Car Heads - Engine Flush YAY or NAY

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I do not know much about cars and everytime I go and get an oil change, the Jiffy Lube dude always suggest I get one. He said slug is building up. I calledToyota and they said they do not offer that service and if slug was building up they would have to pretty much take apart the engine and an Engine Flush canruin the car. It's am 06 camry by the way. Anyone here had one done before and what was the prcie, dude is chargin $100.
 
Originally Posted by kix2mny

I do not know much about cars and everytime I go and get an oil change, the Jiffy Lube dude always suggest I get one. He said slug is building up. I called Toyota and they said they do not offer that service and if slug was building up they would have to pretty much take apart the engine and an Engine can ruin the car. It's am 06 camry by the way. Anyone here had one done before and what was the prcie, dude is chargin $100.
They did a News story on that a couple months ago in my area. Basically alotta people took the offer and this dudes car's engine broke downfrom it. They even showed the Manuals of Hondas/Toyotas/and etc. and it said DO NOT get Engine Flushes. Dont get it. You smart for not messin with it.
 
1. never go to jiffy lube.

they didnt put my oil plug in a few yrs back when i had a mazda mx 6...


logn story shiort..i was riding round with no oil and a rod went thru the block.
 
NAY - Just do the regular scheduled maintenance and youll be straight.

logn story shiort..i was riding round with no oil and a rod went thru the block.
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No offense, but are you deaf? How could you not hear thedifference?
 
thanks for all the comments ... i change the oil faithfully so I guess I should be ok.
 
Originally Posted by IMPORTKING

1. never go to jiffy lube.

they didnt put my oil plug in a few yrs back when i had a mazda mx 6...


logn story shiort..i was riding round with no oil and a rod went thru the block.



Wowwwww I would of been
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Originally Posted by stylez23

just keep up with the regular maintenance...


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i put a can of engine flush in my oil before every oil change, smells like kerosine(sp?)

then i just plug it up and fill it back up with that good ol synthetic blend

i wouldnt recommend getting it done at jiffy lube tho. i went in for a injector clean and they didnt know where to put the I.V lookin thing on my car. i toldem to put it on my brake booster and let it suck it up. when they looked at me weird and said whats the brake booster? i said nevermind just give me my moneyback.

went to a dealership and had them do it. my cars due for a injecter cleaning matter of fact.
 
Originally Posted by awash242

NAY - Just do the regular scheduled maintenance and youll be straight.

logn story shiort..i was riding round with no oil and a rod went thru the block.
eek.gif
No offense, but are you deaf? How could you not hear the difference?
I got an oil chance on a friday at lunch time. picked it up after work ( it was across the street) rode out for friday night festivities..

and boom.

hella smoke.


fml
 
Originally Posted by IMPORTKING

Originally Posted by awash242

NAY - Just do the regular scheduled maintenance and youll be straight.

logn story shiort..i was riding round with no oil and a rod went thru the block.
eek.gif
No offense, but are you deaf? How could you not hear the difference?
I got an oil chance on a friday at lunch time. picked it up after work ( it was across the street) rode out for friday night festivities..

and boom.

hella smoke.


fml



I would have blown that Jiffy Lube up
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Originally Posted by keepzdasneakz

Your damn car is an 06, the hell would it need an engine flush for in the first place?

This is what they keep saying everytime i would do my oil change. They said this should be done once a year
 
Jiffy Lube knows nothing about vehicles.

They earn certificates on how to remove an oil cap, how to remove a drain plug, how to pour oil, etc.

At least go somewhere where people are ASE Certified at a minimum.
 
what? nah man...you dont need an engine flush...its a bs service. just keep your maintenance on point...oil/fluid changes and your filters during your regularservice periods. youll know when the engine has an overflow of sludge...the car is running slow...throttle response is slow, rough engine idle, everytime youstop youre engine is on the verge of stalling. youll notice it. take it to a more reputable mechanic...jiffy lube is crap. the only way you get sludge is ifyoure running low quality oil...or oil thats not supposed to run in that motor.
 
So Engine Flush is a nay....


But what about Radiator flush and Transmission flush? Right now, I'm driving a 2000 Expedition BTW. I been getting regular oil changes, etc, but thedealership recommended both a radiator and transmission flush, I been considering getting one next time I get my oil changed.
 
Originally Posted by majik214

So Engine Flush is a nay....


But what about Radiator flush and Transmission flush? Right now, I'm driving a 2000 Expedition BTW. I been getting regular oil changes, etc, but the dealership recommended both a radiator and transmission flush, I been considering getting one next time I get my oil changed.
well...if youre alrdy getting regular maintenance they should alrdy be replacing your transmission fluid and your coolant. if not, you can alwaysask...everytime i get my oil changed i usually get both of those done as well.
 
