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Service ............................................................5-3

Doing Your Own Service Work .........................5-4
Adding Equipment to the Outside of

Your Vehicle ..............................................5-5

Fuel ................................................................5-5

Gasoline Octane ............................................5-5
Gasoline Specifications ....................................5-6
California Fuel ...............................................5-6
Additives .......................................................5-6
Fuels in Foreign Countries ...............................5-7
Filling the Tank ..............................................5-8
Filling a Portable Fuel Container .....................5-10

Checking Things Under the Hood ....................5-10

Hood Release ..............................................5-11
Engine Compartment Overview .......................5-12
Engine Oil ...................................................5-15
Engine Oil Life System ..................................5-20
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................5-22
Automatic Transaxle Fluid ..............................5-24
Manual Transaxle Fluid ..................................5-24
Hydraulic Clutch ...........................................5-24
Engine Coolant .............................................5-24
Coolant Surge Tank Pressure Cap ..................5-27
Engine Overheating .......................................5-28
Cooling System ............................................5-30

Windshield Washer Fluid ................................5-37
Brakes ........................................................5-38
Battery ........................................................5-41
Jump Starting ...............................................5-42

Headlamp Aiming ...........................................5-46

Bulb Replacement ..........................................5-47

Halogen Bulbs ..............................................5-47
Headlamps (Coupe) ......................................5-47
Headlamps (Sedan) ......................................5-48
Front Turn Signal Lamps (Sedan) ...................5-50
Front Turn Signal and Parking

Lamps (Coupe) .........................................5-51

Fog Lamps ..................................................5-52
Sidemarker Lamps (Coupe) ............................5-52
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL) .........5-53
Taillamps, Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps ........5-54
Replacement Bulbs .......................................5-55

Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..............5-55

Tires ..............................................................5-56

Tire Sidewall Labelling ...................................5-58
Tire Terminology and Definitions .....................5-60
Inflation - Tire Pressure .................................5-63
Tire Inspection and Rotation ...........................5-65
When It Is Time for New Tires .......................5-66

Section 5

Service and Appearance Care

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