Maintenance guide?

[VicRDE82]

Just wondering if there is a "general" guide for performing maintenance on these cars? I know for basics, (oil, spark plugs, wires, etc) but what about changing your supercharger oil?
How often or how to clean your TB and/or MAF? EGR valve or is that something not really seeing much default? Appreciate the nudge in the right direction guys and gals!

 

[SgtMarshal]

the supercharger oil doesn't go bad, I thought for a long time it needed to be changed every 20,000 miles, but that's not the case. the book says to check it every 20K miles, and refill as necessary. the only time I ever bothered cleaning the TB, MAF, EGR was when I had problems with those items, and rarely did the cleaning make a difference.

 

[Fivefingerdeathpunch]

S/C oil is a check every 30k miles per the owners manual and GM, but figure more people have never changed it and it's when they get the car past 100k miles. Change it once and it'll likely outlast the vehicle in most cases.


TB and MAF can be dependent on the miles you drive and where you drive. If you took dirt roads everyday, then once an oil change in my eyes. The air filter won't get all the dirt and it'll make it's way on to the MAF sensor somehow. Otherwise maybe once a year or whenever you feel like it. Both take very little time to do.

If you've never cleaned the TB and can tell nobody else ever has, it's gone to be really black and nasty the first time around.

EGR isn't really something most clean, but again it doesnt hurt to remove it and see what it looks like. Might need a new gasket though.

o2 sensors every 75-100k miles, upstream for sure.

 

[VicRDE82]

Okay, I wasn't sure if I should address those items as a form of "preventive" maintenance or not. Haven't had any issues to speak of yet, and I believe no one has ever done anything other than, oil/air filter changes.