1997 CHEVROLET S10 Owners Manual

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 3. Fill the radiator with the proper DEX-cOOL@
co.olant mixture, up to the base of the filler neck.
4. Then fill the coolant recovery tank to the ADD mark.
5. Put the cap back on the coolant recovery tank, but
leave the pressure cap off.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 6. Start the engine and let itrun until you can feel the
upper radi:ator hose. getting
hot. Watch out for the
engine fan.
7. By this time, the coolant level inside the filler neck
may be lower. If .the level is lower, tidd more of the
proper
DEX-COOL@ coolant mixture through
the filler neck until the level reach.es xh-e base
af the
filler neck.
8. Then replace the pressure cap, A,t any time during
this procedure
if coolant begins to flow aut of the
filler ne.ck, reinstall
the press-ure cap. B.e-sure the
arro.ws on t.he pressure cap line up like this.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine You.mhy alstt- hear this €annoise wheli ycju s.tart the
engine. It will .go away as the fa :lutch disengages.
It’s unusual for a tire to “blow out’? while you’re driving,
especially if you- maintain your tires properly. If-air goes
out of.a..tire, it3 much more likely to le:& out sbwly.
But if you should. ever have a “blowoilt,” hme are a few
tips about what to expec~ -and what to do:

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine If a tire goes flat, avoid further tire and wheel damage
by driving slowly to a level place. Turn on your hazard
warning flashers.
Changing a tire can cause an injury. The vehicle
can slip off the jack and roll over
you or other
people.
You and they could be badly injured.
Find
a level place to change your tire. To help
prevent the vehicle from moving:
I. Set the parking brake firmly.
2. Put an automatic transmission shift
lever in
PARK (PI or shift a manual
transmission to FIRST (1) or
REVERSE (R).
CAUTION: (Continued)
3. If you have a four-wheel-drive vehicle
with
a manual transfer case shift lever,
be sure the transfer case is in
a drive
gear
-- not in NEUTRAL (N).
4. Turn off the engine.
5. Put the wheel blocks at the front and
rear
of the tire farthest away from the
one being changed. That would be the
tire on the other side
of the vehicle, at
the opposite end.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Removing the Spare.’Tire and Tools
The jacking equipment you’I1 need. is .stored inside the
plastic jack covef.which is behind the-fr-ont seats, -either
on the center of the wall (extmded cab) ‘or ‘on the
p-assenger’s side .of the wxll (regular cab).
The following steps will tell youhow to use the jack and
change a tire.
This is the jack cover for the extended cab. The cover
.for the re,gular cab is similar. To remove it, turn the
phstic wing nu% counterclmkwis.e. Rem-ove the.
J ac R cover.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Turn .the wi~%g imt. cwnterclockwise :and rem-ove the
wheel blocks., jack and wheel wrench.
Your spare tire is stored underneath the rear of your
vehicle; See “Compact S-pare Tire” later in this section
for more mformation- about the compact spare.
NOTICQ
Never remove or restow a tire frodto a stowage.
psition under the vehicle while the .vehicle is
suppiorted by .a jack+ Always tighten th.e tire
fully against the: underside- of the vehicle
when restowiqg.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Turn the wheel wrench c0unterclo'ckwiA-e t$ lower the
.spare tire. Keep turning the wheel wrench irntil the spare
tire can be pulled out from under .the vehicle.
When the tire has been completely lowered, tilt the
retainer at the end of the cable.,and pill it through the-
wheel Gpening:. Puli the tire out from underthe vehicle. I
To help avoid v.ehicle .damage, do not drive th-e
vehicle before $he- cable is restored.
Pwf.the spare .tire nearae- flat tire. The tools you'll be, wing include. the jack (A) and wheel
wrench (€3). Your vehicle may also liava an optional hub,
cap I:emov.d to-ol.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine The optional hub cap
removal tool is stowed with
the jack.
Position
the hub cap
removal tool i-n the notch
and pull straight ,away from
the wheel tQ avoid,p.otential
damag,e TO the hubcap and
wheel surface.
Remove.
the hub cap. I€ you hve an aluminum or plastic
molded hGb :cap:, pry it
off with the chisel .end of your
wheel wrench. If you have individual wheel nut caps that cover each
nut, they must
be- removed in order to get to the wheel Some of the molded plastic hub caps. hme imitation
nuts. Use the socket end of the wheel wrench to-rerno.ve wheel nuts -molded into them. The wheel wrench won’t the. wheel nLlt
fit
these imitation nuts, SQ don’t try to remove them with
the socket end of the’ wheel. wrench. Your wheel nut. caps may attach your hub cap to the
wheel, Remove these
whe.el nut caps before you rake off
the hub cap,