Vehicle Care - Chevrolet Corvette Owner's Manual

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Vehicle Care

Vehicle Care
General Information
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 209
Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Lifting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Vehicle Checks
Doing Your Own
Service Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Engine Compartment
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 221
Automatic Transmission
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Manual Gearbox Fluid . . . . . . . . 222
Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . 222
Cooling System (Engine) . . . . . 224
Cooling System (Aero
Panel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Engine Overheating . . . . . . . . . . 229
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . 239
Automatic Transmission Shift
Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Park Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 240
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . 240
Windshield Replacement . . . . . 241
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Headlamp Aiming
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Bulb Replacement
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
High Intensity Discharge (HID)
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Number Plate Lamp . . . . . . . . . . 243
Electrical System
Electrical System Overload . . . 243
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 244
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Wheels and Tyres
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Winter Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Run-Flat Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Low-Profile Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Competition Oriented Tires . . . 255
Summer Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Tyre Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Tyre Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Tyre Pressure for High-Speed
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Tyre Pressure Monitor
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Tyre Pressure Monitor
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Tyre Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Tyre Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
When It Is Time for New
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Buying New Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Different Size Tyres and
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Wheel Alignment and Tyre
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 268
Tyre Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
If a Tyre Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Tyre Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Storing the Tyre Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Jump Starting
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278