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Old 08-04-12, 01:40 PM
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Hello guys,

I have a noob question. I'm at 70K miles in my 08 IS350 and about to change my spark plugs after I noticed some symptoms of worn or wearing spark plugs (rough start and idle, sluggish acceleration, black deposits on exhaust tips). I know I was supposed to do the change at 60K, but i was caught up with school and forgot about it.

Anyways, is there any other things that I should do tune up wise with this spark plug change around this milage or anything I should know? Ill probably be buying the plugs off of sewell and following the DIY on here to change them. I recently changed the oil, cleaned my air filter and MAF sensor. Any advice would be awesome.

Thanks in advance.
Old 08-04-12, 02:01 PM
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Sounds like you did the other stuff already. Get those plugs changed, you should feel a noticeable difference. Are you using premium fuel?
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cabin air filter, and brake flush if you havnt done so within the last two years.
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Originally Posted by kyoso23
Sounds like you did the other stuff already. Get those plugs changed, you should feel a noticeable difference. Are you using premium fuel?
sweet. And yes, I am using premium fuel in my car.

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cabin air filter, and brake flush if you havnt done so within the last two years.
oh okay. Sounds good, thank you!
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Where are you at in Okla?
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Only other item you should do is the brake fluid as stated above. Needs to be done every 30k. As a side note if you plan on diy'ing and keeping the car for a while I would get a set of speed bleeders. Makes it a very quick and simple task.
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