The dealership told me that they recommend I do it. After doing some searching on these forums, I will do it (myself). These guys kill me with trying to squeeze every penny out of you. It seems very simple but in the forum, they recommend Seafoam deep creep. I have a ton of other cleaners laying around. Do I have to use that or will WD40, brake clean, carb clean, Hoppes or Eliminator gun cleaners work? or do I need to buy the Seafoam?
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Why not use TB cleaner and MAF cleaner? If you're going to do the throttle body, might as well hit the MAF too. Curious how many miles you've got on yours. I just did my Tacoma yesterday. After 118K miles, it was dirty. At least for one person at 56K miles, it was unnecessary. Don't know if we have a HL TB/MAF cleaning write-up yet or not (and I don't have enough miles on the HL to bother with it yet), but at least you can see what's involved on the Tacoma (link in the first post). Throttle Body / MAF Cleaning
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That's why he be a moderator and we be the peons... cleverness!
I only have 35k. Havent looked at it yet but they are probably just trying to bend me over for more dough! Will let you know how it looks when I take it apart!
Best thing in this world you can do is find a good private mechanic in your area. Like I always say, a good private mechanic is worth his weight in gold. to dealer service centers....
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As for the TB cleaning - I would only use specific TB cleaner and a separate MAF cleaner (formulated especially for electrical components) for it. If you start spraying a ton of general cleaning stuff around all willy-nilly in and around your TB, you are likely to need a real trip to the stealership service department...
Not all dealership mechanics are bad but after managing a crew of 12 I can tell you out of about 45 mechanics, there was 3 I would let touch my personal vehicle.
I had one that would write a whole repair order (air conditioning cleaning, throttle body cleaning, etc, etc) before even seeing the car.
Best thing you can do is make a spreadsheet for the car and follow it, i.e. every 45k drain and refill all vehicle fluids, etc.
I've had shops tell me my trans fluid needed to be replaced although I just changed it, when I called them out on it they say "oh we recommended it based on your mileage, not based on anything we saw."
As TD said, get a good mechanic and stick with them.
Where in the owners manual does it give the intervals for this to be done? I must have missed that section or the factory doesn't recommend it? Anybody?
Where in the owners manual does it give the intervals for this to be done? I must have missed that section.
There is a separate Scheduled Maintenance Guide booklet that should be included with your owners manual as part of the "informational package" that's in your glove compartment.
In lieu of that booklet, click here to go to Toyota's online version of the maintenance guide, just plug in your vehicle information.
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Not a very up to date web site.. the latest vehicle year one can input is 2010
Good to note that. At least if the model you own has not changed to a newer Gen, previous years are still relevant. Dunno why Toyota doesn't have the latest posted, unless their webmaster is a lazy ass....
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There are a number of changes when comparing my 2011. For example I am asked to change my cabin air filter ever 12 months and my first brake fluid change comes at 48 months. In the 2010 PDF (linked above) these services do not occur till much later (cabin air filter) and the brake fluid is never changed.. that I could find
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