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Routine/preventative maintenance

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    Needing to do a tune up to my car wandering what your doin to yours what do you recommend replacing and what brands are the best any input helps

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    Gai...what do joo drive?


    If Dave feels 60% throttle is 100%, what does he tell his wife.

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    Default Re: Routine/preventative maintenance

    04 grand prix gt with 92000 miles haven't had it long not sure what scheduled maintenance has been done besides oil and filter and fuel filter

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    Ok then.

    Plugs (iridium or copper stock replacement, just not bosch)
    Wires I prefer Autolite etc since they are lifetime replacement
    Clean the TB
    Clean the MAF

    That should do it. Unless your coolant needs to be maintained. Then I'd flush it and refill with anycolor.


    If Dave feels 60% throttle is 100%, what does he tell his wife.

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    Sounds good I was wandering what brands work best with these cars so that's what I needed to know

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    For the most part, any of the brands will work well. Bosch O2's and spark plugs seem to cause issues, so stay away from them. Otherwise..a quality and or lifetime part is always nice.


    If Dave feels 60% throttle is 100%, what does he tell his wife.

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    Seafoam does wonders too.

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    92k too early for transmission fluid and filter change? Just a thought..
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    Quote Originally Posted by thegipper View Post
    92k too early for transmission fluid and filter change? Just a thought..
    FSM suggests doing it every 30K


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    Default Re: Routine/preventative maintenance

    FWIW any car I own gets the tranny serviced every 75K, and for the first fluid change I don't go past 30k-50k. The fact is you can do a dozen fuild changes for the cost of one tranny replacement.

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