Engine Power Flush at Jiffy Lube

[Rave Racer]

        They are right.  There is an amount of sludge left over after a
change.  But if they don't do it right, then there is no point to doing it
at all.  Basically they just vacuum it out.  You can do the flush yourself
with chemical solvents and this way you clean the entire engine and not just
the sludge at the bottom.  I don't think it needs to be done as often as
that.  Maybe after 50,000 Km.


> Anyone come across this at they're local Jiffy Lubes?  They claim that
upto
> a half quart of sludge, contaminated oil etc remain in your engine after
an
> oil change and this stuff mixes in with the new oil they put in.  They
offer
> this service called EnviroLution that power flushes this stuff out and is
> recommended every 12000 miles at a cost of $80.  Claim that it prolongs
> engine life, fuel economy etc.  Is this a valuable service or just a rip
> off?
>


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