1998 Chevrolet Prizm Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 1998 Chevrolet Prizm covers a compact with one engine and one body: a 1.8L twin-cam inline-four, naturally aspirated on gasoline, in a four-door sedan sold as Base or LSi. That narrowness is a working advantage — every valve clearance, timing specification and torque value in the engine section applies to the car on the lift, with no second displacement to check against, and the wiring diagrams describe one body with two levels of equipment rather than a range of them.

Engines covered

• 1.8L inline-four — DOHC, naturally aspirated, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 4-door sedan

Trims covered

• Base
• LSi

Known issues on the 1998 Prizm. One recall sits on the federal record, and it concerns replacement front strut mounts rather than anything the factory fitted: the mounts were built without the weld that should join the bearing housing to the rate plate, which can let a strut work out of its mounting position under hard driving and damage what surrounds it. Owners have logged 47 complaints, spread evenly across air bags and steering at seven each and tires at six. Suspension service, steering diagnostics and the restraint system all have their own procedures, specifications and torque values here.