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My poor little honda has been sputtering along sounding worse as time goes on. It's been guzzling oil for months. I took it to a mechanic who told me he couldn't see any build-up in the Cylinder area, so I should drive it until it dies or sell it before it starts to smoke.

Well, someone else, namely John Palmer, my employer, pointed out it sounds like the rods or the lifters are sticking. Perhaps it's been a while since I last tuned it up. Why yes, last I tuned it up, (two years ago) I couldn't get one of the spark plugs out, so I just left it in. I bet that's the Cylinder that is not firing! Well, after I drive the car over 10 minutes, it frees up and sounds like it's running well. Since the office is 2 miles away, I drive 7 minutes each way. I drive over 10 minutes about once a week.

John also informed me that small engines like mine like to run fast. In other words, I change gears too early. So, Charlene, I guess it's good that I don't shift into 5th Gear too soon. Tractors, and large Deisil trucks run at low RPM's, larger engines, I need to run mine more quickly though.

Our lives are similar, with Tune-ups needed regularly in all areas of life, physical, health, spiritual, mental, social, financial, emotional. This weekend, we are listening to General Conference, council of Prophets and Apostles of our day. I am finding a lot I can do to tune up my life and the lives of my family. Here is a link to the archive: http://lds.org/conference/sessions/display/0,5239,49-1-1032,00.html (corrected)