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Old 16-12-2012, 03:44 PM   #71
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Default Re: Service Scams

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Originally Posted by Bossxr8
One thing that is a total scam is the fuel injector clean that they will charge a mint for, when all it is is a $15 bottle of injector cleaner poured into your petrol tank that takes all of 1 minute to do. They will probably charge $50-100 for this.
most shops use a pressurised system that the car runs on for a set time period as Damo mentions

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Originally Posted by Big Damo View Post
At Honda we had this thing that would plug tap into the fuel rail and run directly to the injectors, not poured in the tank.
Most dealerships use a system that is based more on preventative measures, but there are some on car injector cleaners that are very thorough in their cleaning capabilities
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