2000 CADILLAC SEVILLE Owners Manual

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CADILLAC SEVILLE 2000 5.G Owners Manual 5-9
With current trends in automotive styles and design, it 
is essential that the correct towing equipment is used to
tow a vehicle. Your vehicle can be towed with wheel
-lift
or car
-carrier equipme

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CADILLAC SEVILLE 2000 5.G Owners Manual 5-10 If Steam Is Coming From Your Engine
CAUTION:
Steam from an overheated engine can burn you
badly, even if you just open the hood. Stay away
from the engine if you see or hear steam coming
CAUTION:

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CADILLAC SEVILLE 2000 5.G Owners Manual 5-11 If No Steam Is Coming From Your Engine
If you get an engine overheat warning but see or hear no
steam, the problem may not be too serious. Sometimes
the engine can get a little too hot when you:

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CADILLAC SEVILLE 2000 5.G Owners Manual 5-12
Cooling System
When you decide its safe to lift the hood, heres what
youll see:
A. Coolant Surge Tank with Pressure Cap
B. Electric Engine Cooling Fans
CAUTION:
An electric engine cooling fan

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CADILLAC SEVILLE 2000 5.G Owners Manual 5-13
A low coolant level should be indicated by a CHECK
COOLANT LEVEL message on the Driver Information
Center. If it is, you may have a leak in the radiator
hoses, heater hoses, radiator, water pump

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CADILLAC SEVILLE 2000 5.G Owners Manual 5-14 How to Add Coolant to the Coolant 
Surge Tank
If you havent found a problem yet, but the coolant 
level isnt at or above the fill mark at the forward edge 
of the surge tank, add a 50/50 mixtur

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CADILLAC SEVILLE 2000 5.G Owners Manual 5-15
CAUTION:
Adding only plain water to your cooling system
can be dangerous. Plain water, or some other
liquid like alcohol, can boil before the proper
coolant mixture will. Your vehicles coolant
w

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CADILLAC SEVILLE 2000 5.G Owners Manual 5-16
1. You can remove the coolant surge tank pressure 
cap when the cooling system, including the coolant
surge tank pressure cap and upper radiator hose, 
is no longer hot. Turn the pressure cap slo