Posted by The Raven on May 25, 2009, 10:18 am
>> My Prius dealer suggested I get my 2004 Prius jets cleaned as its been at
>> least 2 years since they were last done..I cant see where in the service
>> manual where this item needs doing at any milage or age of my vehicle.
>> Any ideas plse folks? Should I tell him to forget the jets as its going
>> cost almost $00 more for them alone to be cleaned.
> Asked the Toyota service guy about the jet cleaning today. He tells me
> they dont clean Prius jets ever! Talk about idiots at the desk. Lucky I
> asked again coz I wonder if they'd try to charge me anyway..hmmm
Just ask them to explain what they mean by 'jets'. There are no 'jets' in a
EFI car, just injectors.
Posted by The Raven on May 25, 2009, 10:15 am
> My Prius dealer suggested I get my 2004 Prius jets cleaned as its been at
> least 2 years since they were last done..I cant see where in the service
> manual where this item needs doing at any milage or age of my vehicle. Any
> ideas plse folks? Should I tell him to forget the jets as its going cost
> almost $00 more for them alone to be cleaned.
Just throw some injector cleaner into the fuel tank and ignore any supposed
advice about maintaining injectors.
Seriously folks, 95+% of all EFI cars have never had their injectors
cleaned/flushed or otherwise tweaked and manage to run perfectly well....
Any reasonably new car with sensitive injectors has a serious design flaw.
Posted by George W Frost on May 25, 2009, 10:28 am
>> My Prius dealer suggested I get my 2004 Prius jets cleaned as its been at
>> least 2 years since they were last done..I cant see where in the service
>> manual where this item needs doing at any milage or age of my vehicle.
>> Any ideas plse folks? Should I tell him to forget the jets as its going
>> cost almost $00 more for them alone to be cleaned.
> Just throw some injector cleaner into the fuel tank and ignore any
> supposed advice about maintaining injectors.
This is an odd reply to what you said previously
>>:Cheaper still, buy some E10 fuel. The ethanol will be just as good at
cleaning injectors as the usual 'dump it in the tank' liquids. <<
> Seriously folks, 95+% of all EFI cars have never had their injectors
> cleaned/flushed or otherwise tweaked and manage to run perfectly well....
> Any reasonably new car with sensitive injectors has a serious design flaw.
>
>> least 2 years since they were last done..I cant see where in the service
>> manual where this item needs doing at any milage or age of my vehicle.
>> Any ideas plse folks? Should I tell him to forget the jets as its going
>> cost almost $00 more for them alone to be cleaned.
> Asked the Toyota service guy about the jet cleaning today. He tells me
> they dont clean Prius jets ever! Talk about idiots at the desk. Lucky I
> asked again coz I wonder if they'd try to charge me anyway..hmmm