[ZR1] Maintenance by time and no miles. Help complete
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Maintenance by time and no miles. Help complete
I don’t think any ZR1 owner reaches the miles before the time, I might be wrong . Well after hours of reading the manual this is what I got so far, don’t kill me if I made a mistake
Oil and filter once a year.
Engine and cabin filter every 2 years
Clutch hydraulic fluid 2 years
Engine cooling and supercharger cooling 5 years
Engine drive belts 10 years
Now these I cannot find
brake fluid
Power steering fluid
Rear axle oil
Spark plugs and wires
Transmission fluid
anything else I missed ?
thanks
Jay
Oil and filter once a year.
Engine and cabin filter every 2 years
Clutch hydraulic fluid 2 years
Engine cooling and supercharger cooling 5 years
Engine drive belts 10 years
Now these I cannot find
brake fluid
Power steering fluid
Rear axle oil
Spark plugs and wires
Transmission fluid
anything else I missed ?
thanks
Jay
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Melting Slicks
bought mine w/ 14k miles on it. trailered home and got misfire copies. changed plugs all is well. plugs may age but they do fail. for 30$ change them
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#6
Team Owner
For $50, might as well replace with new OEM ones. But typically they don't age out, and if they do, you just get a misfire. Not a bad idea to just do them with plugs to be safe.
#9
Safety Car
same boat here, 2012 ZR1 last fall did changed diff, trans, clutch, and engine oils. i already have new plugs and wires on the shelve engine coolant is scheduled for spring. the only thing that scared me is SC coolant flush looks like a real PITA. air filter and cabin filter are new also.
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I don’t think any ZR1 owner reaches the miles before the time, I might be wrong . Well after hours of reading the manual this is what I got so far, don’t kill me if I made a mistake
Oil and filter once a year.
Engine and cabin filter every 2 years
Clutch hydraulic fluid 2 years
Engine cooling and supercharger cooling 5 years
Engine drive belts 10 years
Now these I cannot find
brake fluid
Power steering fluid
Rear axle oil
Spark plugs and wires
Transmission fluid
anything else I missed ?
thanks
Jay
Oil and filter once a year.
Engine and cabin filter every 2 years
Clutch hydraulic fluid 2 years
Engine cooling and supercharger cooling 5 years
Engine drive belts 10 years
Now these I cannot find
brake fluid
Power steering fluid
Rear axle oil
Spark plugs and wires
Transmission fluid
anything else I missed ?
thanks
Jay
Power steering fluid I would think 50K miles.
Diff fluid, I think 50K is fine. 25K if you are worried about it.
Trans fluid if an auto I go 50K. Manual trans fluid change can depend on how the shifter feels. Some trans fluids loose their properties after only a few thousand miles.
Clutch fluid should be changed pretty often at least 3 or 4 times a year. This will keep the master and slave healthy.
Engine drive belts, I wouldn't let it go to 10 years. They aren't expensive so every couple of years is what I would do.
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That’s what I’m trying to find out like that brake fluid and clutch fluid you mentioned time but on the others you mentioned miles and it would probably go more than 20 years and wouldn’t reach that mileage so we’re trying to find out all the maintenance things but timewise.
thanks
thanks
Brake fluid should be changed at least once a year. It's not that it goes bad, but it absorbs moisture which dilutes it decreasing the boiling point.
Power steering fluid I would think 50K miles.
Diff fluid, I think 50K is fine. 25K if you are worried about it.
Trans fluid if an auto I go 50K. Manual trans fluid change can depend on how the shifter feels. Some trans fluids loose their properties after only a few thousand miles.
Clutch fluid should be changed pretty often at least 3 or 4 times a year. This will keep the master and slave healthy.
Engine drive belts, I wouldn't let it go to 10 years. They aren't expensive so every couple of years is what I would do.
Power steering fluid I would think 50K miles.
Diff fluid, I think 50K is fine. 25K if you are worried about it.
Trans fluid if an auto I go 50K. Manual trans fluid change can depend on how the shifter feels. Some trans fluids loose their properties after only a few thousand miles.
Clutch fluid should be changed pretty often at least 3 or 4 times a year. This will keep the master and slave healthy.
Engine drive belts, I wouldn't let it go to 10 years. They aren't expensive so every couple of years is what I would do.
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Six years is generally the suggested limit by tire manufacturers. The Texas Mile will not allow tires older than 7 years on cars running that event. There have been some auto pundits that advocate for longer terms, but there is much debate about safe use longer than 6 years, regardless of tread depth.
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Drifting
#19
Safety Car
i did'nt found anything so far. Seems like guys do not care about it.
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Melting Slicks
oem expansion tank has a drain plug. drain it with the screw out of the fill point on the hose. once its drained you fill thru the fill point ( this will take a long time) and turn on the I/c pump with hp tuners or gm tech 2 . with the pump running open the bleeders and allow air to escape until the system is full.