Miata Mailing List: April 1993, Message #132
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   From: (none)
Subject: tune up
   Date: (none)

Howdy,

My '90 model is just *barely* starting to run a little 'off' -- sometimes it
takes a few more cranks than it used to to fire up from dead cold, and
sometimes it stutters more than it used to when running cold (like a
carburetted car would run, when cold, without the choke working).  It has
about 63,000 miles on the clock.

I recall some talk a while back of replacing an oxygen sensor somewhere.  Did
this remedy behavior similar to that described above?  (Hmm, when was the last
time I changed the spark plugs?)  If so, how much did it cost, and how
difficult is it to replace?

While I'm on the subject, can anyone recommend a shop in the Austin area for
tune ups?  I'm not really keen on the dealer's shop (Beasley), and would love
to find a guy who is both competent and forthcoming with explanations of his
work.
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  James Miller -- developing Unix software at (!) IBM -- Austin
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