Coyote Chris
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There used to be a radio show called Car Talk, featuring Click and Clack, the Tappet brothers (Tom and Ray). They owned a car repair shop and would take calls from fans about car problems.
They said many things a dealer wants to do to your car is like vaccuming your wallet.
Like throttle body cleaning.
I have a 2018 Subaru Forester with 25,000 miles on it and an 8 year/80,000 mile factory "warrenty". I am getting ready for lots of miles this summer and had the CVT fluid changed and the differrential (s) fluid changed, per the manual. At the 30,000 mile oil change in 6 months, my dealer wants to clean the throttle body. The book does not call for that.
The car mostly gets used over the road between here and Montana and here and Oshkosh and about once a week to keep things "In use" and keep the gas fresh. I only use ethanol free gas. And I stabilize it.
(Oddly, a year after purchasing the car, I got a letter from Subaru American guaratteeing the CVT for 100,000 miles...I got on the forum and the tranny is not a weak point. )
Do I really need the throttle body cleaned?
They said many things a dealer wants to do to your car is like vaccuming your wallet.
Like throttle body cleaning.
I have a 2018 Subaru Forester with 25,000 miles on it and an 8 year/80,000 mile factory "warrenty". I am getting ready for lots of miles this summer and had the CVT fluid changed and the differrential (s) fluid changed, per the manual. At the 30,000 mile oil change in 6 months, my dealer wants to clean the throttle body. The book does not call for that.
The car mostly gets used over the road between here and Montana and here and Oshkosh and about once a week to keep things "In use" and keep the gas fresh. I only use ethanol free gas. And I stabilize it.
(Oddly, a year after purchasing the car, I got a letter from Subaru American guaratteeing the CVT for 100,000 miles...I got on the forum and the tranny is not a weak point. )
Do I really need the throttle body cleaned?