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Old Jun 17, 2002
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Had my car for 1 year do i need a tune up or sumthing?!

sup guys ive had my G-Ride for a little over a year i have 16,000 miles on it and i was just wondering if their is any service i need to do...i do everything myself...DIY...and i was wondering if HONDA suggests maintenance at the 1 year mark any help is greatly appreciated...thanks!
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Not sure whats needed but in the back of your owners manual there's a service scedule that will tell you what you need. The dealer should have went over it when you bought your car.
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First maintenance @ 7,500 - 10,000 miles

Second maintenance @ 12,000 - 15,000 miles...

Not sure about the rest, though... it's in the manual
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DOn't need a tune up for around 100k. Just an grease job on the hinges or some other minor junk. Do it yourself, way cheaper and you know its done right.
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i wouldn't say about 100k for tune up, you usually start doing tune up work at about 30k. that's when some of the minor works gets done. shouldn't be too much if your consistent on oil changes. you do want to get your valves turned, probably a new fuel filter, check the transmission fluids, but i would probably say the heavier work comes in at about 60k.
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umm, as far as i know ALL new cars, since like atleast '98, say somewhere in the engine bay about no tune up till 100K miles, the computer tunes it for u, the only thing u gotta do anymore is oil change, tire rotation, and that kind of stuff, untill 100K, u dont really do anything. when i got mine it came with a little booklet that has a maintenance schedule in 5K increments, and tells you what is recommended to be done at that mileage point.
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FORGET changing ur fuel filter mine has 28,000, i thought about changing it so i bought one, after several hours i still can't locate it, i even took it to local oil change places and Valvoline, finally i broke down and went to the dealer, they told me it is a lifetime filter and Honda recommends never changing it, even if you do you have to have a special tool and you have to drop your gas tank, just some helpful info.
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[hr]Originally posted by: PerfectD3
DOn't need a tune up for around 100k. Just an grease job on the hinges or some other minor junk. Do it yourself, way cheaper and you know its done right.[hr]
Yep, that's pretty much it. Just grease some of the hinges. Don't even need to do that if they don't squeek. I also put in a fuel injector/carburator cleaner into a full gas tank every once in a while. Keeps the injectors clean. I'de do that. I'de do a full car detail too. Clean everything! Even the engine bay. That should be it. Fix whatever is broken too, but if nothing is broken then leave it alone!

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FORGET changing ur fuel filter mine has 28,000, i thought about changing it so i bought one, after several hours i still can't locate it, i even took it to local oil change places and Valvoline, finally i broke down and went to the dealer, they told me it is a lifetime filter and Honda recommends never changing it, even if you do you have to have a special tool and you have to drop your gas tank, just some helpful info.[hr]
You can also just remove the rear seats and get to the gas tank from the top. Just remove a couple of bolts and take out the fuel pump. The fuel filter is somewhere in-line with the fuel pump. You don't really need to replace it unless you had some moron do somethig to your gas tank. Like drop in a butt load of sand. Then you not only need to change the fuel filter, but you need to clean out the entire tank!
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Having somebody drop some sand in your tank would suck!
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actually we tried removing the back seat and entering the fuel tank by removing the pump but you can't really get to the filter that way that we could see, the dealer told us you had to have a special tool to get it and actually drop the tank
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Oh really? Hmm... Okay, good to know. You got to the pump allright though, right?
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replace your air filter. 30k on a filter is BS. or clean your intake filter.
 
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