2008 Chevrolet Express 3500 Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2008 Chevrolet Express 3500 has seven bodies to describe, cargo and passenger vans with three or four doors, standard and extended wheelbase, and the two-door cutaway, which is why door, glass, lock and seal procedures take up as much room here as engine work does. The four engines are the turbocharged 6.6L diesel V8 of 403 cubic inches and the naturally aspirated 6.0L, 5.3L and 4.8L gasoline V8s. Base, LS and LT are the trims.

Engines covered

• 6.6L V8 (403 cu in) — OHV, turbocharged, diesel
• 6.0L V8 (364 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
• 4.8L V8 (294 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
• 5.3L V8 (325 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 3-door extended cargo van
• 3-door standard cargo van
• 4-door standard passenger van
• 3-door extended passenger van
• 3-door standard passenger van
• 2-door cutaway van
• 4-door standard cargo van

Trims covered

• Base
• LS
• LT

Known issues on the 2008 Express 3500. The complaint tally for this year is 28, spread mainly across three systems: six on the service brakes, five on the power train and four on the electrical system. All three are covered in detail, from hydraulic brake bleeding order, booster and antilock diagnosis and friction specifications, through transmission and rear axle overhaul with fluid capacities and torque values, to wiring diagrams keyed to connectors and grounds so a fault can be traced to a section of harness rather than guessed at.