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03-07-2014, 01:30 PM
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 Drives: 2013 ZL1 Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Niceville, FL
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Great Experience today
Took my ZL1 to Award Chevrolet, in Crestview, FL for my 1500 mile fluid change. The guy asked me why I wanted the diff fluid changed and I told him because the manufacturer tells me to in the owners manual...he just smiled and said it's good to see someone knows their car. No arguments, in and out in about 2 hours. Good dealership. The didn't say anything about the root-fab intake either....
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03-09-2014, 10:25 AM
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 Drives: 2014 ZL1 White Convertible Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: St Pete Fl
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Did they change it out for free?.
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03-09-2014, 10:44 AM
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Drives: 2013 ZL1 Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Niceville, FL
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03-09-2014, 10:54 AM
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03-09-2014, 10:58 AM
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Drives: 2008 Pontiac G8 GT, Shelby GT500 Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Long Island, New York
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Wait, you're supposed to change the diff fluid every 1,500 miles!!!???
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03-09-2014, 12:09 PM
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Drives: 2013 ZL1 Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Niceville, FL
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03-09-2014, 12:20 PM
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Drives: 2008 Pontiac G8 GT, Shelby GT500 Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Long Island, New York
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03-09-2014, 12:20 PM
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Drives: 17 Hyper Blue Metallic KLR-ZL1 Join Date: May 2009
Location: Pearland Tx.
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where is that in the manual again? I can't seem to find it.
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03-09-2014, 03:09 PM
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Drives: 2013 ZL1 m6 Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Avondale AZ & Indy will always be home
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Here is what I found, it is on pg 9-16 (2013) "should the vehicle be used for racing or competitive driving (after break-in) the rear axle lubricant must be replaced before hand."
How I take that is, if you are not going to be doing any kind of high performance track driving, then you don't need to change it. |
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03-09-2014, 04:09 PM
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Drives: 2017 ZL1, A10, White, sunroof, nav Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Garner, NC
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I asked the dealer to throw it in with the complimentary oil change(s) and they did! Had it done at 1500 miles and will probably have it done again soon...just went over 8K miles.
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03-09-2014, 04:20 PM
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Drives: 2008 Pontiac G8 GT, Shelby GT500 Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Long Island, New York
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Call me paranoid, but based on the many previous dealer experiences I've had done, I'd be skeptical of them filling the differential correctly.
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03-09-2014, 05:48 PM
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Drives: 2013 ZL1 Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Niceville, FL
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Had no idea there were so many negative Nancy's in here.
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03-09-2014, 09:36 PM
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Drives: 2014 ZL1 White Convertible Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: St Pete Fl
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Not to sound like a negative nancy lol but I am glad I asked if they charged you a fee, because your originally post made it sound sort of like they did you a favor or something. (when you said no argument or anything), So I really do not understand your point of the posting, because anyone will do a fluid change if you pay them. Were you just trying to tell everyone that the diff fluid should be changed after 1500 with racing conditions?. just a bit misleading maybe you should have titled it, "$180.00 great experience". So other people might not get mislead in anyway.
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03-09-2014, 09:53 PM
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