1993 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE Owners Manual

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OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE 1993  Owners Manual 8. Loosen  the  wheel nuts-but do not 
remove  them-using  the  folding 
wrench. 9. Attach  the folding  wrench  to  the jack, 
and  rotate  the  wrench  clockwise to 
raise  the jack  head  a few  in

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OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE 1993  Owners Manual Problems on the Road 
I Changing a Flat Tire (conm) 
208 
YO I 
1 1. Raise  the  vehicle by rotating the 
folding  wrench  clockwise 
in the 
jack. Raise the vehicle  far  enough 
off 
the ground so

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OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE 1993  Owners Manual 13. Remove  any corrosion or dirt  from I 14. Replace  the  wheel  nuts  with  the 
the  wheel  bolts,  mounting  surfaces 
or  spare wheel. Place the spare on 
the  wheel  mounting  surface. 
Never

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OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE 1993  Owners Manual Problems on the Road 
210 
Changing a FIat Tire (CONT:) 
1 6. Tighten the wheel  nuts  firmly in a 
crisscross sequence as shown.  Don’t 
try to put  a  wheel  cover on the 
compact  spare tire.  It

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OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE 1993  Owners Manual 17. Lay the flat  tire near the rear of the 
vehicle  with  the valve  stem  down. 
Slide the cable retainer  through the 
center 
of the  wheel  and  raise the flat 
tire  until  you hear the  hoist

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OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE 1993  Owners Manual Problems on the Road 
Compact  Spare  Tire 
Although the compact  spare was  fully 
inflated  when  your  vehicle  was  new, it 
can lose air  after  a  time.  Check the 
inflation  pressure  regularl

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OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE 1993  Owners Manual If You’re  Stuck:  In Sand, Mud, 
Ice  or Snow 
What you don’t want  to  do when  your 
vehicle  is  stuck  is to  spin  your  wheels. 
The  method  known  as  “rocking” can 
help  you  get  o

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OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE 1993  Owners Manual Notes 
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