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Old 03-23-2010 | 03:34 PM
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Is doing a power steering flush on a 08 automatic 2.3 liter hard? Or is it an easy DIY? Anybody have directions on how to do it?
 
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Old 03-23-2010 | 03:48 PM
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Is doing a power steering flush on a 08 automatic 2.3 liter hard? Or is it an easy DIY? Anybody have directions on how to do it?
Why would you even bother?
 
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Old 03-24-2010 | 12:44 AM
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Is it not necessary? Lol the dealership just told me I had to have it done.
Oh speaking of that, is the fuel injector flush necessary? My dealership has been asking me to do this for a while. But my brother in law never did this in his m3 and that had over 100k on it. So are either of these things necessary?
 
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Old 03-24-2010 | 05:09 AM
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Is it not necessary? Lol the dealership just told me I had to have it done.
Oh speaking of that, is the fuel injector flush necessary? My dealership has been asking me to do this for a while. But my brother in law never did this in his m3 and that had over 100k on it. So are either of these things necessary?
Power Steering system flushes and Fuel Injector services are exclusively necessary for padding the bottom line of the dealership service departments. No! Check that, they are also necessary as a weight reduction measure for your wallet/bank account. Tell your dealership to pound sand.
 
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Old 03-24-2010 | 12:09 PM
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Thats what I was thinking. Sounds like a load of crap to me!
 
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Old 03-27-2010 | 04:08 PM
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LOL!!!


Is it bad to laugh that people are still gullible enough to believe dealership bullcrap? Maybe I should be happy my dealership doesn't recommend all this crap to me.
 
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Old 03-27-2010 | 08:24 PM
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Not bad at all!
I was thinking it was sketchy, thats why I posted it on the forums. And I've denied the Fuel Injector deal countless times. Theyre awefull percistent.

Lucky you have a good dealership!
I'm not a big fan of mine, but they do give me alot of discounts on normal maintenance.
 
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Old 03-27-2010 | 10:28 PM
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which are probably not really discounts, and as for the injector flush thats only necessary if you suspect you have bad gas, and if thats the case then u need to drain the gas and run the injector cleaner, which you can do yourself
 
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Old 03-30-2010 | 04:47 PM
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which are probably not really discounts, and as for the injector flush thats only necessary if you suspect you have bad gas, and if thats the case then u need to drain the gas and run the injector cleaner, which you can do yourself
Seafoam FTW
 
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Old 03-31-2010 | 10:35 PM
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just so as long you dont have bad piston rings
 


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