2020 BUICK REGAL coolant temperature

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5. Reverse Steps 1–3 to reinstallthe filter cover housing.
3.6L V6 Engine
To inspect or replace the engine air
cleaner/filter: 1. Remove the seven screws on top of the engine air cleaner/
filter housing.
2. Lift the filter cover housing away from the engine air
cleaner/filter housing.
3. Pull out the filter.
4. Inspect or replace the engine air cleaner/filter. 5. Reverse Steps 1–3 to reinstall
the filter cover housing.
{Warning
Operating the engine with the air
cleaner/filter off can cause you or
others to be burned. Use caution
when working on the engine. Do
not start the engine or drive the
vehicle with the air cleaner/filter
off, as flames may be present if
the engine backfires.
Caution
If the air cleaner/filter is off, dirt
can easily get into the engine,
which could damage it. Always
have the air cleaner/filter in place
when driving.
Cooling System
The cooling system allows the
engine to maintain the correct
working temperature. When it is safe to lift the hood:
2.0L L4 Turbo Engine
1. Engine Cooling Fan (Out
of View)
2. Coolant Surge Tank and Pressure Cap

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3.6L V6 Engine
1. Engine Cooling Fans (Outof View)
2. Coolant Surge Tank and Pressure Cap
{Warning
An underhood electric fan can
start up even when the engine is
not running and can cause injury.
Keep hands, clothing, and tools
away from any underhood
electric fan.
{Warning
Do not touch heater or radiator
hoses, or other engine parts.
They can be very hot and can
burn you. Do not run the engine if
there is a leak; all coolant could
leak out. That could cause an
engine fire and can burn you. Fix
any leak before driving the
vehicle.
Engine Coolant
The cooling system in the vehicle is
filled with DEX-COOL engine
coolant. This coolant is designed to
remain in the vehicle for five years
or 240 000 km (150,000 mi),
whichever occurs first.
The following explains the cooling
system and how to check and add
coolant when it is low. If there is a
problem with engine overheating,
see Engine Overheating 0247.
What to Use
{Warning
Plain water, or other liquids such
as alcohol, can boil before the
proper coolant mixture will. With
plain water or the wrong mixture,
the engine could get too hot but
there would not be an overheat
warning. The engine could catch
fire and you or others could be
burned.
Use a 50/50 mixture of clean,
drinkable water and DEX-COOL
coolant. If using this mixture,
nothing else needs to be added.
This mixture:
. Gives freezing protection down
to−37 °C (−34 °F), outside
temperature.
. Gives boiling protection up to
129 °C (265 °F), engine
temperature.
. Protects against rust and
corrosion.

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.Will not damage aluminum parts.
. Helps keep the proper engine
temperature.
Caution
Do not use anything other than a
mix of DEX-COOL coolant that
meets GM Standard
GMW3420 and clean, drinkable
water. Anything else can cause
damage to the engine cooling
system and the vehicle, which
would not be covered by the
vehicle warranty.
Never dispose of engine coolant by
putting it in the trash, pouring it on
the ground, or into sewers, streams,
or bodies of water. Have the coolant
changed by an authorized service
center, familiar with legal
requirements regarding used
coolant disposal. This will help
protect the environment and your
health.
Checking Coolant
The vehicle must be on a level
surface when checking the coolant
level.
Check to see if coolant is visible in
the coolant surge tank. If the coolant
inside the coolant surge tank is
boiling, do not do anything else until
it cools down.
If coolant is visible but the coolant
level is not at or above the mark
pointed to, add a 50/50 mixture of
clean, drinkable water and
DEX-COOL coolant. Be sure the cooling system is cool
before this is done.
If no coolant is visible in the coolant
surge tank, add coolant as follows:
How to Add Coolant to the
Coolant Surge Tank
{Warning
Steam and scalding liquids from a
hot cooling system are under
pressure. Turning the pressure
cap, even a little, can cause them
to come out at high speed and
you could be burned. Never turn
the cap when the cooling system,
including the pressure cap, is hot.
Wait for the cooling system and
pressure cap to cool.
{Warning
Plain water, or other liquids such
as alcohol, can boil before the
proper coolant mixture will. With
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By this time, the coolant level
inside the coolant surge tank
may be lower. If the level is
lower, add more of the proper
mixture to the coolant surge
tank until the level reaches the
indicated level mark.
5. Replace the pressure cap tightly.
Check the level in the coolant surge
tank when the cooling system has
cooled down. If the coolant is
not at the proper level, repeat
Steps 1–3 and reinstall the pressure
cap. If the coolant still is not at the
proper level when the system cools
down again, see your dealer.
Caution
If the pressure cap is not tightly
installed, coolant loss and engine
damage may occur. Be sure the
cap is properly and tightly
secured.
Engine Overheating
The vehicle has an engine coolant
temperature gauge and an engine
coolant temperature warning light on
the instrument cluster to warn of
engine overheating. See Engine
Coolant Temperature Gauge 0115
and
Engine Coolant Temperature
Warning Light (Uplevel) 0125.
If it is decided not to lift the hood
when this warning appears, but
instead get service help right away,
see Roadside Assistance Program
0 344.
If it is decided to lift the hood, make
sure the vehicle is parked on a level
surface.
Then check to see if the engine
cooling fans are running. If the
engine is overheating, both fans
should be running. If they are not,
do not continue to run the engine,
and have the vehicle serviced.Caution
Do not run the engine if there is a
leak in the engine cooling system.
This can cause a loss of all
coolant and can damage the
system and vehicle. Have any
leaks fixed right away.
If Steam Is Coming from the
Engine Compartment
{Warning
Steam and scalding liquids from a
hot cooling system are under
pressure. Turning the pressure
cap, even a little, can cause them
to come out at high speed and
you could be burned. Never turn
the cap when the cooling system,
including the pressure cap, is hot.
Wait for the cooling system and
pressure cap to cool.

