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Old 04-28-2005
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injector cleaning service??

Has anyone taken their car in to get the injectors cleaned? As in better than just some additives will do. How much do shops charge and is it worth it. I know clogged injectors can cause big power loss.
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Yeah I got my injectors cleaned by the dealer back in 2001. I had about 1200 on the odometer. Can you guess what happened? The spark plugs were fouled, fuel tank drained, fuel lines flushed, injectors cleaned. The ex wife did it, It was her car before the divorce.
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She put diesel fuel? haha. I'll have to ask the dealer how much for injector cleaning.
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never put injector cleaner in your tank.
Either do a top engine flush or an injector clean. Although if you have an air compressor and a blow gun handy its alot cheaper to do it yourself.
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Use FP60 and you'll be fine. Normally I'd agree with NightHawk....most cleaners will do more harm than good. Research our products and you'll see they work.

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okay I'm switching to yours. Would those other cleaners do permanent damage, and will your cleaner fix any problems like carbon chunks or something?
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There are cleaners that are very harsh and can do damage to an engine. FP60 will dissolve carbon and varnish and not just break it up into chunks. Many cleaners do this, that is why they say to change your oil after using them. No need to change oil after using FP60 as it dissolves the carbon and turns it into a lubricious form and takes it through combustion.

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yeah BITOG likes the fp60 i've noticed.

i've used blackstone labs for VOA and UOA.
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i'll have to order me some then
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She put diesel fuel? haha. I'll have to ask the dealer how much for injector cleaning.
Yeah she did. I was to drunk to fuel up and I had take a MAJOR ****. So I just slid the credit card and went to the bathroom. She drove the car to McDonalds for some grub for the kids we got on the onramp of the freeway and the car died. I was pissed and cursing Honda. I traded my pos Ford Taurus SHO for this crap. Then it hit me oh snap. I opened the fuel cap and smelled diesel. I was one angry mexican. $500 bucks later the car was ok.
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http://www.cruzinperformance.com/fuelinj.html Alot of people on the www.3si.org (stealth/3000gt) forums, including myself, have used this company for injector cleaning/flow testing.. It's only $12 an injector for a complete flow test and cleaning. I believe the other companys were at least twice as much an injector
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Thanks. I ordered a gallon of fp60 for now, but I'll keep them in mind for later.
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would fillin up with 91 pump gas on a full tank and go back to regular clean the injectors?
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no, it will make it worse.
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^hey gearbox, can you keep us updated after you tried the fp60?

how does it work? just pour it into gas tank?
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i'm getting it thursday which is really quick after ordering monday. Only thing I hate is fedex ground cause I'm gone during the day and always miss it. But yea you just add some I think 1 ounce per 5 gallons or something. I'm gonna just use it every fillup.
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hummm...... Let us know gearbox.

My dad had his fuel ssytem cleaned at 80k in his Accord. Hard to compare since he had 7 new valves put in it, but the mechanic did it for free . He said they actually tore appart the entire fuel rail and all the line between and cleaned everything.
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i got the fp60, and I guess you can just add some to the tank? I don't like keeping more than half the tank full. So I'm just gonna pour some in and see what happens.
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let us know what you think of it.... I'm guessing it will take time to work though.
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ya i didn't notice any immediate power lol. I'm assuming adding more won't hurt. And do you have to use this every fillup or can you vary it?
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So gearbox, did you notice any improvements?

I called the dealer yesterday to ask about fuel injection cleaning and they told me $129. They said its a 3 part service. First something goes in the feul tank, then they shut the fuel pump off and disconnected the lines and run some stuff through the fuel rail, plenum and injectors to clean the carbon out. I am scepticle on doing it but I want my car to last and right now I am at 93k miles and I know my **** is dirty and carbon filled. I just dont want to use just some fuel tank cleaner.
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I'll wait until 100k maybe to send the injectors since its a big deal. The fp60 in the fuel tank is working. I no longer hear growling from the engine, and acceleration is nice and smooth. I've been using it every tank four times total now.
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Originally Posted by gearbox
Has anyone taken their car in to get the injectors cleaned? As in better than just some additives will do. How much do shops charge and is it worth it. I know clogged injectors can cause big power loss.
No. use redline injector cleaner. I've put 100's of k's on my honda's and have never had an issue.
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