Originally Posted by awash242

Originally Posted by IMPORTKING

Originally Posted by awash242

NAY - Just do the regular scheduled maintenance and youll be straight.

logn story shiort..i was riding round with no oil and a rod went thru the block.
eek.gif
No offense, but are you deaf? How could you not hear the difference?
I got an oil chance on a friday at lunch time. picked it up after work ( it was across the street) rode out for friday night festivities..

and boom.

hella smoke.


fml

I would have blown that Jiffy Lube up
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word. straight molotov cocktail style
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Could This Damage Your Car?

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NBC Los Angeles investigator Joel Grover checks into customer complaints that engine flushes at some Jiffy Lube and EZ Lube shops led to engine failure...

Inside a Jiffy Lube on Pico and San Vicente in Los Angeles, a service technician tries to sell an undercover NBC Los Angeles employee an "engine flush" or engine cleaning.

"Engine cleaning every two years, 30,000 miles is required for the vehicle," the technician says.

But NBC Los Angeles has heard from customers across the country, who say their engines broke down after having an engineflush.

At the Jiffy Lube we went to on Pico, the technician says the engine flush will prolong the life of the engine on our HondaAccord test car.

An engine flush is where they pour a chemical solvent into your engine, supposedly to flush out old sludge.

When our undercover person asks, "is that something that Honda recommends?" Than technician says, "It requiresit every two years, every 30,000 miles."

That's not true. Our car's maintenance schedule says nothing about an engine flush.

"After engine flushes, there's a pretty high incidence of some damage to the interior of the engine," Chris Martin of Honda tells NBC Los Angeles.

That's why Honda issued a memo to mechanics advising them not to perform engine flushes. Other major car-makers,including Ford, General Motors, and Nissan have all issued similar advisories against the service.

Why? Over time, gummy deposits can build up inside your engine. The chemicals used for engine flush, are supposed to breakup those deposits. But car-makers say, pieces of that broken up sediment can clog up other parts of the engine and ruin it.

The car ran perfectly before I took it in that day," says Pat Marriott. He took his Nissan Sentra to a Jiffy Lube in Kansas City. "They sold me, reallysold me hard on an engine flush," Marriott tells NBC Los Angeles.

He says three days later, on the highway his car broke down and he had to replace his engine for $5000.

That's because Nissan and other car-makers say damage resulting from engine flushes won't be covered by yourwarranty.

At other Jiffy Lube's, like one on Overland in West Los Angeles, they offered us other services like a fuel injectioncleaning. That's where they put a chemical cleaner into your fuel injectors.

When the NBC Los Angeles undercover person asked the technician, "does Honda recommend that?" He said,"It's every 15,000 miles or every year, recommended."

That's also not true. Honda and other big car-makers say fuel injection cleaning is an improper repairprocedure.

"Using the cleaner, using a fuel injection cleaning system can cause harm to other injectors," Martin tells NBCLos Angeles.

Jiffy Lube isn't the only major chain recommending services car-makers say could be harmful. It happened to us at EZLube.

When our undercover person asked a technician at one of their locations in Silverlake, "Does Honda recommend an engineflush?" He replied, "They recommend... everything I'm telling you. We go by whatever the manufacturer recommends."

Our undercover person asks him for proof, since EZ Lube's computer lists all manufacturer recommendations, butthere's no engine flush listed. The undercover employee asks him, "How come they're not on the computer?" The technician replied, "Idon't know."

Across town at an EZ Lube near Santa Monica, technicians push a $99 transmission service using a high tech flushingmachine.

Our undercover employee asks the technician, "does Honda recommend that it be done with a machine like that?" Thetechnician responds, "Correct. That's the only way you can do it."

But Honda's memo to mechanics clearly says "do not use transmission flushing machines" because of the risks tothe car.

All told four out of five Jiffy Lube's, and five out of five EZ Lube's pushed services car-makers don'trecommend, but technicians told us the opposite.

We went back to the manager at that Silverlake EZ Lube.

"You said Honda recommends an engine flush. That's not true. Why did you say that?" NBC Los AngelesInvestigative Reporter Joel Grover asked.

"I don't know," he replied.

As for those technicians at Jiffy Lube who didn't tell us the truth, they wouldn't talk to us on camera and neitherwould their bosses.

Executives at Jiffy Lube and EZ Lube declined our offer to watch our undercover tape, and do interviews.

But in separate statements, both companies said it was unacceptable for their employees to misrepresent certain services asmanufacturer recommendations, when they're not.

EZ Lube says some of the employees we caught doing this will be terminated.

Jiffy Lube says they're taking steps to minimize the chance of it occurring again and they want to hear from any unhappycustomers.

Jiffy Lube can be reached by phone at 800-344-6933.

EZ Lube can be reached by phone at 800-559-5823 or email info@ezlube.com.

Click here to readboth companies full statements to NBC Los Angeles regarding this report.

Clickhere to read documents and statements from Honda, Nissan, General Motors and Ford regarding these services.
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/flushservices.html
 
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