Carbontek service - needed/worth it?

[Idaho Mike]

My 2020 ranger (bought new in oct 21) has 53k miles in it. Dealer is recommending Carbontek service

don’t trust a thing the dealers say. Wondering what you guys think. Is it needed, is it worth it?

thanks

mark

Coming up on 50K miles and needing my free oil change, I took mine ('21 Tremor) into the Dealer and got a trans flush, brake fluid flush and a fuel injector cleaning (recommended every 12K miles?) while I was at it. Sounds like a similar process that was described to me as "We disable the fuel pump and run our "cleaning fluid" through the injectors."
We had a short discussion about bead blasting for the known issue of carbon fouling on the middle two cylinders and he said the cleaning solution would also blast out said carbon buildup without removing the top end, so much cheaper.
Invoice was around $180 for this service, mostly labor.
Time will tell, I guess...

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[mark_anderson_us]

Coming up on 50K miles and needing my free oil change, I took mine ('21 Tremor) into the Dealer and got a trans flush, brake fluid flush and a fuel injector cleaning (recommended every 12K miles?) while I was at it. Sounds like a similar process that was described to me as "We disable the fuel pump and run our "cleaning fluid" through the injectors."
We had a short discussion about bead blasting for the known issue of carbon fouling on the middle two cylinders and he said the cleaning solution would also blast out said carbon buildup without removing the top end, so much cheaper.
Invoice was around $180 for this service, mostly labor.
Time will tell, I guess...

sounds like a great price for all of that.

 

[Idaho Mike]

sounds like a great price for all of that.

That was only for the injector service. the whole thing was around $750 :-0

 

[mark_anderson_us]

That was only for the injector service. the whole thing was around $750 :-0

they makes more sense

 

[mark_anderson_us]

So, did they actually recommend the service to you?

No. I saw it on the paperwork after I left.

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