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Old 01-13-2017 | 11:31 PM
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Plugs, wires, air filter.
What else?
 
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Old 01-14-2017 | 12:31 AM
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Originally Posted by AZRover
Plugs, wires, air filter.
What else?
Coils and plenum?
 
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Old 01-14-2017 | 02:12 AM
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Originally Posted by AZRover
Plugs, wires, air filter.
What else?
Mass air flow sensor, vicious fan clutch, and valve cover gaskets
 
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Old 01-14-2017 | 07:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Luckyjayb
Mass air flow sensor, vicious fan clutch, and valve cover gaskets
Tires and brakes to round it out?
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Old 01-14-2017 | 11:13 AM
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If it ain't broke don't fix it, if it's sluggish try the 'Italian tune up', give it 'the beans' on the autoroute for half an hour, it's a make or break cure.
 
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Old 01-14-2017 | 11:33 AM
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Check your fan belt, plugs, wires, clean throttle body, IAC, replace air filter, inspect flex hose to fender for holes, and change the oil & filter.
 
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Old 01-14-2017 | 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by OffroadFrance
If it ain't broke don't fix it, if it's sluggish try the 'Italian tune up', give it 'the beans' on the autoroute for half an hour, it's a make or break cure.
What's the Italian tune up?
 
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Old 01-14-2017 | 03:39 PM
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OffroadFrance has some wise words. My "tune up" ended up being a complete engine rebuild. Ha! Where do you stop...
 
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Old 01-14-2017 | 04:10 PM
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These guys are jerking you around.

Starting with plugs, wires and an air filter is just fine. But even before that, are there symptoms or codes you are intending to address with a tuneup?

When I learned to turn a wrench a tuneup, as I recall, meant new plugs (which in those days, 40+ years ago, had a much shorter service life), checking the distributor points (which no longer exist in modern cars), adjusting the idle advance timing with a dwell tach (which I still own just in case I ever get that '49 to '53 Chevy pickup I always wanted) and making all the requisite carburetor adjustments.

Today a tuneup is much more simple. Do not overcomplicate it.
 
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Old 01-14-2017 | 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by AZRover
What's the Italian tune up?
The 'Italian tune up' is you give the truck or car a 'b@lls out' hard run using max throttle for 15 to 30 minutes and then see whether it's improved, as already said, it's a make or break scenario.
 


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