1996 GMC K2500 Suburban Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 1996 GMC K2500 Suburban keeps a three-engine set, turbocharged 6.5L diesel V8, 7.4L gasoline V8 and 5.7L gasoline V8, under a single four-door sport utility body offered as Base, SLE or SLT. For a technician the interesting divide is between the diesel, with its turbocharger and injection specifications, and the two gasoline engines, whose fueling and ignition figures follow a different path through the book.

Engines covered

• 6.5L V8 (395 cu in) — OHV, turbocharged, diesel
• 7.4L V8 (454 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
• 5.7L V8 (350 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 4-door sport utility

Trims covered

• Base
• SLE
• SLT

Known issues on the 1996 K2500 Suburban. Two recalls are recorded federally, both on replacement filters supplied for these trucks: one on the fuel side, where a poor seal at the connection can let fuel leak toward an ignition source, and one on the oil side, where the same sealing problem can empty the engine of oil. Twenty-five owner complaints are logged with NHTSA, the service brakes accounting for ten, visibility for five and structure for three. Brake procedures, torque values and diagnostics, along with the wiring diagrams, cover the systems behind those numbers.