on 15/04/04 00:24, Matt Hopkins at mhoppy@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Last week the 92 was backfiring, not a good thing. After much consultation > with myself, I decided a trip to the dealer for diagnosis was in order > rather than parts replacement at random. > > As it turned out the major issue was a plug wire. During the $75 diagnostic > check it was determined it needed plugs , wires, O2 sensor and the fuel > filter needed to be replaced probably based on mileage. ( it has 59,000 on > it now) > > The total cost for above was in round figures $650 at the dealer. I decided > to do it myself which totaled $175 including paying $75 to dealer for > hooking it up to their diagnostics. > > Itmes of note-- I bought the parts at NAPA for less than AutoZone. > > AS Dick Benjamin says about the 80's cars applies to all, check the basics > first. > > The O2 sensor seem to make a difference in fuel consumpiton, the gauge is > falling a lot slower in these high fuel cost times. > Matt, I just completed a 2,000 miles trip. I think I would like to do what you did, as I had my Imperial 1993 for about 2 months now and I don't have any way to know when that kind of service was performed. I now have 89,000 miles, so I'm assuming it wouldn't hurt to replace the wires, O2 sensor and the fuel filter. In any case, I think the regular maintenance states that those have to be replaced at 90,000 miles. My only question is this: how do you recognize that you have a good set of wires? It might be a stupid question, but I've tried a few sets in the various cars I used and I've never been satisfied. They all had to be replaced well before the time they were due. So, are there any brands that you can trust? Thanks! -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:laurentdaudelin@xxxxxxxxxxx