Maintenance
Mobile Tune-Up & Spark Plugs in Orlando
Rough idle, a stumble when you accelerate, or fuel economy that quietly got worse. Most of the time it is plugs and coils, and most of the time we can do it in your driveway.
Rough idle, a stumble when you accelerate, or fuel economy that quietly got worse. Most of the time it is plugs and coils, and most of the time we can do it in your driveway.
A "tune-up" used to mean points, a distributor cap and a timing light. On a modern car it means the ignition system: spark plugs, ignition coils, and the sensors that tell the computer how much fuel to deliver. When one of those starts to fail, you feel it before the dash tells you about it.
A flashing check engine light is the one to take seriously. It means raw fuel is going past the cylinder into the exhaust, and a catalytic converter that gets cooked by raw fuel is a four-figure repair. If yours is flashing, stop driving it and book us.
We do not throw a full set of parts at a misfire and hope. We pull the codes and the freeze-frame data, read misfire counts per cylinder, and swap the suspect coil to a different cylinder to see whether the fault follows it. That takes an extra fifteen minutes and it is the difference between fixing your car and selling you parts. See check engine light diagnostics for how that process works.
Modern cylinder heads are aluminum, and an overtightened plug strips threads that then cost far more than the plug did. Every plug we install is gapped where the manufacturer requires it, seated with anti-seize only where the manufacturer allows it, and torqued with a wrench to the published spec. Coil boots get dielectric grease so the next person can get them off.
With the ignition system open, we check the condition of the plugs we removed, because they read like a diagnostic report. Oil fouling points at valve seals or rings. White ash points at coolant. Heavy carbon points at a rich condition or a lazy oxygen sensor. If the plugs are telling us something bigger is wrong, you will hear it, along with what it means for the car and for your wallet. Related work often includes belts and hoses and cooling system service.
Copper plugs are roughly every 30,000 miles, iridium and platinum plugs commonly run 60,000 to 100,000. Check your manual, and treat a misfire as a reason to look regardless of mileage.
On most four and six cylinder engines, yes, comfortably. Some transverse V6 and V8 engines bury the rear bank under the intake manifold, which turns it into a much longer job. Tell us the year, make and model and we will tell you honestly before we come out.
Yes. A flashing light means an active misfire dumping unburned fuel into the exhaust, which can destroy the catalytic converter. Park it and book us rather than driving it.
If the cause was a worn plug, a failing coil or a lazy oxygen sensor, usually yes and noticeably. If the cause is dragging brakes, low tire pressure or a clogged filter, we will tell you that instead.
Yes, coils, boots, plug wires on older engines, and the sensors feeding the ignition map. We carry common coils and can source the rest same day in most cases.
Oil, brakes, batteries, AC, diagnostics and no-starts, done in your driveway across Orlando, Lake Nona, St. Cloud and Kissimmee. Upfront price before we start.