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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 07:29 PM
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How many miles are on your car? Probably maintenance that is not needed.
14k Maintenance is maintenance though.
I have a 97 Supra with only 13k miles, but I still change the oil once a year. Probably not needed, but it's cheap enough and keeps the car strong.
I wasn't planning on doing anything right away, but I would like to know before I do in the future.
And at this point, it seems that I am not the only one inquiring, and some of which surely have more miles than I do, considering I have multiple vehicles. So going with your logic, at what mileage is maintenance of this sort necessary, and what do you do at such mileage?
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 09:19 PM
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Don not run any cleaners though ur injectors or engine especialy sea foam. You WILL damage the pintle on the DI Injectors. GM has gone though this many times saying to not use cleaners in them


Thats funny....My dealer cleaned all injectors UNDER WARRANTY according to a TSB for mis-fires
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by RossGo
14k Maintenance is maintenance though.
I have a 97 Supra with only 13k miles, but I still change the oil once a year. Probably not needed, but it's cheap enough and keeps the car strong.
I wasn't planning on doing anything right away, but I would like to know before I do in the future.
And at this point, it seems that I am not the only one inquiring, and some of which surely have more miles than I do, considering I have multiple vehicles. So going with your logic, at what mileage is maintenance of this sort necessary, and what do you do at such mileage?
Wrong...changing the oil is DEFINITELY needed. Oil changes go by both time and mileage because oil becomes acidic over time, even if the car is not being driven, and it then becomes corrosive and damaging to engine internals and also loses its lubrication ability.

Honestly, IMHO, I wouldnt be messing around by putting any chemicals into these motors unless its absolutely necessary (which it shouldnt be at this point) These LNF motors are tempermental enough as it is, I wouldnt be messing around with them for no reason....not unless youre noticing poor performance or its something the GM engineers are recommending as regular maintenance. My .02
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by boosted4dr


Thats funny....My dealer cleaned all injectors UNDER WARRANTY according to a TSB for mis-fires
and do you know HOW they exactly went about doing that?
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Old Mar 3, 2010 | 02:14 AM
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Carroll Shelby wouldn't recommend zMAX unless he knew it worked.
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Old Mar 3, 2010 | 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Darkfuzion
Carroll Shelby wouldn't recommend zMAX unless he knew it worked.
Or unless he was getting a nice check cut to him for his sponsorship
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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by northvibe
and do you know HOW they exactly went about doing that?
Sorry...travel for work and do not follow all post

http://ww2.justanswer.com/uploads/he...00_P0300_3.pdf

This was the best site that brought up the information for the TSB #03-06-04-030F ....

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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 10:23 AM
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Has anyone done that? Seems like a pain in the ass
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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by boosted4dr
Sorry...travel for work and do not follow all post

http://ww2.justanswer.com/uploads/he...00_P0300_3.pdf

This was the best site that brought up the information for the TSB #03-06-04-030F ....
Don't think that applies to Direct Injection engines
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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by umrdyldo
Don't think that applies to Direct Injection engines
LNF is on the list...
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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by RossGo
LNF is on the list...
Yep LNF is listed on there.
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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 05:08 PM
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Sounds like a PITA...just saying.
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