clock PONTIAC PONTIAC 1996 User Guide

How to Add Coolant to the Radiator
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Your engine has a specific radiator fill procedure.
Failure to follow this procedure could cause your
engine to overheat and be severely damaged.
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.
If you hear a hiss, .wait for that to stop. A hiss means
there is still some pressure left.
Turn the pressure cap slowly counterclockwise until
it first stops. (Don't press down while turning the
pressure cap.)
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Then keep turning
the pressure cap, but
now push down as
you
turn it. Remove the
pressure cap.
You can be burned if you spill coolant on hot
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.
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The following steps will tell you how to use the jack and
change a tire.

Removing the Spare Tire and Tools
The equipment you’ll need
is in the trunk. Pull the
carpeting
from the flpor of
the trunk. Turn the center
nut on the compact
spare
cover counterclockwise to
remove it. Then lift and
remove the cover.
Turn the wing nut
counterclockwise and
remove
it. Then lift off the
spacer and remove the spare
tire. See “Compact Spare
Tire” later in this section for
more information about the
compact spare.
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Turn the nut holding the jack and wrench The tools you'll be using include the jack (A),
counterclockwise and remove it. Then remove the jack socket (B) and wheel wrench (C).
and wrench.
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If your vehicle ha
the wheel wrench S‘
If there is a wheel cover, Removing the Flat Tire and Installing the
loosen the plastic nut caps Spare Tire
with the wheel wrench.
They won’t come
off. Then,
using the flat end
of the
wheel wrench, pry along the
edge of the cover until it
comes
off. Be careful; the
edges may
be sharp. Don’t
try to remove the cover with
your bare hands.
wheel nut
caps, remove them using
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1. Using the wheel wrench, loosen all the wheel nuts.
2. Turn the jack bandle clockwise to raise the jack lift
Don’t remove them yet.
head a few inches.
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4. Raise the vehicle by turning the jack handle
clockwise. Raise the vehicle far enough
off the
ground
for the spare tire to fit under the vehicle.
5. Remove all wheel nuts and take off the flat tire.
6. Remove any rust or dirt
from the wheel bolts,
mounting surfaces and
spare wheel.
A CAUTION:
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Rust or dirt on the wheel, or on the parts to
which it is fastened, can make the wheel nuts
become loose
after a time. The wheel could come
off and cause
an accident. When you change a
wheel, remove any rnst
or dirt from the places
where the wheel attaches to
the vehicle. In an
emergency, you can use a cloth or a paper towel
to do this; but be sure to use a scraper or wire
brush later, if
you need to, to get all the rust or
dirt off.
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Never use oil or grease on studs or nuts. If you
do, the nuts might come loose. Your wheel could
fall off, causing a serious accident.
7. Replace the wheel nuts with the rounded end
of the nuts toward the
wheel. Tighten each nut
8. Lower the vehicle by turning the jack handle
counterclockwise. Lower the jack completely.
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The cap is behind a hinged door on the left side of
your vehicle.
While refueling, hang
the
cap inside the fuel door.
To take
off the cap, turn it slowly to the left
(counterclockwise).
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,!b, CAUTION:
If you get gasoline on yourself and then
something ignites it, you could be badly burned.
Gasoline can spray out
on you-if you open the
fuel filler cap too quickly. This spray can happen
if your tank
is nearly full, and is more likely in
hot weather. Open the fuel filler cap slowly and
wait for any “hiss” noise to stop. Then unscrew
the cap all the way.
Be careful not to spill gasoline. Clean gasoline from
painted surfaces as soon as possible. See “Cleaning the
Outside of Your Pontiac” in the Index.
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Turn the socket
counterclockwise until it
pops loose
from the housing.
3. Pull out the bulb socket.
Headlamp Aiming
4. Lift the plastic locking tab on the electrical
connector and pull the connector from the
bulb socket.
5. Snap the electrical connector into a new bulb socket.
6. Replace the bulb socket into the housing and have a four-door Pontiac, see your dealer when your
This section only applies to two-door Pontiacs. If you
turn clockwise. headlamp aim needs to be checked
or adjusted.
7. Close the headlamp panel.
Your vehicle has the 55 x 135 mini-quad headlamp
system. These headlamps have horizontal and vertical
aim indicators. The aim has been pre-set at the factory
and should need
no further adjustment.
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5. Pull the lamp bar housing away from the body of
the vehicle.
6. Squeeze the tab on the socket and turn the socket
counterclockwise.
7. Pull out the socket.
8. Pull the bulb out of the socket.
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10.
11.
12.
13.
Push in a new bulb.
Replace the socket into the lamp bar assembly
and
turn clockwise.
Replace the lamp bar assembly to the body
of the
vehicle.
Install the wing nuts.
Put the covers back and install the pins.
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Front Sidemarker (4-Door Models)
1.
2.
Remove the screws and
pull the sidemarker
housing
forward.
Turn the socket
counterclockwise and
pull
the socket out of
the housing.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Pull the bulb out of the socket.
Push in a new bulb.
Replace the socket into
the housing and
turn clockwise.
Replace the housing to
the vehicle.
Install the screws.
Front lbrn Signal (2-Door Models)
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1. Remove the pins from the cover above the turn
signal lamps.
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