Engine Flush

I have a 2002 Vue. I am getting ready to take it in for it's 24k check up.
The service manager says I need an engine flush. Is this for real or is this
like "under coating"? ... i.e. is this just a gimic to get more $$ from the
consumer?

jb

 

....if you've been doing your 3-month/3k mile oil/filter changes I can't
image why you'd need the flush. My dealer lists only an oil/filter change
and the cabin air filter.

http://www.saturnsandiego.com/Flashsite/Service/schedule_ls.html

 

It is a gimmick - run away NOW.

Ed

 

That would be a "wallet flush."

If you've been keeping current on the oil changes, you should be just fine
and not need your wallet flushed.

 

If it's had proper oil changes, there is no reason to do an engine flush on
it. It may even do more harm than good (some engine-flush agents probably
tend to dilute the oil and lubricate poorly when they're running it
through..)

 

Let us know which dealer so we can avoid it.

 

If it's had proper oil changes, there is no reason to do an engine flush on

My dealer tried this on me also.......says car needs an engine flush.
Garbage.....
I have changed the oil in my 97 SC2 every 3k miles. When I look inside where
the oil goes in it is clean as a whistle. Nice and shiny. If on the other
hand you never change your oil....like my sister on her car...you look inside
and it is full of crud.
Crud meaning black stuff all over evrything......I don`t think an engine flush
would even help that.
Dan Bergman

 

If on the other

Engine cleaner and kerosene will help that..........

A friend of my brothers came to him one day when he tried to add some oil to
his Hyundai but the oil ran right back out of the valve cover fill
hole.......there was so much crud built up, it blocked the hole! Turns out, he
hadn't changed the oil in like 80k miles! We ran engine cleaner through
it(which smelled very much like kerosene) as well as regular kerosene, and
amazingly it cleaned it right up! This was over a year ago and he's still
driving the thing, not sure if he's changed the oil since