so what's the best way of getting the job done? cost is partly an issue. anyone reccomend a local shop?

 

Any local deale should be able to do it. Around here, that service usually costs around $150.

 

We charge $89 and clean the throttle body

 

Something like the STP fuel injector cleaner won't work?

 

Sea Foam ... I used a whole can in a half a tank of gas. Worked well.

Others have poured it directly into a vacuum line and let the engine suck it in that way. I hear that you should change the oil after doing it that way though.

 

All that stuff does is "tickle" any kind of build up on the injectors. What is used at the dealers runs directly in the fuel lines and the fuel pump is disabled. It usually takes about 20-30 minutes.

 

When you pour it down your intake or any vacuum line you only clean out the intake itself and the combustion chambers. Your fuel injectors will still need cleaning.

 

so i'm probly better off taking them in to someone who knows what they're doing?

 

silent1 .. how so? I was told that this is what some shops use in thier reverse flow injector cleaners and it does wonders.

 

I'm not familiar with reverse flow injector cleaning but when you use something like top engine cleaner/sea foam through a vacuum port, it simply gets sucked through the intake, into the cylinder, and out the exhaust. Sea Foam and Top Engine cleaners are very effective at removing carbon build-up in the combustion chambers and on piston tops. When it's pulled through the intake with engine vacuum it effectively cleans the manifold and intake runners in the head. How can it clean the injectors if it never enters the fuel system? How does reverse flow injector cleaning work? I always thought that was done with the injectors out of the vehicle. Not trying to attack your comment, I guess I just can't really understand it.