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DICK IRWIN'S Graham Core checks the timing on this vehicle
during a regular tune-up. Regular tune-ups are essential to a

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for the summer months, it is
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usually include an inspection

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Irwin Chevrolet
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tune-up.

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Rocky & Jean Woolverton
13th & Lonsdale
Service
1245 Lonsdale Ave. N. Van.

950-6713

Brian Regan
Capilanc Service Centre
& Car Wash
1980 Marine Dr. N.Van. (at Capilano)

287-4448

Paul Brin/Ron Dong

Westlynn
Service

1270 Lynn Valley Rd. N. Van.

985-8811 |

By Robert Ga!ster
Contriluting Writer

But one should be performed
at least once a year for older cars
and only as often as once every
three to five years for newer cars.

“The bygone years are where
you would change the points and
spark plugs and adjust the carbu-
retor idle and choke speeds and
all that sort of stuff," said Brown.

The cost of an average tune-up
can vary between $50 and $125
with the price increasing if prab-
lems are detected.

“There's a big range and ic ull
depends on the model, make and
how much of a tune-up it is.”

“Whether it's a maintenance
one or whether there's a problem”
determines cost, he explained,

While the newer cars on the
road have become more sophisti-
cated, so too have the mechanics
who work on them,

It is no longer commen for
mechantes to perform a visual
check along with manual adjust-
ments.

Most of today’s cars are
equipped with engine computers
that not only run the cngine, but
also monitor troubie spots.

During a tune-up a mechanic
now hooks the car up to a mainte-
nanee cumputer and waits for it to
diagnose trouble spots that the
car's cornputer has registered.

“There's a computer systems
check with most of the tune-ups,”
said Brown.

“It checks for trouble codes
where if the system fails or if
there’s a short or something and it
doesn't get a signal it's supposed
to get within a specified range, it
will kick a number cede out.”

All this sounds very sophisti-
sated and the equipment neces-
sary to diagnose various problems
is usually out of reach of the ordi-
nary home mechanic’s price
range.

However, most cars come
equipped with a simple “check
engine” or “service soon” light on
their dash which indicates that the
car's computer is picking up
some malfunction with the sys-
tem.

Even though the technology of
today’s cars has progressed past
most motorists’ comprehension, a
qualified mechanic with the prop-
er equipment is sill able te per-
fOr an avenipe tune-up ia ane to
two hours, depending on the
model

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