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Old 12-12-2014, 01:25 PM   #2
kevman
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I'm cynical and not a mechanic but most of that sounds like the general run of the mill dealership up-sell.

Everything is always sold as preventative maintenance saying spending $300 now could save you $2,000 in the future. But spending $300 a year for 10 years ends up costing you more than $2,000 when that part fails. For every person that does all of the hocus pocus fluffy maintenance there is someone that drives their car with nothing more than oil changes until 300,000km...

As for your list:
-timing cover - It's probably not leaking, the last guy to change the oil probably spilt oil everywhere when filling it up.
-oil pan - Maybe it's leaking but if you check your oil and you're not dangerously low between oil changes it's not leaking enough to worry about.
-injectors - Scam. A long highway trip will bring enough fuel through at operating temperature to make sure everything is running clean.
-calibres - What are the cleaning? Not needed.
-power steering flush - Check the fluid yourself, my guess is it's still clean and doesn't need replacing.
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