Seafoam products

[Dave]

Can someone please shed some light on Seafoam, it is a relatively new product where I live, is it worth the time, does it actualy work? Thanks

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[3SheetsDiesel]

It’s been my experience that Seafoam works well for all sorts of things. You can dump it into the engine of a car and run it before an oil change to help break up any gunk that’s accumulated inside the engine due to neglect, you can run it through a vacuum line to help clean out the intake manifold of carbon buildup. It definetly works as advertised.

Also, you can make it yourself if you want to, for a lot less than you can buy it off the shelf. I posted the recipe over in the tool talk forum, the thread is called Homebrew automotive chemical recipes

[mckrishes]

It works pretty good for me. I ran it through my vaccum line to clean out the engine and I put some in the fuel tank and engine oil.

[KZ 259]

seafoam is a great maintance product. i’ve been using it on my maxima for over a year with no problems. i pour it in the crankcase, gas tank, vacuum line

[hastonandrew2]

Quoted From Dave:

Can someone please shed some light on Seafoam, it is a relatively new product where I live, is it worth the time, does it actualy work? Thanks

it does work, really well, i love that stuff

[hastonandrew2]

it works really really well, i use it in all the cars i wrk on

[Dave]

awesome, thank you all for your replies, I will use the stuff then, thanks again.

[Dave]

Quoted From 3SheetsDiesel:

Also, you can make it yourself if you want to, for a lot less than you can buy it off the shelf. I posted the recipe over in the tool talk forum, the thread is called Homebrew automotive chemical recipes

I will check it out, thanks for posting eh.

[SVTDice]

It works very well indeed.

[ncarter124]

It’s a great product, I have used it for years with great results. It’s a tad on the expensive side, but it is a great example of ‘you get what you pay for’.
Just prepare for lots of smoke if you put it in the throttle body. 😀

[Dave]

Quoted From 3SheetsDiesel:

It’s been my experience that Seafoam works well for all sorts of things. You can dump it into the engine of a car and run it before an oil change to help break up any gunk that’s accumulated inside the engine due to neglect, you can run it through a vacuum line to help clean out the intake manifold of carbon buildup. It definetly works as advertised.

Also, you can make it yourself if you want to, for a lot less than you can buy it off the shelf. I posted the recipe over in the tool talk forum, the thread is called Homebrew automotive chemical recipes

The vacuum line, that is on the master cylinder? Also do I need to change the oil after I add the Seafoam and can I add it to the gas tank?

[Dave]

Quoted From mckrishes:

It works pretty good for me. I ran it through my vaccum line to clean out the engine and I put some in the fuel tank and engine oil.

I guess I should have read better, I can add it to the gas tank, thanks.

[Dave]

How much smoke can I expect, should I do this at my mom’s place in the country or in town?

[3SheetsDiesel]

Yes, the rubber line from the brake booster is a vacuum line. There are other vacuum lines that may be more accessible though, such as the PCV line. Without having your specific engine in front of me, I can’t tell you exactly where to find manifold vacuum, but the brake booster is a safe bet. If you’re going to run this stuff down a vacuum line, pour it in slowly, don’t just stick the line into the bottle.

As for the smoke, I’ll let youtube answer that one for me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRAV5ln5 … re=related The smoke plume appears about 50 seconds in.

[Dave]

Thanks Diesel, I guess I can expect a few minutes of cloud cover lol. I am gonna be doing it this weekend I guess.

[matthew earle]

if u have a very old engine say 220,000 miles will seafoam clean it to wear the sludge and such that is holding the engine together gets removed and u get other problems?

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