1993 Chevrolet S10 Pickup Owner's Manual - Page 318

Scheduled Maintenance Services A Word About Maintenance Weat GeneralMotorswant to helpyoukeep your vehicleingoodworking condition.But we don'tknowexactlyhowyou'lldriveit.Youmaydrivevery shortdistancesonlyafewtimesaweek.Oryoumaydrivelongdistancesall thetimeinveryhot,dustyweather.Youmayuseyour vehicleinmaking deliveries.Oryou maydrive it to work, to do errands, or in many other ways. Becauseof allthedifferentwayspeopleusetheir GM vehicles,maintenance needsvary.Youmayevenneedmore frequentchecksandreplacementsthan So pleasereadthissectionand youwillfind in theschedulesinthissection. note howyou drive. Ifyouhaveany questions onhow to keepyourvehicle GM dealer,theplacemany GMownerschoose ingoodcondition,seeyour to havetheirmaintenanceworkdone. Your dealercanbereliedupon to use properpartsandpractices. Your Vehicle And The Environment Propervehiclemaintenancenotonlyhelpskeepyourvehicle in goodworking All recommendedmaintenance condition,but it alsohelpstheenvironment. proceduresareimportant.Impropervehiclemaintenanceortheremoval of importantcomponentscansignificantlyaffectthequality of theair we breathe. Improperfluidlevelsoreventhewrongtireinflationcanincreasethelevel of emissionsfromyourvehicle. To helpprotectourenvironment,andtohelp keepyourvehicle in goodcondition,pleasemaintainyourvehicleproperly. A b Performingmaintenanceworkonavehiclecanbedangerous. In Do yourown trying to do somejobs,youcanbeseriouslyinjured. maintenanceworkonly if youhavetherequiredknow-howandthe If youhaveanydoubt,have propertoolsandequipmentforthejob. a qualified technician do the work. If you are skilled enough to do someworkonyourvehicle,youwillprobably want to gettheserviceinformation GM publishes. You willfindalist of publicationsand how to gettheminSection 8, 'CustomerAssistance Information". See"ServicePublications" in theIndex. TheMaintenanceRecordprovidesaplaceforyou to recordthemaintenance performedonyourvehicle.Wheneveranymaintenanceisperformed,besure to write it down in thissection.Thiswillhelpyoudeterminewhenyournext maintenanceshouldbedone. In addition, it is agoodidea to keepyour to qualifyyourvehiclefor maintenancereceipts.Theymaybeneeded warrantyrepairs. 7-2