Originally Posted By: kschachn
I'll tell you this, when I opened up the fuel tank of my then 20 year old BMW to replace the fuel pump the interior of the tank was pristine. Not a speck of anything in the well or anywhere. TBH I was surprised, I thought I would find something but I didn't. So that tells me that fuel is pretty clean.
If you do some searching on the net, you'll find quite a few people claiming to have a much different experience.
Originally Posted By: supton
wasn't from dirt, it was from stuff in the gasoline
Exactly, which is why there should be an inline filter.
Originally Posted By: supton
Of course a dealership is going to recommend a cleaning. The chance to charge you $100 to dump a $5 bottle of cleaner in?
Dumping a bottle of cleaner in the tank is hardly what the dealer is doing. If you talk to the dealer, maybe you can learn exactly what it is they are doing.
And, if what they were doing was a scam... lawyers would be pouncing on them, so somewhere along the line the dealer has scientific proof that injectors need to be cleaned from time to time.
I have my own injector cleaning kit, so I wouldn't need their services but some do.
I'll tell you this, when I opened up the fuel tank of my then 20 year old BMW to replace the fuel pump the interior of the tank was pristine. Not a speck of anything in the well or anywhere. TBH I was surprised, I thought I would find something but I didn't. So that tells me that fuel is pretty clean.
If you do some searching on the net, you'll find quite a few people claiming to have a much different experience.
Originally Posted By: supton
wasn't from dirt, it was from stuff in the gasoline
Exactly, which is why there should be an inline filter.
Originally Posted By: supton
Of course a dealership is going to recommend a cleaning. The chance to charge you $100 to dump a $5 bottle of cleaner in?
Dumping a bottle of cleaner in the tank is hardly what the dealer is doing. If you talk to the dealer, maybe you can learn exactly what it is they are doing.
And, if what they were doing was a scam... lawyers would be pouncing on them, so somewhere along the line the dealer has scientific proof that injectors need to be cleaned from time to time.
I have my own injector cleaning kit, so I wouldn't need their services but some do.
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