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    V08 Factory-verified

    Chevrolet · Regular Production Option

    Cooling system, heavy duty

    Years 1970–79, 1982–90, 1992–09, 2015, 2018–27 Models 33 Factory citations 117
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    Also described as Heavy duty coolingHeavy-Duty CoolingCooling system, heavy-dutyCooling, heavy dutyHeavy-duty coolingRadiator, heavy dutyCooling, heavy-duty

    Also documented for BuickCadillacGMCOldsmobilePontiacSaturn

    Documented applications

    Corvette (C3)
    • 1982 Factory-verified

      $57.00; 6,006 built

      GM Heritage factory kit — 1982 Chevrolet Corvette, p.30.
    Astro — First generation (1985–1994)
    • 1993, 1994 Factory-verified

      heavy duty radiator with engine and transmission oil coolers; not with the L35 engine.

      GM Heritage factory kit — 1993 Chevrolet Astro Van, p.12.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1994 Chevrolet Astro Van, p.25.
    Blazer — C1XX (2019–2026)
    Camaro — Gen 3 (1982–1992)
    • 1982–1986 Factory-verified

      several pages print VO8 (letter O)

      GM Heritage factory kit — 1982 Chevrolet Camaro, p.30.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet Camaro, p.37.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1984 Chevrolet Camaro, p.3.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet Camaro, p.22.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1986 Chevrolet Camaro, p.22.
    Caprice — third generation, B-body (1983–1990)
    • 1983–1988, 1990 Factory-verified

      1983 rests on a fan footnote of the specification page (no option line in the 1983 kit); the 1989 sheet prints Y08; the 1990 guide prints VO8

      GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet Caprice, p.13.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1984 Chevrolet Caprice, p.41.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet Caprice, p.43.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1986 Chevrolet Caprice, p.43.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1987 Chevrolet Caprice, p.46.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet Caprice, p.22.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1990 Chevrolet Caprice, p.9.
    Celebrity — A-body (1982–1990)
    • 1985, 1987–1989 Factory-verified

      1984 is not claimed: the page that prints it (1984 p.43) carries no readable model-year field; 1990 is not claimed: the 1990 weight page (p.40) prints the code as VOB, a B/8 swap that is not accepted; 1986 is not claimed: no dated page of that year prints the code as an entry of its own

      GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet Celebrity, p.44.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1987 Chevrolet Celebrity, p.43.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity, p.47.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet Celebrity, p.19.
    Chevette — T-body (1983–1987)
    • 1984–1986 Factory-verified

      not with the diesel engine

      GM Heritage factory kit — 1984 Chevrolet Chevette, p.31.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet Chevette, p.31.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1986 Chevrolet Chevette, p.29.
    Corvette — C4 (1984–1996)
    • 1985 Factory-verified

      includes the heavy-duty radiator, boost fan and oil cooler (1985 order guide p.52); the 1986–1989 option weight pages still print V08, but the 1986–1989 order guides order its parts as V01, B4P and KC4, so the row ends in 1985

      GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet Corvette, p.52.
    Corvette — C8 (2020–2027)
    El Camino — fifth generation (1983–1987)
    • 1983–1987 Factory-verified

      Priced separately with and without C60; the 1984 order guide prints both V08 and VO8

      GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet El Camino, p.6.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1984 Chevrolet El Camino, p.6.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet El Camino, p.12.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1986 Chevrolet El Camino, p.6.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1987 Chevrolet El Camino, p.41.
    Impala — eighth generation (2000–2005)
    Lumina APV — U-body (1990–1996)
    • 1993–1994 Factory-verified

      1993: requires L27, included with V92; the 1993 option-weight page prints VO8, the 1994 cooling-system page (that of the 3800 L27 engine) Vo8 as its own heading; the 1992 (p.12), 1993 (p.10) and 1995 (p.19) cooling pages print V08 only inside capacity-line conditions (HD (V08), V08 + C34) and VOB elsewhere, so 1992 and 1995 are not claimed

      GM Heritage factory kit — 1993 Chevrolet LuminaAPV, p.41.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1994 Chevrolet LuminaAPV, p.10.
    Lumina — second generation (1995–2001)
    Malibu — fourth generation, A-body (1983)
    • 1983 Factory-verified

      with LT6 or LF9: not with C60; with LC3 or LG4 the C60 restriction does not apply (pp.12 and 14 price 8E5 and 9C1, which go with V08, separately with and without C60); included with 9C1 and 9C6 (pp.14, 16)

      GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet Malibu, p.21.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet Malibu, p.23.
    Monte Carlo — fourth generation (1983–1988)
    • 1983, 1985–1986, 1988 Factory-verified

      some kit pages print VO8; the weight pages of the 1984–1986 kits give it with the V8s, including the SS's L69, and the 1985–1986 pages exclude the SS only on the V6 line, but the SS guide pages do not offer it; 1984 is left out: the 1984 guide prints no V08 line, and the 1984 MVMA pages that print it (pp.47, 48, 80) have a blank or garbled model-year field; 1987 is left out: the 1987 price and weight pages print VOB, the guide's line prints no code, and only the brochure option page (p.11) prints V08, while brochure pages print no model year

      GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, p.36.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, p.30.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, p.32.
      GM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, p.34.
    Monte Carlo — sixth generation (2000–2007)
    Traverse — Third generation (2024–2027)
    Venture — U-body minivan (1997–2005)

    Related codes · mentioned in these notes

    0062FL2LT3LT8E59C19C6B4PC34C60KC4L27L35L69LC3LF9

    This page aggregates every documented appearance of V08 in the Chevrolet reference. Confidence and citations are shown per application — the same code can be better documented in one year than another.