SERVICE MANUAL UPDATE ACCESSORY DRIVE BELT ROUTING

VEHICLES AFFECTED: 1988-89 CHEVROLET AND PONTIAC F AND B CARS ----------------- W/4.3L, 5.0L, 5.7L AND OPTIONS

SERVICE MANUAL UPDATE

This information should be added to the Service Manuals on the following pages:

Chevrolet F-Car Section 6B Pages 6B13-14 Pontiac F-Car Section 6B Pages 6B14-15

Chevrolet/Pontiac B-Car Section 6B Page 6B-14

This bulletin provides Service Manual updates for V6 and V8 accessory drive belt routings for 1988 and 1989 Camaro and Firebird and 1989 Caprice models.

The 1989 Camaro and Firebird models equipped with V8 engines and Caprice models equipped with 5.0L (VIN Code E, RPO L03) or 4.3L (VIN Code Z, RPO LB4) engines, excluding Caprice models used a police (RPO 9C1) and taxi cab (RPO 9C6), will be using a new slack side belt routing as shown in Figure 1 of this service bulletin.

The 1988 Camaro and Firebird models with V8 engines will continue to use the tight side belt routing as shown in Figure 2 of this service bulletin and in the 1988 Camaro and Firebird Service Manuals.

The 1989 Caprice models with 5.7L (VIN Code 7, RPO L05) or Caprice models used as police (RPO 9Cl) and taxi cab (RPO 9C6) with 5.0L (VIN Code E, RPO L03) or 4.3L (VIN Code Z, RPO LB4) engines will also continue to use the tight side belt routing as shown in Figure 2 of this service bulletin and in the 1989 B-Car Service Manual.

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