The TB work you can do yourself in an hour. Ditto for cleaning the battery
(just some baking soda & water, I have a handy brush you can use too at
Jon's in a month).
The timing one, that's got me scratching my head. They can't change the
program on the computer w/o getting a program from DC, who in turn has to
get the program blessed by the EPA. At least on later models.
I got the "summer maintenance" coupon from Fayetteville Dodge just today,
but I'm heading to the other dealer in town (Sam Dell) on Monday for some
warranty work and I don't need the things they're offering on the coupon.
You're exactly right though, it's just an excuse for them to get you into
the shop so they can find things to do for you.
Jason Mooberry wrote on Wednesday 06 June 2001 05:09 pm:
> The local dealer sent me a coupon for filter/oil change, chassis lube,
> steering/suspension inspection and tire rotation for 23 bucks or
> something. It was time for almost all of the above anyway, so I figured
> I'd take it in. I assume the idea is to get me in there, then hit me with
> a list of stuff that needs work, and try to milk a couple hundred + 23
> bucks out of me. With that in mind I wasn't surprised to get a call from
> the service dept stating I needed a bunch of stuff that would total about
> 200 bucks: 1) battery service/terminal cleaning, etc...
> 2) new plugs and adjust the timing in the computer
> 3) throttle body cleaning, gasket, etc... due to carbon build up
> I told them to skip it all, and just give me my 23 dollar maintenance,
> which
> really pissed off the service manager. Anyway, I do need plugs but other
> than that I question everything they had to say. So....(sorry so long) my
> question is...is carbon buildup on the TB a problem that anyone has
> encountered? Is this BS or what? If not, what are the effects? And what
> about adjusting the timing in the computer? Is this for real as well?
> Well, I greatly appreciate any insight as always. Thanks...
> --
> Jason Mooberry
> [1994 3.9 SLT manual 4x4]
> http://www.cs.rit.edu/~jjm7995/projects/truck/truck.htm
>
>
>
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