How To Easily Do Your Own Car Tune-Up

How to Easily Do Your Own Car Tune-Up. Watch this video to learn how to tune-up your own car, truck or SUV. The car tune-up can usually be accomplished in about an hour or so, and you can save $150 to $350 by doing it yourself! In this video, we provide step-by-step instructions on how to do a car tune-up, including:

An overview of all the tools and supplies you will need to accomplish the job
What is under the hood, and how to locate the ignition coil, wires and spark plugs in your car. (Or how to locate the coil pack, if you have a coil pack)
How to temporarily detach, push aside, and secure obstacles to accessing the ignition coil, such as an airbox, so that you have easy access to the spark plugs
How to safely remove the old wires from the ignition coil
How to safely remove the old spark plugs, using a ratchet set, spark plug socket, extension and (if needed) a breaker bar
How to correctly install the new spark plugs and wires.
Put everything back in place, start the car to double-check that all is fine, and you are done!