Just had my truck inspected, and the stealership offered an "induction cleaning" for $160. I never heard of it. They say they had it forever but never mentioned it in previous years. I declined. Truck just went over 40k. Anybody know anything about induction cleaning?

Did get a leveling kit with new wheels last week. Will post pics after I wash the road salt off of it.

 

Sounds like a dealership scam to make money. They probably just clean the MAF, pop a new air filter in, and clean the throttle body I bet. You never no though. Just my 2 cents

 

Its an expensive seafoam job and MAF cleaning... For 30 bucks you get a can of seafoam through your gas tank, another can through the brake booster line, and clean your MAF with MAF spray...

 

I wouldn't spend money on something like that which can be done on your own for a fraction of the price and a few hours of your time.

 

My local dealer tried to sell me the same but for 129. He said they also clean the egr system.

 

What is the MAF?

 

Thats your mass air flow sensor. Its the sensor that is on your intake or throttle body

 

On the contrary. A fuel induction cleaning will do wonders for your trucks engine. It will clean carbon buildup around the valves and especially around the spark plugs. I had it done to my 2006 @ 92000 miles about 2 weeks before I changed the plugs. (I asked for it, my dealer didn't sell it to me). When it came time to replace the plugs, all 8 came out smoothly, didn't break a single one. The key to it is to have it done every 30,000 miles and you won't get a carbon buildup, the engine runs smoother and will prevent future problems. As the old saying goes. You can pay me now, or you can pay me later. By the way.... The bill to replace my spark plugs was less than $300.00, and that was at the Ford dealer.

 

just get yourself some seafoam and some TB cleaner and MAF cleaner and clean it all.

i have a feeling im going to have some of yall jump on me for saying this but... you can even spray small amounts of water in your intake to do some what of a "steam clean" and i will repeat myself, i said SMALL amount of water. itll help loosen some of the carbon build up. dont go shoving the ****en garden house through your intake.

 

Name brand fuel already has lubricants and detergents in them to prevent excessive carbon build up. Even if carbon was a problem there are kits from various manufacturers such as SeaFoam and KleenFlo that allow the average backyard mechanic do it on their own at a fraction of the price. Anything over $40 is excessive for something you can do in 30 minutes in your driveway.