1982 Chevrolet Caprice Service and Repair Manual
This factory service and repair manual for the 1982 Chevrolet Caprice covers a car offered with four overhead-valve engines: a 3.8-liter V6 of 231 cubic inches, a 4.4-liter V8 of 267, a 5.0-liter V8 of 305, and a 5.7-liter 350 built in both gasoline and diesel form. All of it reaches the road through three bodies — a two-door coupe, a four-door sedan and a four-door wagon — in Base, Classic and Classic Estate trim, so the specifications and torque values shift with the engine and the body under the work.
Engines covered
- 5.0L V8 (305 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
- 3.8L V6 (231 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
- 4.4L V8 (267 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
- 5.7L V8 (350 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, diesel or gasoline
Body styles covered
- 4-door wagon
- 4-door sedan
- 2-door coupe
Trims covered
- Base
- Classic
- Classic Estate
Known issues on the 1982 Caprice. The federal record for this year is clean: no recalls and no owner complaints have been filed against the 1982 Caprice. That leaves the manual to speak for itself, and what it holds is procedure — diagnostics, specifications, torque values and wiring diagrams for the four engines listed above, the transmissions behind them, the brakes, steering and suspension, and the body electrical of coupe, sedan and wagon. On a car this old the specifications matter more than the recall history, because most of the hardware has been replaced several times over.
UNDER CERTAIN VEHICLE OPERATING CONDITIONS, THE GOVERNOR WEIGHT RETAINER IN THE INJECTION PUMP MAY FAIL. THE THROTTLE VALVE COULD STICK, PREVENTING RETURN TO IDLE AND SHUT DOWN OF
DEALER WILL REPLACE THE GOVERNOR WEIGHT ASSEMBLY IN THE INJECTION PUMP AT NO COST TO OWNER
