Car Tune Up: Please define tune up!
The words "tune-up" really only applies only to older vehicles on which you can perform the traditional service, such as spark plug replacement, ignition contact point replacement, dwell adjustment, ignition timing adjustment, carburetor idle, and mixture adjustment. The term “engine performance maintenance” is a more accurate term for most of today's cars. All modern vehicles are equipped with electronic ignition and at least one on-board computer that automatically adjusts items like the ignition timing, fuel mixture, and idle speed. In fact, it's impossible to adjust these components yourself.
Simply stated, a car tune up is an orderly process of inspection, diagnosis, testing, and adjustment that is periodically necessary to maintain peak engine performance or restore the engine to original operating efficiency.
On an electronic ignition system, the basic tune-up procedures are as follows:
- Remove spark plugs
- Test compression in each cylinder.
- Clean and/or replace spark plugs and gap spark plugs to manufacturer’s specifications and install in the engine.
- If applicable, check the distributor cap and rotor for cracks and wear. Replace if necessary.
- Use the tachometer to set the idle speed to specifications (if adjustable).
- Use timing light to set initial timing (most electronic ignition systems do not require adjustments).
The car tune-up is a good opportunity to perform a general preventive maintenance check on everything in the engine compartment, as well as to look for failed, or about to fail, components such as loose or damaged wiring, leaking fuel lines, cracked coolant hoses, and frayed belts.
Rum River Automotive wants to say “THANK YOU” for allowing us to service your vehicles for 15 outstanding years! We are inviting you to help us celebrate 15 years in the car repair business. Visit our auto center for special discounts during the week of August 20-24, 2012. We are offering discount specials on car repair and tires. Join us for a BBQ on Friday, August 24 (11 a.m. – 2 p.m.). Stop in and register for drawings for a $500 Rum River Automotive gift card, a free year of oil changes, a free airplane ride, and a custom set of corn hole boards!
Need a car tune up? Contact the ASE-Certified Technicians at Rum River Automotive by calling (763) 389-3811, or go on-line at https://www.rumriverauto.com/ for more information about performance maintenance. Since 1997, our auto repair shop has served vehicle owners in Princeton, MN, and in the surrounding areas of Milaca, MN, and Zimmerman, MN.
The words "tune-up" really only applies only to older vehicles on which you can perform the traditional service, such as spark plug replacement, ignition contact point replacement, dwell adjustment, ignition timing adjustment, carburetor idle, and mixture adjustment. The term “engine performance maintenance” is a more accurate term for most of today's cars. All modern vehicles are equipped with electronic ignition and at least one on-board computer that automatically adjusts items like the ignition timing, fuel mixture, and idle speed. In fact, it's impossible to adjust these components yourself.
Simply stated, a car tune up is an orderly process of inspection, diagnosis, testing, and adjustment that is periodically necessary to maintain peak engine performance or restore the engine to original operating efficiency.
On an electronic ignition system, the basic tune-up procedures are as follows:
- Remove spark plugs
- Test compression in each cylinder.
- Clean and/or replace spark plugs and gap spark plugs to manufacturer’s specifications and install in the engine.
- If applicable, check the distributor cap and rotor for cracks and wear. Replace if necessary.
- Use the tachometer to set the idle speed to specifications (if adjustable).
- Use timing light to set initial timing (most electronic ignition systems do not require adjustments).
The car tune-up is a good opportunity to perform a general preventive maintenance check on everything in the engine compartment, as well as to look for failed, or about to fail, components such as loose or damaged wiring, leaking fuel lines, cracked coolant hoses, and frayed belts.
Rum River Automotive wants to say “THANK YOU” for allowing us to service your vehicles for 15 outstanding years! We are inviting you to help us celebrate 15 years in the car repair business. Visit our auto center for special discounts during the week of August 20-24, 2012. We are offering discount specials on car repair and tires. Join us for a BBQ on Friday, August 24 (11 a.m. – 2 p.m.). Stop in and register for drawings for a $500 Rum River Automotive gift card, a free year of oil changes, a free airplane ride, and a custom set of corn hole boards!
Need a car tune up? Contact the ASE-Certified Technicians at Rum River Automotive by calling (763) 389-3811, or go on-line at https://www.rumriverauto.com/ for more information about performance maintenance. Since 1997, our auto repair shop has served vehicle owners in Princeton, MN, and in the surrounding areas of Milaca, MN, and Zimmerman, MN.
