JCR 56

If you're talking about pouring in the brake booster line on top of the pistons and causing the truck to smoke like a freight train, I don't know about the turbo, but can you imagine what it's doing to the 02 sensors and cats. If you pour it in the tank it probably won't hurt anything, but I would use Techron for that. But hell, it's you're truck and you're decision, I'm out.

Ricktwuhk

I'm not a mechanic or brake expert (or even a break expert), but if you don't own a jack that says you shouldn't be doing your own brakes, even during a break.

I have done pad replacements (although not on my F-150). That is NOT a brake job. I have replaced rotors. That is not a brake job. I only replaced a rotor when the old one was ruined (my son's car), and we put on two new rotors and new pads. While it's easy, it's also easy to screw up.

I did my first brake pad replacement, during a break, with someone that knew what they were doing watching and advising. I would never have attempted it alone. Screw it up, you crash and possible kill someone.

That said, replacing pads is easy. There is no reason to not use factory parts, nor is there any reason to not use quality non-oem parts.

19KFX4

Thanks for the laugh at my grammar. (For serious) Either way I go it will cost maybe within a $100. But I'm not on my time if I have someone do them. I'm planning on keeping this truck for a long while after it's payed off, so if I pay a little now to save a little more later I'm good.

I've used seafoam in the top end of every vehicle I've ever owned. Never an issue. I do understand the turbos getting broke. But the cats and O2 sensors never an issue. But then again. This is a different kind of motor.

obusnizzle

The petro in Seafoam can melt the turbos. That being said, since direct injection places the fuel below the valves and the fuel wont be "cleaning" the valves....take a visit to BG's long term SHO test mule.....they have an excellent write up with actual facts and stuff.

19KFX4

My dealer does BG Services so i think i'm going to go with that. They also suggested i get my transmission fluid changed at 40k which i just hit I could not find it in the manual where it gave milage to change the fluid all but like 150,000 or something to me that seems to long, so was going to get the BG Trans flush as well at the same time any thought [MENTION=1210]obusnizzle[/MENTION], [MENTION=134559]Rnlcomp[/MENTION]

RLXXI

I used BG products at my dealer and it works very well for removing upper combustion chamber deposits as well as valve deposits when injected into the upper intake manifold like it's supposed to be, your wasting your money doing the trans, 150,000m before that needs fluid changed.

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19KFX4

[MENTION=134559]Rnlcomp[/MENTION] I don't trust that 150,000 mile transmission fluid change, just something in my mind won't let me do it. like running 10k on the same oil. I do it myself and change mine about every 7k with Mobile1 Synthetic and K and N filter

RLXXI

It's your money to blow, if it gives you peace of mind then it's obviously worth it to you. I can think of a lot of other things I'd rather put my $$ into.

Ford's engineers and technological advance in automotive design have come a long way from even just 10 years ago and they are probably a lot smarter than you or I so if they say 150k before changing then that's what I will do.

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19KFX4

I totally agree with you on the advances engineers have made. It's more peace of mind than anything. And yes I can think if plenty of things to put the money toward. Like an exhaust

Summers22

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I will admit I am no "expert", but I have always done all my own shoe/pad/rotor replacements. Most of them on an ABS system, and guess what? I have never had brake failure. If all the OP is replacing is pads and rotors on a 4x4, then it is quite possibly the easiest simple maintenance he can do besides changing the oil.