Air Induction Service/Fog Engine

[Rocko954]

Hello all,
I just received an email from my Ford dealership recommending the following:

Air Induction Service
Operation Description:
Our trained technicians start by disassembling the air intake system. They then clean the throttle body housing, intake and plate, plenum and air-intake, and intake valves and ports. Finally, they remove any combustion chamber deposits. This ensures a correct balance of fuel and air in the system.

Fog Engine
Operation Description:
Start engine and allow to reach operating temperature. Disconnect the canister purge port on the intake manifold and apply Engine Fog canister vaccuum line. Carefully raise engine RPMs to 3000rpms. Allow engine to stall. Remove the air intake system and clean carbon out of the throttle body and remove any dirt and debris that may be around air intake hoses. Allow chemical to clean inside engine for about 20 minutes. Restart the engine and rev and then drive for an adequate amount of time with some moderate acceleration.

My question is how necessary is this? Is this a fairly simple DIY? My explorer has approx 45,000 miles. I bought it used. Was previously a lease and repurchased by my dealer through internal auction. No records have surfaced that this has been done.

Thank you for any input on this.

 

[rb142]

It is completely unnecessary on a truck of that age. And if you have an EcoBoost, absolutely do not have this done, as it is known to destroy the turbo. There is no Ford approved safe method of performing an induction service on an EcoBoost (yet).

 

[Rocko954]

Thank you for the quick response. I felt that it might be fluff to generate business and seemed unnecessary considering the age of the vehicle. I appreciate you taking the time to respond.

 

[blwnsmoke]

IF you want to know what you need to do for maintenance, look at the manual. There is very little that needs to be done until you hit the 100k mark. I have 78,000 on my EX now and the only thing I've done is oil changes.

All this crap dealers send you are just to help them with their profit margins..

 

[MarkM]

The only thing to think about induction-wise is a valve cleaning. However, as stated above, Ford does not have an approved method of doing this and it's only if you have an eco boost. It can be done, by taking the heads off and going in manually to clean them. But, I wouldn't recommend it unless you have extreme carbon build up causes misfires.

Go by the factory intervals. The only thing I would recommend that Ford does not, is a trans fluid replacement every 30-50k. It is very cheap insurance and is a good PM.

 

[dco43054]

Great profit generator for the dealership.

This would definitely influence my perception of any other maintenance recommendations they make at any point.

 

[Rocko954]

Great info!

Thank you all! I've had the truck about a year now and love it. I just joined the site yesterday to ask this question and it's great getting responses so quickly. Thank you again for everyone's input. Looking forward to exploring the site and seeing what else I can learn and do with my Explorer.

 

[peterk9]

Thank you all! I've had the truck about a year now and love it. I just joined the site yesterday to ask this question and it's great getting responses so quickly. Thank you again for everyone's input. Looking forward to exploring the site and seeing what else I can learn and do with my Explorer.

Welcome to the Forum.:wavey:
There is a lot of info here in the 5th generation forum and we have a very active membership as well.

Peter