Tune-up time?
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Tune-up time?
How often do you fellas recommend a tune-up on the hemi?
I'm pushing 75k miles with mine, and gut instinct is telling me the original owner never had it tuned up. She runs great... I just like to pull maintenance when maintenance is due
I'm pushing 75k miles with mine, and gut instinct is telling me the original owner never had it tuned up. She runs great... I just like to pull maintenance when maintenance is due
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I usually buy new. Of my seven full size trucks I've owned since I got my drivers' license in the mid 80's, five have been new purchases. I always go straight by the book for severe driving conditions on the first tune up and then will adjust based what I see then. For example, if the book says 30k, I do 30k, but if the plugs look almost new, I may go to 45k the next time.
On the few vehicles I bought used, I did a full tune-up on the first chance I got after I bought it, even if it appeared it was recently done. I want to know exactly what lubricants and fluids I'm running. My current daily driver (Jeep Grand Cherokee) developed a rear axle problem very soon after I bought it and it ratcheted like hell around turns. I found the only problem was the previous owner had gone to a quickie-lube place for all fluid changes and they had used the wrong fluid in this specialized axle with built-in locker. Simply putting in the right fluid fixed the issue.
Never trust what someone else did to your truck if you want to keep it for a long time...
On the few vehicles I bought used, I did a full tune-up on the first chance I got after I bought it, even if it appeared it was recently done. I want to know exactly what lubricants and fluids I'm running. My current daily driver (Jeep Grand Cherokee) developed a rear axle problem very soon after I bought it and it ratcheted like hell around turns. I found the only problem was the previous owner had gone to a quickie-lube place for all fluid changes and they had used the wrong fluid in this specialized axle with built-in locker. Simply putting in the right fluid fixed the issue.
Never trust what someone else did to your truck if you want to keep it for a long time...
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I completely agree. This is my first used vehicle in a while (aside from beater jeep/yota wheelers), and although I'm not too worried about the purchase, I still want to take precautions. The first thing I did was change the oil... drive it for a short period of time and then change it again.
I suppose I could look in the owners manual and see what interval it calls for (what a lazy @ss I am
). I was just wondering what everyone else has been going with on there hemi's.
On a side note, after purchasing my 2nd gen brand new when I was 18 (at $26,667) and driving it for the next 11 years before selling it for a measly $5500 (and it was in damn good shape too!), I swore I would never purchase a new vehicle again due to the depreciation. But, I figure it cost me about $2300 a year to drive it (factoring repair costs over the years), which isn't too bad... so I don't know. New vehicles are nice!
I suppose I could look in the owners manual and see what interval it calls for (what a lazy @ss I am
). I was just wondering what everyone else has been going with on there hemi's.On a side note, after purchasing my 2nd gen brand new when I was 18 (at $26,667) and driving it for the next 11 years before selling it for a measly $5500 (and it was in damn good shape too!), I swore I would never purchase a new vehicle again due to the depreciation. But, I figure it cost me about $2300 a year to drive it (factoring repair costs over the years), which isn't too bad... so I don't know. New vehicles are nice!