pwnmastap

Sea Foam was reccomended to me today from a fellow co-worker who does work on vehicles alot. he said this stuff is an additive used in different areas like gas/coolant/transmission fluid. it supposedly causes a steam clean effect on your engine.

i was told pepboys autozone or advanced should carry it. anyone heard of this and is it safe?

jtsporsche

ive used it once with no negative effects. i tried using it to clean out any gunk in my engine hoping that that knocking sound was mabey a stuck lifter, and you know how that turned out.

put some in, leave it for a while, then change your oil.

but really, it probably wont do anything.

pwnmastap

hmmm ill give it a try. price?

jtsporsche

hell if i know... but you've got more stuff to worry about

Dougs951

I've heard alot of my Camaro brethren use it in their cars and they say it works wonders. Everything from sticky lifters to a slight knock!

jtsporsche

i knew i shoulda gotten a chevy!
unfortunatley it didnt work for my knock... still have no idea what it is

Dougs951

These guys put it in their Carbs directly.

Here is a link Sea Foam

jtsporsche

well i didnt try it in my tank. guess ill give it another shot.

944obscene

I seafoam my cars on every or every other oil change. A motor can get pretty nasty and this stuff is just the product I choose. Not that its better or worse than any others. I have just heard nearly nothing bad about it and have been using it for quite a while.

Its cheap. Go to Autozone. Don't even ask questions. Just get in, buy two bottles and leave. Throw one bottle in the gas tank and use a vacuum hose to get the rest in the engine. Let the motor slowly suck the fluid out of the bottle with a hose, from a vacuum port dipped into the can. Once the bottle is mostly empty, shut the motor off. I'd do half a bottle then the other half later. Let the motor sit for 10-15 minutes or so. Fire it up and let it run.

I prefer another method. If you want to try soaking the stuff in the motor, pull all the spark plugs and pour some in each opening. Cover with towel and let sit for a little while. Take necessary precautions to prevent hydrolock. Thus why I leave the plugs out. The towel helps prevent debris getting into the plug holes and (I assume) helps the Seafoam evaporate slower. After letting it sit, put the plugs back in and fire it up. Let the motor suck the remaining fluid through the intake. If you used the whole bottle, or plan to, then get Deep Creep from Seafoam and spray that into the intake. This will help clean it. Of course, I'd just as soon pull as much of that off as I can, and clean it with a towel and carb cleaner.

Don't do as I say exactly. Its been a while and I may have gotten something wrong.

Here is my favorite link for seafoaming:
http://ls1tech.com/forums/general-ma...-your-car.html

EDIT

I'd check before doing this, but you can actually put this stuff in the oil. Run the motor at idle in the driveway for 5-10 minutes and shut it off. ONLY DO THIS IF YOU ARE CHANGING THE OIL IMMEDIATELY AFTER AND DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR WITH THIS IN THE OIL. I would not do this on a turbo car. In fact. If you have a turbo, I'd just run cheap oil through to clean out old oil, before putting new oil in. Not unless you find evidence that Seafoam will not harm turbo components.

Dougs951

Would this be safe for a turbo car?

944obscene

If turbo'd, don't put it in the oil... Oh yeah. Gonna edit my last post...

jtsporsche

sounds good, but id be scared of pulling the wrong vacuum hose.

jtsporsche

uhh why?? thought it was no big deal if you change it shortley after.

Dougs951

I was thinking in the fuel and Vacuum lines not in the oil. But good thought on the warning.

CPR

a good method if your car has been sitting or is high mileage is to use Shell Rotella T oil for at least three consecutive oil changes. It is an extremely good high detergent/ high additive oil that was designed to keep dirty diesels clean. I know few that run it year round.....