
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NOTICE:
Do not tow with sling-type equipment or the rear bumper
system will be damaged.
Use wheel lift or car-carrier equipment.
Additional ramping may be required for car-carrier equipment.
Use safety chains and wheel straps.
If your vehicle has the four-wheel drive option, a dolly MUST
be used under the front wheels when towing from the rear.
Engine Overheating
You will find a coolant temperature gage on your vehicle's instrument
panel.
If Steam Is Coming From Your Engine

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine If your engine catches fire because you keep driving with no
coolant, your vehicle can be badly damaged. The costly repairs \
would not be covered by your warranty.
If No Steam Is Coming From Your Engine
If you get the overheat warning but see or hear no steam, the problem may
not be too serious. Sometimes the engine can get a little too hot when you:
Climb a long hill on a hot day.
Stop after high speed driving.
Idle for long periods in traffic.
Tow a trailer. See “Driving on Grades’’ in the Index.
If you get the overheat warning with
no sign of steam, try this for a minute
or
so:
1. If you have an air conditioner, turn it off.
2. Turn on your heater to full hot at the highest fan speed and open the
window as necessary.
3. If you’re in a traffic jam, shift to NEUTRAL (N); otherwise, shift to the
highest gear while driving
- AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE (0) or
DRIVE
(D) for automatic transmissions.
If
you no longer have the overheat warning, you can drive. Just to be safe,
drive slower for about
ten minutes. If the warning doesn’t come back on,
you can drive normally.
If the warning continues, pull over, stop, and park your vehicle right away.
If there’s still no sign of steam, push
the accelerator until the engine speed is
about twice as fast as normal idle speed. Bring the engine speed back to
normal idle speed after two or three minutes. Now see
if the warning stops.
But then, if
you still have the warning, turn ofSthe engine and get everyone
out of the vehicle until it cools down.
You may decide not to lift the hood but to get service help right away.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine When you decide it's
safe to lift the hood,
here's what you'll see:
A. Coolant recovery
tank
B. Radiator pressure
cap
C. Engine fan
If the coolant inside the coolant recovery tank is boiling, don't do anything
else until it cools down.
The coolant level should be at the
ADD mark. If it isn't, you may have a
leak in the radiator
hoses, heater hoses, radiator, water pump or somewhere
else in the cooling system.
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Engine damage from running your engine without coolant isn’t \
covered by your warranty.
If there seems to be no leak, start the engine again. See if the fan speed
increases when idle speed is doubled by pushing the accelerator pedal down.
If it doesn’t, your vehicle needs service. Turn off the engine.
How to Add Coolant to the Coolant Recovery Tank
If you haven’t found a problem yet, but the coolant level isn’t at ADD, add a
50/50 mixture of clean water (preferably distilled) and a proper antifreeze at
the coolant recovery tank. (See “Engine Coolant” in the Index for more
information about the proper coolant mix.)
I NOTICE:
In cold weather, water can freeze and crack the engine, radiat\
or,
heater core and other parts. Use the recommended coolant.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine When the coolant in the coolant recovery tank is at ADD, start your vehicle.
If the overheat warning continues, there's one more thing you can try. You
can add the proper coolant mix directly to the radiator, but be sure the
cooling system is cool before you do it.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine How to Add Coolant to the Radiator
1 . You can remove the radiator pressure cap when the cooling system,
including the radiator pressure cap and upper radiator hose,
is no longer
hot. Turn the pressure cap slowly to the left until it first stops. (Don’t
press down while turning the pressure cap.)
If you hear a hiss, wait for that to stop. A hiss means there is still some
pressure left.
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2. Then keep
turning the
pressure cap, but
now push down
as you turn it.
Remove the
pres sure cap.
3. Fill the radiator
with the proper
mix, up to the
base
of the filler
neck.
4. Then fill the
coolant recovery
tank to
the ADD
mark.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 5. Put the cap back
on the coolant
recovery tank,
but leave the
radiator pressure
cap
off.
6. Start the engine
and let it run until
you can feel the
upper radiator
hose getting hot.
Watch out for the
engine fan.
7. By this time the coolant level inside the radiator filler neck may be
lower. If the
level is lower, add more of the proper mix through the
filler neck until the level reaches the base of the filler neck.
8. Then replace the
pressure cap. At any time during
this procedure if
coolant begins to
flow out of the
filler neck,
reinstall the pressure cap. Be
sure the arrows
on the pressure
cap line up like
this.
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