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Emission Control Service
#1
Hi All,

So I have a big service on Monday and I've been told I should get an emission control service too which is only an extra £25 of my hard earned money. Now it was explained as a sort of engine flush along with flushing oil out or something before they put fresh oil in... Sounds beneficial! Wondering if you guys would recommend this or is it just a scam?

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#2
worth having done every now and again
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#3
Brill! Will do it then 25 quid ain't bad and in 33k miles it hasn't been done yet. Cheers dude

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#4
I asked my mechanic if an engine flush is worth it and he said no.

As for admissions they just chuck a can of fuel additive in the tank which is useless unless they go and fill the tank up to mix it.


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I asked my mechanic if an engine flush is worth it and he said no.

As for admissions they just chuck a can of fuel additive in the tank which is useless unless they go and fill the tank up to mix it.


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#6
Ahhhh so better off cancelling it then? As they have it down to do alongside the service. Only reason I said yeah was because my MPG is a little lower than it used to be and they said they put fresh oil in the car and it's better that they flush the old oil out first

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#7
I was told you will never get all the oil out and when put a flush additive in some of that will also remain which is not good for the new oil.

Get a can of this & stick in the tank before you fill up it will do a far better job than what the dealership pushes.

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUDI-VW-PRO-TEC-...nav=SEARCH


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#8
They do say they will do a lot more than just flush the system... But whether or not they actually do this or not remains to be seen! Ha

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Do a search on engine flushing you'll be surprised at all the cons of having it.
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