hi everyone, new to the forums and not experienced in DIY maintenance. i have questions, hope i'm putting this post in the right place.
i just bought a 1998 silverado k1500 z71, 168k miles on everything, it has the L31 5.7 vortec and the 4L60E. i am 4th owner of truck. the 3rd owner had it for about 10 years and put less than 40k miles on it. it was garage kept for the majority of its previous 10 years, so the body is real straight and it has minimal rust, which makes it a bit of a rare find along the rust belt of the midwest.
i want to do as much as i can afford in terms of preventative // catch-up maintenance, and im taking the assumption that a lot of the previous maintenance work has been ignored.
the truck has a few problems, and the biggest concern seems to be pretty bad oil leak coming somewhere out of the top side of the engine. i'll try to get some pictures of that later, maybe someone here has an idea about the most likely cause of this leak?
assuming that the leak can be fixed and that the motor is still good, my plan was to do these things in roughly this order:
MAINTENANCE
OIL & FILTER ---> CHG TO SYNTHETIC OK ?
TRANSM. & FILTER ---> DRAIN & FILL OR FULL FLUSH ?
FRONT & REAR DIFF ---> CHG FLUID ?
TRANSFER CASE ---> CHG FLUID ?
RADIATOR FLUSH ---> CHG THERMOSTAT ?
BRAKELINES ---> CHG FLUID?
POWER STEERING ---> CHG FLUID?
CHG FUEL FILTER ?
CHG AIR FILTER ?
BELTS & HOSES OK ?
BATTERY & ALTERNATOR OK ?
NEW PLUGS & WIRES ?
PO141 CODE
INSPECTION REQ.
NEW WINDSHIELD
REPAIR RUST ABOVE WINDSHIELD
NEW TIRES --- BFG A/T 285 75 16
EXHAUST SYSTEM --- FLOWMASTER
i was wondering if anyone here could step in and tell me about other common problems i should be looking for with the truck. other than the oil leak, the truck seems to be solid. drives straight, accelerates strong and shifts smooth. what else should i be looking towards in order to keep it that way?
thanks for any advice, i think i will be poking around the forums for a long time
i just bought a 1998 silverado k1500 z71, 168k miles on everything, it has the L31 5.7 vortec and the 4L60E. i am 4th owner of truck. the 3rd owner had it for about 10 years and put less than 40k miles on it. it was garage kept for the majority of its previous 10 years, so the body is real straight and it has minimal rust, which makes it a bit of a rare find along the rust belt of the midwest.
i want to do as much as i can afford in terms of preventative // catch-up maintenance, and im taking the assumption that a lot of the previous maintenance work has been ignored.
the truck has a few problems, and the biggest concern seems to be pretty bad oil leak coming somewhere out of the top side of the engine. i'll try to get some pictures of that later, maybe someone here has an idea about the most likely cause of this leak?
assuming that the leak can be fixed and that the motor is still good, my plan was to do these things in roughly this order:
MAINTENANCE
OIL & FILTER ---> CHG TO SYNTHETIC OK ?
TRANSM. & FILTER ---> DRAIN & FILL OR FULL FLUSH ?
FRONT & REAR DIFF ---> CHG FLUID ?
TRANSFER CASE ---> CHG FLUID ?
RADIATOR FLUSH ---> CHG THERMOSTAT ?
BRAKELINES ---> CHG FLUID?
POWER STEERING ---> CHG FLUID?
CHG FUEL FILTER ?
CHG AIR FILTER ?
BELTS & HOSES OK ?
BATTERY & ALTERNATOR OK ?
NEW PLUGS & WIRES ?
PO141 CODE
INSPECTION REQ.
NEW WINDSHIELD
REPAIR RUST ABOVE WINDSHIELD
NEW TIRES --- BFG A/T 285 75 16
EXHAUST SYSTEM --- FLOWMASTER
i was wondering if anyone here could step in and tell me about other common problems i should be looking for with the truck. other than the oil leak, the truck seems to be solid. drives straight, accelerates strong and shifts smooth. what else should i be looking towards in order to keep it that way?
thanks for any advice, i think i will be poking around the forums for a long time