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Well I did my first 3.1 tune up....


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I am an experienced mechanic but have never done plugs, wires, and a gas filter on a 3.1 FWD. It looked a little intimidating at first but I unbolted the dogbones, pulled the engine forward with a pry bar, and pinned the dr. side dogbone. I did the plugs and wires in about an hour total. Then the fuel filter took maybe 5-10 minutes on a hoist. The one thing I didn't do which I should have was replace the O2 sensor while I was in the back of the engine. Oh well... :roll:

 

Just thought I'd share it with you guys in case some people were wondering how hard it is. On a 1-10 it was about a 4.

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I just did mine for the first time also. Your right though, can't say its hard, just.....different I guess. LOL

 

Jason

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Just don't prolong the O2 sensor. I had 155k on my original one when I changed it, it was clogged/caked with shit. Car ran much better, my mpg went up from 17-20 mixed city/hwy. Also it came right off the downpipe with an adjustable wrench (after tilting the engine of course)

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