Buick LaCrosse: 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 deionized water or 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:
What to Use
WARNING!
Adding only plain water or some
other liquid to the cooling system
can be dangerous. Plain water
and other liquids can boil before
the proper coolant mixture will.
The coolant warni ...
How to Add Coolant to the
Coolant Surge Tank
WARNING!
You can be burned if you spill
coolant on hot engine parts.
Coolant contains ethylene glycol
and it will burn if the engine parts
are hot enough. Do not spill
coolant on a hot engin ...
See also:
Selecting tire chains
Use the correct tire chain size when mounting the snow chains.
Chain size is regulated for each tire size
Side chain:
0.12 in. (3 mm) in diameter
0.39 in. (10 mm) in width
1.18 in. (30 mm) ...
Headlight beam select
1 To select the high beam function, push the
lever forward. The high beam lights come on
and the light illuminates.
2 Pull the lever back to select the low beam.
3 Pulling and releasing the lev ...
Gross AxleWeight Rating (GAWR):
The maximum allowable weight at
the vehicle axles is:
U.S. models
LX:
2,337 lbs (1,060 kg)
on the front axle
2,006 lbs (910 kg)
on the rear axle
EX and EX-L:
2,414 lbs (1,095 kg)
on the fro ...
