2018 CHEVROLET IMPALA Engine oil

Chevrolet Impala Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-11348316) -
2018 - CRC - 8/22/17
Service and Maintenance 301
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
UsageFluid/Lubricant
Automatic Transmission DEXRON-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid. Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL Coolant.
See Cooling System 0225.
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1 specification of the proper SAE viscosity
grade. ACDelco dexos1 is recommended. See Engine Oil0220.
Hood Latch Assembly, Secondary Latch, Pivots, Spring Anchor, and Release Pawl Lubriplate Lubricant Aerosol (GM Part No. 89021668, in
Canada 89021674) or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2 Category
LB or GC-LB.
Hydraulic Brake System DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19353126, in Canada 19299819).
Key Lock Cylinders, Hood and Door Hinges Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube (GM Part No. 12346241, in
Canada 10953474).
Weatherstrip Conditioning Weatherstrip Lubricant (GM Part No. 3634770, in Canada 10953518) or equivalent.
Windshield Washer Automotive windshield washer fluid that meets regional freeze protection requirements.

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Maintenance Replacement Parts
Replacement parts identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer.Part GM Part Number ACDelco Part Number
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter
2.5L L4 Engine 20972654 A3174C
3.6L V6 Engine 22753242 A3176C
Engine Oil Filter 2.5L L4 Engine 12640445 PF64
3.6L V6 Engine 19330000 PF63E
Passenger Compartment Air Filter Base 13356914 CF184
Uplevel 13508023 CF185
Spark Plugs 2.5L L4 Engine 12627160 41-115
3.6L V6 Engine 12622561 41-109
Wiper Blades Driver Side –60 cm (23.6 in) 23365874 —
Passenger Side –47.5 cm (18.7 in) 23365875 —

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Technical Data 305
Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
ApplicationCapacities
Metric English
Air Conditioning Refrigerant For the air conditioning system refrigerant type and charge amount, see the refrigerant label under thehood. See your dealer for more information.
Engine Cooling System 2.5L L4 Engine 7.4 L 7.8 qt
3.6L V6 Engine 9.4 L 9.9 qt
Engine Oil with Filter 2.5L L4 Engine 4.7 L 5.0 qt
3.6L V6 Engine 5.7 L 6.0 qt
Fuel Tank 2.5L L4 Engine 70.0 L 18.5 gal
3.6L V6 Engine 70.0 L18.5 gal
Wheel Nut Torque 150Y 110 lb ft
All capacities are approximate. When adding, be sure to fill to the approximate level, as recommended in this
manual. Recheck fluid level after filling.

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336 Index
Dual Automatic ClimateControl System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
E
E85 or FlexFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 178
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 120
Electrical Equipment,
Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 243
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Emergency
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 217
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Engine (cont'd)
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Overheated Protection
Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 174
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 319
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 139
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 140
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
F
FeaturesMemory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 141 Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
FlexFuel E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 223
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 197
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 59
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 123
Requirements, California . . . . . 202

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338 Index
J
Jump Starting - NorthAmerica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
K
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 28
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 251
Lamps Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 140
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Malfunction Indicator
(Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 198
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Lane Departure Warning
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
LATCH, Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 142
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . .119
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 120
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 123
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Lights (cont'd)
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 140
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . 121
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . .115
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 123
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 293 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 118
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Messages Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 45 Monitor System, Tire
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
N
Navigation
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 167
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Off-Road
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 222
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 81
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 310
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
OnStar Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
OnStar Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
OnStar Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
OnStar Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Operating Mode
Overheated Engine
Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 316
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Overheated Engine Protection Operating Mode . . . . 230
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Parking Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 235
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 173
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Parking or Backing
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 192
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Passenger Compartment Air
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 74