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If No Steam Is Coming from
the Engine Compartment
If an engine overheat warning is
displayed but no steam can be seen
or heard, the problem may not be
too serious. Sometimes the engine
can get a little too hot when the
vehicle:
.Climbs a long hill on a hot day.
. Stops after high-speed driving.
. Idles for long periods in traffic.
If the overheat warning is displayed
with no sign of steam: 1. Turn the air conditioning off.
2. Turn the heater on to the highest temperature and to the
highest fan speed. Open the
windows as necessary.
3. When it is safe to do so, pull off the road, shift to P (Park) or
N (Neutral), and let the
engine idle.
If the engine coolant temperature
gauge is no longer in the overheat
zone or the engine coolant
temperature warning light no longer displays, the vehicle can be driven.
Continue to drive the vehicle slowly
for about 10 minutes. Keep a safe
vehicle distance from the vehicle in
front. If the warning does not come
back on, continue to drive normally
and have the cooling system
checked for proper fill and function.
If the warning continues, pull over,
stop, and park the vehicle
right away.
If there is no sign of steam, idle the
engine for three minutes while
parked. If the warning is still
displayed, turn off the engine until it
cools down.
Washer Fluid
What to Use
When windshield washer fluid is
needed, be sure to read the
manufacturer's instructions before
use. If operating the vehicle in an
area where the temperature may fall
below freezing, use a fluid that has
sufficient protection against
freezing.
Adding Washer Fluid
Open the cap with the washer
symbol on it. Add washer fluid until
the tank is full. See
Engine
Compartment Overview 0235 for
reservoir location.
Caution
. Do not use washer fluid that
contains any type of water
repellent coating. This can
cause the wiper blades to
chatter or skip.
. Do not use engine coolant
(antifreeze) in the
windshield washer. It can
damage the windshield
washer system and paint.
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Index 367
Child RestraintsInfants and Young Children . . . . . 73
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 88
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 347
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Compressor Kit, Tire Sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287, 293
Connected Services Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Connections Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 363 Control
Traction and Electronic
Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . .115
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Cover Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 196
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Customer Information
Publications OrderingInformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Customer Satisfaction
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Cybersecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 347
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data Collection Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 353
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 352
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Diagnostics Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 364
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 339
Drive Systems All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 187, 252
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 203

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368 Index
Driver InformationCenter (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 207
Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . 164
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 169
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 171
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 188
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 122
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Electrical System Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 259 Electrical System (cont'd)
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 235
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Coolant Temperature
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 184
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Engine Oil Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . .115
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 352
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 147
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 148
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
F
Filter,Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 150
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 241
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

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Frequency StatementRadio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 48
Front Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Front Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . . . 257
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Economy, Driving for Better . . . 164
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 126
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 182
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Fuses
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 259 Fuses (cont'd)
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 143Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Gauges Engine Coolant
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Engine Oil Temperature . . . . . . . .115
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 322
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 150
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256Adaptive ForwardLighting (AFL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 127
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 148
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 128
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Heater
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156