- 1983, 1985, 1986 Factory-verified
the kits print it as the engine oil cooler; not with B3J diesel equipment; included with Z82; 1990 is left out: the powertrain page names KC4 only in a requirement footnote (the 1990 option line prints KC+); the 1984 option lines print KO2 and KCA, and the 1984 and 1991 books otherwise name KC4 only in the Z82 contents or, in 1991, in a requirement footnote with no engine oil cooler option line, so 1984 and 1991 are left out (the Chevrolet K5 Blazer doc claims them from the Z82 contents); shared square-body platform code; cited from the Chevrolet Blazer kit
GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet Blazer, p.9.GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet Blazer RV Full Size, p.11.GM Heritage factory kit — 1986 Chevrolet Blazer, p.11.
Also described as Cooling system, engine oil coolerEngine oil cooler, heavy-dutyCooling, external engine oil coolerEngine oil cooling, heavy-dutyCooling, external engine oil cooler, heavy-dutyEngine oil cooler, external
Also documented for BuickCadillacChevroletHummerOldsmobilePontiacSaturn
Documented applications
- 1983–1986, 1988–1989 Factory-verified
the kits print it as the engine oil cooler; shared S/T platform code; cited from the joint S-10/15 Blazer/Jimmy pages of the S-10 Blazer kit
GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet S 10 Blazer, p.7.GM Heritage factory kit — 1984 Chevrolet S 10 Blazer, p.7.GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet S 10 Blazer, p.11.GM Heritage factory kit — 1986 Chevrolet S 10 Blazer, p.7.GM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet S 10 Blazer, p.10.GM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet Blazer, p.12.
- 1986, 1987, 1990 Factory-verified
included with Z82; 1986 from the 1986 pages in the kit file named for the prior model year; shared M-body code; cited from the joint Astro/Safari pages of the Astro kits.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet Astro Van, p.26.GM Heritage factory kit — 1987 Chevrolet Astro Van, p.26.GM Heritage factory kit — 1990 Chevrolet Astro Van, p.7.
- 1998–2002 Factory-verified
the 2001–2002 lists read "Heavy Duty Engine Oil Cooling"
- 2003–2010, 2014–2018, 2022–2027 Factory-verified
the 2003–2006 lists read Heavy Duty Engine Oil Cooling; the 2025–2027 guides read Cooling, external engine oil cooler; S: Cargo 1WT, Cutaway 1WT, Cutaway 2WT (2025–2026), Passenger 1LS, Passenger 1LT
- 1998–2000 Factory-verified
- 1999–2007 Factory-verified
- 2009 Factory-verified
- 2001–2007 Factory-verified
- 2007–2009, 2014 Factory-verified
- 2015, 2018–2019 Factory-verified
2015 marks: Sierra, SLE, SLT: S; 2018: GM's 2018 Sierra 2500HD order guide; 2019: GM's 2019 Sierra 3500HD order guide
- 2025–2027 Factory-verified
Pro, SLE, SLT, AT4, AT4X, Denali, Denali Ultimate: S
- 2014, 2016–2019 Factory-verified
- 1983–1987 Factory-verified
shared platform code; cited from the square-body C/K pickup kits; the kits print it as the engine oil cooler; 1987 from the air conditioning entry’s requirement remark
GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet Truck, p.18.GM Heritage factory kit — 1984 Chevrolet Truck, p.26.GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet Truck, p.43.GM Heritage factory kit — 1986 Chevrolet Truck, p.159.GM Heritage factory kit — 1987 Chevrolet Truck, p.56.
- 2019–2020, 2022–2026 Factory-verified
- 1983, 1985, 1988–1990 Factory-verified
shared S-series code; cited from the joint S-10/S-15 pages of the S-10 kits
GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet S 10, p.32.GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet S 10, p.23.GM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet S 10, p.86.GM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet S 10, p.18.GM Heritage factory kit — 1990 Chevrolet S 10, p.30.
- 1998–1999 Factory-verified
- 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989–1991 Single-source
the kits print it as the engine oil cooler; not with B3J; included with Z82; the 1986 and 1988 option lines print KCA and those pages name KC4 otherwise only as Z82 package content, so 1986 and 1988 are left out; 1990 and 1991 from the trailering equipment charts, and the 1991 option page also heads an engine oil cooler line with KC4 (OCR runs it into the next word); shared square-body platform code; cited from the Chevrolet Suburban kit; 1991 rests on the Chevrolet-only 1991 Suburban book, so the row is single-source
GM Heritage factory kit — 1984 Chevrolet Suburban, p.19.GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet Suburban, p.18.GM Heritage factory kit — 1987 Chevrolet Suburban, p.25.GM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet Suburban, p.15.GM Heritage factory kit — 1990 Chevrolet Suburban, p.27.GM Heritage factory kit — 1991 Chevrolet Suburban, p.28.
- 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988–1990 Factory-verified
engine oil cooler; 1984 from the February 1984 data book pages in the mislabelled G-Van kit file; shared G-van platform code; cited from the Chevrolet G-Van kit
GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet Vandura, p.15.GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet G Van, p.17.GM Heritage factory kit — 1986 Chevrolet G Van, p.26.GM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet Vandura, p.20.GM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet G Van, p.17.GM Heritage factory kit — 1990 Chevrolet G Van, p.19.
- 1998–1999 Factory-verified
- 2000–2006 Factory-verified
- 2007–2009 Factory-verified
The 2009 list words it as cooling system, engine oil.
- 2015–2018 Factory-verified
2015–2018: S on all trims; 2018 from GM's 2018 Yukon order guide
- 2022–2023, 2025–2027 Factory-verified
2027: S on all trims
- 2015–2017 Factory-verified
S on all trims; air-to-oil
- 2022–2023, 2025–2027 Factory-verified
2027: S on all trims
This page aggregates every documented appearance of KC4 in the GMC reference. Confidence and citations are shown per application — the same code can be better documented in one year than another.