So i have about $200 and i know a local mechanic who will
-change spark plugs (platinum, ones but i read in earlier post coppers are fine so)
-change spark plug wire set
-change distributor cap and rotor
-change air filter and fuel filter

and then there's honda who will
-change spark plugs
-change fuel filter
-get valve adjustment

for same price, so idk which to choose, which is better?

which one would result in better milage? Cause my car's gas meter just keeps falling. :?

thx.

 

You can do all of that yourself in about an hour if you're not completely retarded, so I'd go with option C. You could also look up a Honda-Tech member in your area and ask for his help so you don't have to pay any more than the price of parts and maybe a pizza and beer rather than letting a mechanic do something that any toddler with a ratchet could do.

 

shoot i want a pizza and a dr pepper if ur local. that stuff is real simple to do..

 

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agreed again lol

let alone, needing a mechanic to change the air filter lol

Common, that's just lazy

 

hahah ok air filter is lazy, but still, which is better?

 

local mechanic

 

changing spark plugs will take you 5 min with tools prepared.

 

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The local mechanic is giving you an extra $100 of parts, so I'd go with him. The valve adjustment isn't something you want to do by yourself if you've never done one before, but any number of people in your area could walk you through it.

Why don't you go ahead and put your location information where it belongs so the population here can render you some cheap help if you're nearby.

 

i agree you can do all that stuff in no time...besides allthe parts come with directions....if you screw that up you need to sell your honda and ride a bike...where ya from maby i can help?

 

well, i know a friend of mine who works w/me at the drugstore, he knows the mechanics of a car, and i know some, so it'll be a group effort...with pizza, lol. I'll just do it w/him. thx for help though.

btw, how much do you think, total, the parts should cost?

 

no way dude, i love my honda

thx for offer, but you're too far away :/

 

you should do everything yourself, then just take the car over to the mechanic for the valve adjustment. save yourself about $150.

 

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what else do they do during tune up?

do they change timing or anything?

 

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do they change timing or anything?</TD></TR></TABLE>

No timing man, that's alot more money "depending" on who does it.... and I don't considered that a tune up, more so "needed maintenance" it should be done every 80,000km-100,000km.. according to my manual.. you can convert to miles

and the group effort with pizza, sounds wicked

GL

 

buy yourself a repair manual and do it yourself.
hella easy to do!!!