Hey guys, have a couple questions about the maintenaince my camaro needs. I bought the car with 158,000 so I really do not know what was done. I replaced the air filter, had an oil change from duke of oil, and put new spark plugs and wires. I believe the air filter, plugs, and wires were all original from factory (scary thought) so i am trying to figure out what all else is needed to do to make sure my camaro is in its best mechanical condition possible. I was told my Duke of oil to have them flush my trans mission, change my differential and brake fluid as well. I have read a lotta bad things about flushes so i was thinking of changing all of the fluids my self. What do you think? Will it be bad for the car as seeing i have no idea what the previous owner did?

 

you're going to hear differing opinions about fluid flushes

why did you go to an oil change shop to change your oil? I know about convenience but I use oil changes as an interval for me to inspect every one of my vehicles.

I've caught a leaky wheel cylinder on one of my kid's cars because the I saw the brake fluid was low. I've found a hose ready to burst on another one of the vehicles when i was underneath. Anyway, with those many miles it's a good idea to flush the cooling, brake and power steering.

Diff oil is also a good idea and as for tranny, I'm of the opinion to say ABSOLUTELY but others will advise you that your tranny may start to slip because some particles may be keeping your clutches engaged and not slipping. My thought is that if the tranny has issues then it does, and not flushing the tranny fluid is just putting off the invetibale and you may as well find out sooner than later.

It's a good idea to learn to do those items yourself and do them correctly. Otherwise, you'll be looking at around $500, maybe more to have a shop do all of them unless they are willing to negotiate some type of bundle price vs flat rating

 

Well my dad recommended i go there because they would tell me if anything was wrong with the car. Plus we didnt have time to do it that week and he wasnt comfortable with me driving the car until the oil was at least changed.

 

gotta agree with the tig. lol, also in order to fully appreciate the 4th gen camaro you really need to experience the act of changing spark plugs.

 

+1 for craby

 

oh yeah that was fun lol. My dad and i figured out how to maneuver around everything and change the spark plugs on the pass. side without jacking the whole car up. No thanks to the haynes manual lol

 

actually was just infromed by my dad who was playing with my car a little bit while I am out in kentucky, It had no kind of thermostat in it at all. Awesome right lol?

 

I am going to guess that the 94 is a 3.4L... I dont know of any way to get to the plugs on a LT1 from the top. I have had the honor of replacing plugs on a 3.4L all from the top, a 3.8L (thankfully while the engine was out of the car) and 2 LS1s. The first LS1 I got to 7 from the top and one from the bottom. On the second LS1 (last week and I still have the scratches on the wrists and arms from it) I could not get to the #6 or #8 from the bottom or the top. I ended up removing the coils and AIR system hose to access those plugs from the top. That was a fun job... 5/8 plugs were only finger tight, one was still the factory plug (on tight as hell) and 2/8 were torqued correctly. Oh and now that all 8 match and all 8 are torqued properly the car has ALOT more power and runs alot smoother. The sound we all though was piston slap is now also gone. Good times!

Massey

 

yeah its only a 3.4 it wasn't too challenging. I was surprised to see all factory plugs though