mileage OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE 1997 Owners Manual

Speedometer and Tamper
Resistant Odometer
Your speedometer lets you see your speed in both miles
per hour (mph) and kilometers per hour (km/h). Your
odometer shows how far your vehicle has been driven,
in either miles (used in the United States) or kilometers
(used in Canada).
Your Oldsmobile has a tamper-resistant odometer.
If
you see silver lines between the numbers, you’ll know
that someone has probably tried to turn
it back, so the
numbers may not be true.
You may wonder what happens if your vehicle needs a
new odometer installed.
If the new one can be set to the
mileage total of the old odometer, then that will be done.
If
it can’t, then it’s set at zero and a label must be put on
the driver’s door to show the old mileage reading when
the new odometer was installed.
Trip Odometer
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The trip odometer can tell you how far your vehicle has
been driven since you last set
it to zero. To set it to zero,
push the reset button which is located above and to the
right of the temperature gage.
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Service
Your Oldsmobile retailer knows your vehicle best and
wants you to be happy with it. We hope you’ll go to
your retailer for all your service needs. You’ll get
genuine
GM parts and GM-trained and supported
service people.
We hope you’ll want to keep your GM vehicle all GM.
Genuine
GM parts have one of these marks:
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Delco
Doing Your Own Service Work
If you want to do some of your own service work, u’ll Y 0‘
want to get the proper Oldsmobile Service Manual.
It tells you much more about how
to service your
Oldsmobile than this manual can.
To order the proper
service manual, see “Service and Owner Publications”
in the Index.
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Your vehicle has an air bag system. Before attempting to
do your own service work, see “Servicing Your Air
Bag-Equipped Oldsmobile” in the Index.
You should keep a record with all parts receipts and list
the mileage and the date of any service work you
perform. See “Maintenance Record” in the Index.
You can be injured and your vehicle could be
damaged if you try
to do service work on a
vehicle without knowing enough about it.
Be sure you have sufficient knowledge,
experience, the proper replacement parts
and tools before you attempt any vehicle
maintenance task.
Be sure to use the proper nuts, bolts and
other fasteners. “English” and “metric”
fasteners can be easily confused. If you use
the wrong fasteners, parts can later break
or fall off.
You could be hurt.
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I Short TripKity Maintenance Schedule I
3,000 Miles (5 000 km)
0 Change engine oil and filter (or every
3 months, whichever occurs first).
An Emission Control Service.
The services shown in this schedule up to 100,000 miles
(166 000 km) should be performed after 100,000 miles
(166 000 km) at the same intervals. The services shown
at 150,000 miles (240 000 km) should be performed at
the same interval after 150,000 miles (240
000 km).
Footnotes
1- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the
California Air Resources Board has determined that the
failure to perform this maintenance item will not
nullify
the emission warranty or limit recall liability prior to the
completion of the vehicle’s useful life. We, however,
urge that all recommended maintenance services be
performed at
the indicated intervals and the maintenance
be recorded.
DATE SERVICED BY ACTUAL MILEAGE
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I Short TripKity Maintenance Schedule I
6,000 Miles (10 000 km)
0 Change engine oil and filter (or every
3 months, whichever occurs first).
0 Rotate tires. See “Tire Inspection and
Rotation”
in the Index for proper rotation
pattern and additional information.
An Enaission Control Service.
DATE
SERVICED BY ACTUAL MILEAGE
9,000 Miles (15 000 km)
Change engine oil and filter (or every
3 months, whichever occurs first).
An Emission Control Service.
DATE ACTUAL MILEAGE SERVICED BY
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I Short TripKity Maintenance Schedule I
12,000 Miles (20 000 km)
0 Change engine oil and filter (or every
3 months, whichever occurs first).
An Emission Control Service.
0 Replace passenger compartment air filter.
0 Rotate tires. See “Tire Inspection and
Rotation” in the Index for proper rotation
pattern and additional information.
15,000 Miles (25 000 km)
0 Change engine oil and filter (or every
3 months, whichever occurs first).
An Emission Control Service.
Inspect air cleaner filter if you are driving in
dusty conditions. Replace filter if necessary.
An Emission Control Service. (See footnote?.)
DATE SERVICED BY: ACTUAL MILEAGE
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I Short Trip/City Maintenance Schedule I
18,000 Miles (30 000 km)
0 Change engine oil and filter (or every
3 months, whichever occurs first).
An Emission Control Service.
El Rotate tires. See “Tire Inspection and
Rotation” in the Index for proper rotation
pattern and additional information.
I DATE ACTUAL MILEAGE SERVICED BY
21,000 Miles (35 000 km)
0 Change engine oil and filter (or every
3 months, whichever occurs first).
An E~nissiorz Control Service.
DATE
SERVICED BY: ACTUAL MILEAGE
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I Short TriplCity Maintenance Schedule I
24,000 Miles (40 000 kmj
0 Change engine oil and filter (or every
3 months, whichever occurs first).
An Emission Control Service.
0 Replace passenger compartment air filter.
0 Rotate tires. See “Tire Inspection and
Rotation’’ in the Index for proper rotation
pattern and additional information.
DATE ACTUAL MILEAGE SERVICED BY:
27,000 Miles (45 000 km j
0 Change engine oil and filter (or every
3 months, whichever occurs first).
An Emission Control Service.
DATE ACTUAL MILEAGE
I I
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SERVICED BY: I
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I Short TripKity Maintenance Schedule I
30,000 Miles (50 000 km)
0 Change engine oil and filter (or every
3 months, whichever occurs first).
An Emission Control Service.
Replace air cleaner filter.
0 Rotate tires. See “Tire Inspection and
Rotation” in
the Index for proper rotation
pattern and additional information.
An Emissiol? Control Service.
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33,000 Miles (55 000 km)
0 Change engine oil and filter (or every
3 months, whichever occurs first).
An Emission Control Service.
DATE
SERVICED BY: ACTUAL MILEAGE
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I Short TripKity Maintenance Schedule I
36,000 Miles (60 000 km)
0 Change engine oil and filter (or every
3 months, whichever occurs first).
An Emission Control Service.
0 Replace passenger compartment air filter.
0 Rotate tires. See “Tire Inspection and
Rotation”
in the Index for proper rotation
pattern and additional information.
DATE SERVICED BY ACTUAL MILEAGE
39,000 Miles (65 000 km)
0 Change engine oil and filter (or every
3 months, whichever occurs first).
An Enzission Control Service.
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DATE ACTUAL MILEAGE
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I Short Trip/City Maintenance Schedule 1
42,000 Miles (70 000 km)
17 Change engine oil and filter (or every
3 months, whichever occurs first).
An Emission Control Service.
Rotate tires. See “Tire Inspection and
Rotation” in the Index for proper rotation
pattern and additional information.
DATE SERVICED BY ACTUAL MILEAGE
45,000 Miles (75 000 km)
0 Change engine oil and filter (or every
3 months, whichever occurs first).
An Emission Control Service.
0 Inspect air cleaner filter if you are driving in
dusty conditions. Replace filter if necessary.
An Ernission Control Service. (See footnote?.)
DATE
SERVICED BY ACTUAL MILEAGE
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