Ford 6.2 fuel injectors need cleaning???

[timswi]

I got rooked into that on my last GMC 6.2 at around 20k...$160 to do it, I let them at a weak moment...Nothing in the manual about this being necessary. Noticed no difference in anything afterwards except my K&N sticker that stated "Does not void warranty" was suspiciously missing.:smiley_aafz:

 

[timswi]

I thought running a couple tanks of E85 was supposed to do a great job of injector cleaning. Your 6.2 is E85 compatible, correct?

Around these parts you have to seek out E85...Most pumps say "Up to 10% booze"..Thankfully that hasn't caused any harm to any of the gas motors I have---Yet.

 

[Gary Fowler]

My wifes SUV has almost 100K on it. Never had injectors cleaned or had any "snake oil additives" put in the fuel tank. It still runs like new and gets same old 16 MPG as when new.

 

[3930dave]

As many of my ancestors were Scottish, I'm not known for throwing money away. So no, I wouldn't be paying a dealer to clean anything.

If you don't hang onto vehicles past about 6 years (average annual mileage), then any FI problems are going to belong to somebody else.... so it is a Don't Care for the original owner - fair enough.

If you hang onto vehicles a long time, the first thing to figure out is whether or not a newish vehicle even has a replaceable fuel filter. If so, check the OEM change interval, many people ignore this on road vehicles.

If your vehicle has no fuel filter, you might want to think about where the crud that used to end up in the filter is now sitting - unless you are selling it soon.

Above comments come from seeing injectors coming off gas motors at my friends shop, with clogged up screens on the top of the injector.

Lots of factors come into play, YMMV, literally. If you run a high quality/high detergent gasoline all the time, you are likely going to be in good shape. I choose to buy less costly fuel most of the time, and about 2 times/year (for my mileage) treat a tank with one of the products I listed before.

Rgds, D.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I can guarantee you two things with gas. There is no better fuel system cleaner than ethanol. Second is no snake oil is going to clean crud out of your system. It must be manually removed.

This comes from maintaining about 70 gas engines. Majority on boats that see low utilization. We just had to pump out 150 gallons of bad gas, manually clean the fuel tanks, install all new fuel hoses, pumps, filters, ect.

Chris

 

[Fordman1981]

I can guarantee you two things with gas. There is no better fuel system cleaner than ethanol. Second is no snake oil is going to clean crud out of your system. It must be manually removed. This comes from maintaining about 70 gas engines. Majority on boats that see low utilization. We just had to pump out 150 gallons of bad gas, manually clean the fuel tanks, install all new fuel hoses, pumps, filters, ect. Chris

Yeah I had pretty much had my mind set on they're just trying to take my money and there is no need in this service. I just wanted to check and get the consensus on here as well. I don't see spending money on things that are not needed but I also want to make sure my guys are in dependable trucks before I send them out on the road.

Thanks to everyone for your opinions. I was really wanting to hear from peacock on this subject being I think he used to work for ford.

 

[94BULLITT]

I can guarantee you two things with gas. There is no better fuel system cleaner than ethanol. Second is no snake oil is going to clean crud out of your system. It must be manually removed.



Chris

I agree.