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Old 03-14-2004, 08:27 PM
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Fuel injector cleaning prices?

What is a fair price to pay for fuel injector cleaning. My dealership here in CO just quoted me $140 to run a chemical through the injectors to clean them, without removing the injectors themselves. I seem to remember someone posting that they had their injectors removed & cleaned for about $150.

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Originally Posted by MTNTOY
What is a fair price to pay for fuel injector cleaning. My dealership here in CO just quoted me $140 to run a chemical through the injectors to clean them, without removing the injectors themselves. I seem to remember someone posting that they had their injectors removed & cleaned for about $150.

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I think RC engineering does it for $20 per injector if you mail it to them.

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Try to find a shop that uses Motor-Vac units. Chances are your dealership adds a 3 dollar bottle of BG44K and calls it a day.
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I think RC engineering does it for $20 per injector if you mail it to them.
How hard is it to remove the injectors, and is there an advantage to having them removed & cleaned vs. just having the dealership cleaning?
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Originally Posted by Mossback74
Try to find a shop that uses Motor-Vac units. Chances are your dealership adds a 3 dollar bottle of BG44K and calls it a day.
where'd you find BG44K for only $3. the stealership charges like $21/can.
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Originally Posted by MTL_4runner
I think RC engineering does it for $20 per injector if you mail it to them.
This PLACE is a little bit cheaper.
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Try this place, one of the guys over on TTORA just had his done.

Best price I've seen so far

http://www.cruzinperformance.com/
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Originally Posted by assassin10000
Try this place, one of the guys over on TTORA just had his done.

Best price I've seen so far

http://www.cruzinperformance.com/
You didn't read Arnold's post above yours did you?
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Originally Posted by keisur
where'd you find BG44K for only $3. the stealership charges like $21/can.
Ok ok, so I was exaggerating a little. Dealers just make me
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I have mine off now. Is it possible to clean them myself?
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Originally Posted by Arnold
This PLACE is a little bit cheaper.
Great prices! Anyone tried them out?......How are they?
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Hey guys, I MAY be a BG sales rep soon, so your worries about price may be over. I'm up for a second interview next week. Keep your fingers crossed for me...

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I had mine pulled and cleaned for $125 and it made a noticeable difference in performance and I've never used anything but super unleaded.

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I pulled mine off and had them cleaned for $15each. I used Arizona TPI.
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Originally Posted by Cebby
You didn't read Arnold's post above yours did you?
I read it, but didn't click the link......
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Ultrasonic

When they are cleaned with them out of the car, they clean them ultrasonically, it's more effective than just adding a bottle of fuel injector cleaner in your gas tank.

Zach
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Originally Posted by Mossback74
Ok ok, so I was exaggerating a little. Dealers just make me
Dealer? what's that, never heard of one. We only have Stealers here. As you can see, I'm no fan of them either.
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What's the turn around, estimated, for this job if I were to pull my own and send them to a play like this. I could afford to be down but not for weeks, only at most 7 days.

EDIT: I just emailed them to ask price and turn around.

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Originally Posted by MTNTOY
What is a fair price to pay for fuel injector cleaning. My dealership here in CO just quoted me $140 to run a chemical through the injectors to clean them, without removing the injectors themselves. I seem to remember someone posting that they had their injectors removed & cleaned for about $150.

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I had my injectors from my '85 runner cleaned and "rebuilt" by RCengineering. They ran pretests and post test and gave me some data when they returned them. If I recall it ran about $25 per injector and they came back looking and working like new! Cheap and easy route to take. (not to mention their customer service was OUTSTANDING.)
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Thanks everyone. What is involved in pulling the injectors? Is there a detailed description on the process available via the web?


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