Every vehicle requires a regular tune-up for optimal performance and efficiency. Our technicians at Jensen Tire & Auto can perform preventive maintenance, including tune-ups on your vehicle (usually every 30,000 miles). Jensen Tire & Auto provides quality, affordable tune-ups, as well as other auto repair services.
Our professional organizing consultant, Tiffany, recently helped a client with a garage tune up. This client needed help both with the physical organizing (503) 625-5774. How often should my car get an engine tune-up? To perform a basic engine tune-up procedure, we go through a series of inspections: Visually inspect the engine’s fuel-system components looking to make sure the fuel filter is clean and clog-free, that a clogged filter hasn’t caused any damage to the fuel pump, and that the fuel injectors are. For more information on vehicle tune-ups, engine parts assessed during the tune-up process, or recommended engine and fuel system services based on your car’s current mileage and age, don’t hesitate to reach out to a Firestone Complete Auto Care tire and auto service professional and setup an appointment. So my car tune up price would probably be much higher than a shop that only replaces spark plugs as their auto tune up package. You need to make sure you are comparing apples to apples when you are calling around for prices. Some shops that I know in my area purposely give low ball telephone estimates just to get you in the door. Dec 17, 2013 A car tune-up is a type of preventive maintenance performed on a vehicle to ensure it continues to perform well. A tune-up is typically regularly scheduled - once a year is a very soft rule of.
What tune-ups do: A routine tune-up can easily protect against major engine problems by changing worn components such as spark plugs and fuel filters. Keeping a regular tune-up schedule will help your vehicle last much longer, maintain higher fuel mileage and boost efficiency.
Why tune-up service is necessary: Vehicle parts have a life expectancy. These parts and their life expectancy are shown in your owner’s manual with specific manufacturer benchmarks, about every 30,000 miles. While these parts may last longer than the suggested time frame, it is a good idea to have them checked by a qualified technician at Jensen Tire & Auto on a regular basis. If these parts are not regularly inspected and a car diagnostic is not performed, a major issue could occur.
A Routine Car Tune-Up Protects the Life of Your Car
Watch and listen for these common complications:
- Poor gasoline mileage
- Slow acceleration
- Suspicious Engine sounds such as knocks or pings
- Air flow issues
A complete tune-up done by our expert technicians consists of:
- Replacing the air filter
- Installing new spark plugs and spark plug wires
- Inspecting the distributor cap and putting in a new one if needed
- Examining the blades and installing a new rotor if the old one has splits, burning or carbon build-up
- Checking the valve-cover gasket and adjusting the valves
- Inspection and filling all fluids
- Switching out Crankcase Ventilation (PCV) valve, if plugged
At Jensen Tire & Auto we’ve seen how far preventive maintenance such as tune-ups can go toward saving you money over the life of your vehicle. Make an appointment for a tune-up today.
- We do only the work you authorize
- Free written service estimates
- Warranties in writing
- Quality replacement parts
- Leading-edge diagnostics
What if we told you that you will never “Get Organized”?
Coming from the organizing experts at Restoring Order® that may sound confusing, so hear me out.
At Restoring Order®, we know that organizing is a way of life, not a destination!
If you set out to “get organized” with the goal of putting “everything in its place”, you will end up discouraged and disillusioned.
If we want to see lasting change, we must shift our focus from an END GOAL to a LIFESTYLE.
Living an ordered life involves both dealing with backlog and creating systems for handling new items and information coming in.
But, here is the kicker –
We must dig out, set new systems in place, and dedicate the time to utilize and maintain. It means honoring your hard work by managing your time, schedule, family members, and your own behaviors to keep up your systems.
If you have fallen prey to the myth of “Getting Organized” you are not alone! Our professional organizing consultant, Tiffany, recently helped a client with a garage tune up. This client needed help both with the physical organizing and the lifestyle shift to maintain the space.
The clients are a busy couple juggling 5 children and multiple small businesses. Tiffany has worked with them in the past to establish a garage organizing system. However, the parents were spread so thin that they began throwing their items out of their car into their garage as they dashed from one commitment to the next. They never had time to address the pile they left yesterday…or last week. So, when the kids saw what the parents are doing with their “stuff”, the kids felt free to do the same.
The result was a messy, disorganized pile in the midst of forgotten organizing systems. The garage had become a catch-all and dumping ground for car and home clean-outs. (Isn’t it ironic how wrongly applied “clear outs” can actually CAUSE clutter!?) As a result of this dash-and-stash lifestyle, food stored in the garage was going to waste because the family couldn’t see the existing stock on hand. Garbage was tossed everywhere because no one knew what was trash and what was actually items that just needed to be put away. At this point, the client realized they were in need of a garage tune up and reached out for help.
Tiffany worked with the client to re-implement the good systems they had established in the past. Then, they began to address the HABITS that had been sabotaging their orderly garage.
They tackled “the pile” in the middle of the garage:
- They began by categorizing items by type, rather than dealing with one nomadic item at a time.
- They determined what actually needed to “live” in the garage, and what just needed to go back to its place inside the home.
- Finally, they implemented a “Garage Policing Team” for their maintenance plan. (The Team is comprised of 2 kids per week who check the garage every evening and raise a red flag to others who have dumped or left their items out of place.)
The key to this Garage Tune Up wasn’t rocket science. It was simply figuring out what was causing the backlog in the first place (bad habits and no accountability). Then, Tiffany led them in the process of “restoring order” to the useful systems already in place and into a customized maintenance plan that involved the whole family.
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The Garage Policing Team ensures regular attention on this important space and on every family member putting things away when they get home. The Team helps both kids and parents be accountable. With the Team, the children learn that they have a voice and that they are an important part of the family’s mission to live an ordered life!
As you consider your own spaces that need an overhaul or a tune up, don’t forget these three key organizing steps to every successful project:
- Deal with backlog – all of it. Make sure you go through all items in a space and macro and micro sort it.
- Set up systems for going forward. Determine what will stay and what will go. Create user-friendly systems that are intuitive to you, not some cookie –cutter solution.
- Establish a maintenance plan. Don’t sell your organizing project short by simply “getting organized” physically; be sure to include simple maintenance from the beginning. Think of it this way: activating maintenance is your long-term care insurance plan for your space!
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- Learn more about how to Reclaim Your Life & Get Organized for Good by reading Vicki’s book!
- Want hands on help? Learn more about our consulting services
- For more ideas on how to get more out of your space, check out our Reclaim Your Household blogs