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Old 28 Nov 2004, 05:45 pm
Michael Pardee
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Default Re: fuel injector cleaning?

Probably not the fuel injectors - regular fuel additives or just good
gasoline will do that. The throttle body? Maybe - they can get deposits that
will make idle get funky. However, if your idle is okay now it is an easy
DIY job with a can of carburetor cleaner. Once the idle gets bad small
passages can close off and require some real work. (My turbo Volvo gets that
way a lot from breathing its own oil mist and crankcase vapors - it doesn't
have a conventional PCV system to bypass the throttle plate.)

Mike

"Chris G." <nonone@nonewhere.123> wrote in message
news:smnqd.68525$7i4.30963@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> Hi, I live in So. Cal. and have a 2002 Civic with 45K miles. Took my car
> to a Honda dealership for routine maintence service and they recommended
> cleaning the fuel injectors, throttle body, and chamber. I said no
> thanks. Does it really need to be cleaned or are they trying to sell me
> something I don't need?
>



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