Tune up

[patrick.bureau at gmail.com (Patrick Bureau)]

Well a tune up for me is the following items

Adjust/Change;
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Timing. (settings and dwell)
Oil, oil filter
Air filter
Spark plugs
Distributor cap and rotor


Check & replace if needed;
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Coolant
Wipers
Manual tranny fluid
All the belts
Headlight, taillights bulbs
Brake rotors/pads
Spark plug wires (for breaks/bad boots)

Cheers
Patrick



-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces+patrick.bureau=gmail.com@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+patrick.bureau=gmail.com@scirocco.org] On Behalf
Of Jacob Hawes
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:09 AM
To: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Tune up

I have been told a couple of different things about tune ups. One is 
that a tune up on a fuel injected car is pretty much just rotor, cap, 
and spark plugs, but I was also told that it involves checking the rotor 
and cap for burning/carbon build up, change air filter, fuel filter, 
check the spark plug wires, possibly adjust the valves, etc...

I am asking because for one, I have never done a tune up, and two, we 
are trying to sell the Tempo and it has not had a tune up in the three 
years we have owned it (though I think we have only put 20-25k miles on it).

So if I were to give the tempo a tune up instead of paying a mechanic, 
what would I need to have? I got ratchets, sockets, wrenches (the 
basics), I don't have a book for the car, and I don't have any specialty 
tools.

-- 
	--Jacob Hawes
Cars:
	'78 Lincoln mark V "QE2" nearly abandoned work in progress
	'80 Scirocco mk1 searching for a name
	'92 Ford Tempo "the... ford" soon to be replaced by rocco as DD
Sharp pointy things:
	18" HI Kobra "pillow knife"
	17.5" HI Ang Khola Villager "camp axe"
	~48" Custom two hander. unnamed


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