THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, August 25, 1995 TAG: 9508250720
SECTION: AUOT WEEKLY PAGE: H1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: By Mary Scully
LENGTH: Short : 31 lines
ILLUSTRATION: MARTIN SMITH-RODDEN/Staff
Bud Brueggeman, left, associate professor of automotive technology
at Tidewater Community College in Chesapeake, says fewer of today's
vehicles need points changed or carburetors adjusted. Right, truck
engine, made by International in the late '70s, shows the transition
from mechanical to electronic parts. It has a carburetor rather than
fuel injection, but an electronic ignition replaced the points in
the distributor.
In photo at left, these parts were typically replaced in a tuneup of
pre-1980s vehicles: from bottom left, condenser, points, rotor,
spark plug wires and distributor cap (inside the wires). In photo at
right are some major componenets that technicians check in today's
vehicles during regularly scheduled maintenance: from top left,
clockwise, exhaust gas recirculation valve, ignition module,
positive crankcase ventilation valve and timing belt.
by CNB