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Performance TUNe up

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  • Start date Start date Feb 22, 2004
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IN a few weeks my car is getting some work done in the shop and i am going to have a performance tune up done what all should i tell them to do??/ and how much u think it will cost....

The work is being done by C J POny parts.
 

TIMMY2734

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I guess just the regular stuff.
Plugs, wires , cap, rotor, pcv, fuel filter, air filter, oil change. This is all stuff that you can do in your driveway. No need to pay somebody to do this all......
 
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TIMMY2734 said:
I guess just the regular stuff.
Plugs, wires , cap, rotor, pcv, fuel filter, air filter, oil change. This is all stuff that you can do in your driveway. No need to pay somebody to do this all......
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yea i know i can do all of that stuff but what about cleaning the mass air and throttle body i dont know how to do that and also i have oil sround my throttle body is this bad??
 

HISSIN50

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Timmy is right.
use the search feature for each item and you will know more than the guys at the shop once you are done. and you will know what is in there and what was done. i dont know what tune ups cost, but the parts involved are not too much money. save and learn. if you need to buy some tools, the cost will be offset by labor costs saved.

BTW, you can use electrical contact cleaner on the MAF. just dont touch it with anything (Q tip, etc).

oil around the TB could be a few things. go get some gaskets and take the IAC (idle air controller) off. its the little cylinder on the front side of the TB. clean it out. it helps control idle. remove the air inlet tube off of the TB. get some fuel injection cleaner spray, open the butterfly and clean out stuff in there.

check the hose that goes from the oil filler neck to the TB. oil could simply be from a loose or split hose.
speaking of which, renew the PCV stuff, as TImmy mentioned.
all of this is so easy. i do a full tune up on every new car i get (all fluids, plugs, wires, filters, cap and rotor, pcv, belts, and so on. costs a hundred bucks or so, but it is easy and you know what you got and how to do it.

the search works better since they revamped things here. and we all would rather see you wrench on it yourself than take it to a shop. when you get stuck, post.
just my two cents.
good luck in any case.
 
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I have gotten the tune up kit from McCarville Ford in the past. They sold it to me a few years ago for $89. I got Cap and rotor, PCV valve, plugs, plug wires, and fuel filter. All HD or Motorsport products.
 
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