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Old May 22, 2007 | 01:59 AM
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I'm just looking from advice from ppl who have owned their cars for a while.
My friends wife convinced him to sell his 98 c5, so he sold it to me for a pretty good deal. It has 66k miles. My plan was to sell it for a quick profit but now I've fallen in love. Can anyone tell me what the regular maintenance schedule is? And how much I can expect to pay to have the work done. Especially interested in timing chain replacement. But since this is my first vette any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Old May 22, 2007 | 09:22 AM
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Dont worry about timing chain for a long time, all I have done myself is change oil, and doing coolant flush soon....
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Old May 22, 2007 | 09:30 AM
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The timing chain ought to last well past 100K, my LT1 went 190K without replacing it. And since the LS1 is waaaaay better, it should have no problem making it that far if not more.
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Old May 22, 2007 | 10:06 AM
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Schedule Maintenance:
15k
Inspect engine air cleaner filter.
30k
Replace engine air cleaner filter.
45k
Inspect engine air cleaner filter.
50k
change automatic transmission fluid.
60k
Replace engine air cleaner filter.
Inspect engine accessory drive belt.
75k
Inspect engine air cleaner filter.
Replace if nesessary.
90k
Replace engine air cleaner filter.
100k
Replace spark plugs.
Inspect spark plug wires.
Change automatic transmission fluid.
150k Drain, flush and refill the cooling system.
Every 60 months.
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Old May 23, 2007 | 02:35 AM
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Thanks for the info guys. I'm sure to be posting more questions as I think of them.
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