Tune up

CHEVYGIRL1997

MEMBER
1995 CHEVROLET BERETTA
3.1L
V6
2WD
AUTOMATIC
190,000 MILES

I want to price a tune up but do not know what I should tune up. Thinking it might fix a few problems. Problem is when I get between speed of fifty to seventy five mph and accelerate the car wants to act like its stalling but if I let off the gas pedal it stops and I can normally accelerate. Tune up has not been done since the new engine which had 63,000 miles on it when it was put in. My car is almost at 190,000 miles now. I do not trust 100,000 mile tune ups. Any ideas? If not help me with the tune up.

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MHPAUTOS

MECHANIC
31,937 POSTS

A tune up would be a great place to start. You would look at new spark plugs, air and fuel filters, an engine service comp test, and a scan and report on engine management faults if any are logged, also a live data read to check engine electrics, O2 sensor operation, check fuel pressure is correct. All these can affect the engine tune and fuel economy. Have a chat to your local mechanic and discuss your problems, if he starts mentioning what we have talked about here, he knows what to look for, and just ask for a general quote so you have an idea as to what it will cost. I cannot do that as I do not know what you local labor rate is and what your parts pricing is like, but in general you would expect no more than say one and half to two hours labor max as long as there was no problems along the way.