Ok so my mechanic guy told me I need some tubing or some wires replaced in my car since its a 99 and still had the factory ones. Don't recall what they are called, but he said if I did this that my car would save gas and pick up quicker.. Anyone know what I speak of and if so do I really need it..

 

you're mechanic is lying.. tubing is tubing.. unless it clogs or something along those lines "leaks, cracks, or holes" it should not be replaced. My car is an 88 Accord and has the same wires as when i bought it

 

Unless there was a recall on some hoses that I wasnt aware of....

Unless your o2 sensor is bad....

You need a timing belt changed...

I dont know those are the things I can think of.

 

it sounds like he is trying to sell you spark plug wires. you dont need them

 

hello again prisky, yea i don't know what your mechanic is talking about, unless its like what accordselux said, but yeah let us know what particular tubing it is and get back to us, cause i got a 99 accord too, and havent replaced any of the 'tubing' yet because it shouldn't need it

 

Probably ignition wires (cables which run from the distributor cap to the spark plugs). I replace mine every second tune-up. Replacement usually indicated by intermittant rythmic rough idle and loss of power under load, as one or more spark plugs stop working

*I hear nothing "typical" here, you're asking the correct questions

 

you should find out exactly what your mechanic said and post it here

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by deserthonda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you should find out exactly what your mechanic said and post it here </TD></TR></TABLE>

x2. Could you be a little more specific?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Prisky &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">... I need some tubing or some wires replaced in my car since its a 99 and still had the factory ones. Don't recall what they are called...</TD></TR></TABLE>It's kinda hard to tell from that.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by deserthonda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you should find out exactly what your mechanic said and post it here </TD></TR></TABLE>x3. We can't see your car from here. It's possible the spark plug wires (or vacuum hoses) have degraded & you need new ones. It's also possible they're OK & he's just saying that because lots of cars have wires that don't last very long.

 

I think he is referring to your spark plug wires. If your car is a 99 with orignal wires, I would recommend replacing them.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Shanes88accord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you're mechanic is lying.. tubing is tubing.. unless it clogs or something along those lines "leaks, cracks, or holes" it should not be replaced. My car is an 88 Accord and has the same wires as when i bought it</TD></TR></TABLE>I bet San Antonio is just a little hotter than Vancouver... All that stuff (wires & hoses) goes bad faster when it's so hot.