Carbon Buildup On Nbs

[gtivr6]

So I went to the dealer today to get a oilchange. I drop the truck off and the service rep tells me its going to be awhile. I get a ride home and not 10min later they call. He tells me that its time to do a maintence on your truck. I have 25k on the truck and its an 2009. ( its all highway miles). He tells me you should deff get a carbon clean out and it will coast a little over a hundred to perform. I told the guy I would pass and prob do this when I hit 50k. I think it was way to soon. My truck is very well maintained and gets and oil change every 4k. I think they were just hungry for money.

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So I went to the dealer today to get a oilchange. I drop the truck off and the service rep tells me its going to be awhile. I get a ride home and not 10min later they call. He tells me that its time to do a maintence on your truck. I have 25k on the truck and its an 2009. ( its all highway miles). He tells me you should deff get a carbon clean out and it will coast a little over a hundred to perform. I told the guy I would pass and prob do this when I hit 50k. I think it was way to soon. My truck is very well maintained and gets and oil change every 4k. I think they were just hungry for money.

 

A little bit of carbon never hurt anything. The minute you crank that thing up it's going to get carbon in it. I'd wait to somewhere around 50-75k to look at the throttle body or intake. Typical dealer wants to do many thing that's not necessary. You could drive the truck for its serviceable lifetime and probably never even bother the intake carbon.

[Ranger]

I have about 40k miles on mine, a lot of city driving...nothing wrong with the intake. I have aftermarket exhaust on it and it does get carbon on the tips but it's mostly from idling in traffic.

[redvett]

If your using regular gas the buildup is minimal but if your using premium you have the get it done. Premium gas burns slower and causes the buildup.

[gtivr6]

I use 87octane. No need to put 93

[Z45]

Sounds like he is just trying to sell you another unnecessary service. That's what the dealers do, cheap oil changes are a come-on to get you in the door so they can try to sell you other services.

 

Always take anything they recommend that cost you $ as a sales pitch.

 

Unnecessary services : Maintenance services such as fuel injector cleaning and transmission fluid flushes aren’t necessary as often anymore. Some routine maintenance services are still needed, but in most cases they aren’t, so compare what’s being suggested with what the owner's manual recommends – and possibly avoid spending money on unneeded maintenance.

[sonjaab]

Elcamino is CORRECT !

Using the scare tactics to upsell you other services !

[jro909]

sounds like bs, sounds like they are pushing something to make money....my dealer is really cool and straight edged, if the truck has an issue they will show it to me and explain if its a must do or if it can wait...

[leg7228]

sounds like bs, sounds like they are pushing something to make money....my dealer is really cool and straight edged, if the truck has an issue they will show it to me and explain if its a must do or if it can wait...

 

Ask the service rep "Is this absolutely necessary or just recommended?"

[daveor]

agree on the scare tactics,,, wife took our saturn to a dealership after they called and wanted her to come down so they could do an oil change, seems they found that one of the cv axles had some end to end play in it,, $600 worth,, DUH,, last I knew you need some play, just like a drive line,, needless to say,, they have not called back again. She called me first to see what I thought.. told her to tell them nope.. will get it done closer to home,,, by the way,, I did have it checked out by a front end shop close to home, they said was perfectly normal.. DAve

[desrtrat]

spend $8.00 on a can of Sea Foam and do it your self....