Have you used that SeaFoam stuff? If you did how did it work? Did it change anything?

 

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I've tried it on several cars and have never gotten the expected results: ie dark soot coming out of exhaust, smoother running engine. I put half a can in the gas tank and filled up with about 7 galls and sucked the rest though the intake manny from an vacuum line. I did not notice a difference in performance at all. Luckily it was only about 6-7 bucks for the can and took maybe 15 mins to do. The only reason I can think of that it did not work for me is my engine/fuel system is clean. By the way I did this at 48000 miles.

 

I used Seafoam at 30K miles. Saw alittle smoke after the treatment and I also put some in the gas tank. I noticed it smoothed out a little. I used Seafoam to maintain the engine, keeping it clean, rather than trying to clean it up after putting some high mileage on the car. Seafoam is some good stuff.

 

A little less than Houston...

 

a buddy of mine sea foamed his car a while ago and placed a vid on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-4EfjUU5o4

enjoy the smoke lol

 

Champ is just upset that UTEP whipped UH.. lol. Seafoam is great for cleaning out buildup especially intake & before a plug change. I use B-12 for the injectors but seafoam is good too.

 

its good enough to be in the Garage section of DIYs here~
even has a money back guarantee

Proper heat in the CAT makes smoke- its not dark colored,,more greyish- and is a result of the oils reacting to heat- then a high rpm-4000 drive for 5 minutes, some aggressive runs from slow to 50mph... will blow out the `liquified` crud
Noobs are advised to repeat in 1 month then good for a year-
If you want more smoke while adding- follow the makers DIY and hold rpm at 2000- that will blow like a utube vid~

Dont use just any vac line- it HAS to be the master vac port at the TB or the brake booster hose
Not all vac lines feed all cylinders- those do

 

works great in the oil right before a change too--desludges the oil passageways

 

See this DIY

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i say do it, its great.

 

I tested it on my 2000 accord. Didnt wanna experiment on my TL just yet . I got a gain of 2-3 mpg on my accord after the first treatment of Seafoam. I did 1/3 inthe tank with 1/4 tank of gas, 1/3 through the vacum line and 1/3 in the crank 120 miles before oil change. I have since done a second treatment on the Accord with 1/2 in the tank and 1/2 through the vacum line. Looking good so far waiting for the tank to empty out to check to see if it improved the mpg. And my Accord has 127K miles.

 

thats a good start- our diy uses more product in the vac port and gas tank and seems to get excellent results if you have 50k miles or more

If you are afraid of doing the TL - dont be
remember that gasoline contains special cleaners to fight the problem seafoam takes care of in minutes
There are some utube vids with camera inside an engine as cleaner hits the valves and piston tops- softens- liquifies and crud is gone

 

I think this stuff works great. I have used it in my gas tank, crankcase, and vacuum line.

 

I wanted to make sure that this stuff (Seafoam) is good four your engine.

Does it wipe oil from cylinder walls and valves when added to oil? I don't think that is a good idea, since you may begin to hear your engine clicking because it is not lubricating good enough.
Also, I now that sport intakes with sport air filters do not filter the intake air as good as standard air filters do. This would dirty the intake more on sport moded cars. I guess it would make sense to use seafom there, but for all other owners who do not install the sport filters, is seafoam really beneficial? Has anyone checked?

All additives are harmful to the vehicle or engine one way or another. That's why many manufacturers do not recommend them.

Krys

 

Search. I've written tons of stuff on this crap. I would not use it in my car except maybe in the tank and that's pretty much unnecessary as long as you've used a top tier fuel for it's entire life. It has the potential to cause engine damage when used in the oil and in the combustion chamber.

It's a solvent so in the oil it lowers the film strength and HTHS.

Putting it through the intake presents a host of other issues. A TL below 100,000 miles has basically nothing to clean from the combustion chambers. It's just a waste. I have a lot more detail in some of my other posts.

 

I did it 40000km ago and had no problem with it. millage got better and engine is more smooth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9dIDaFf8ck

 

i tried it once @ around 30kmiles , notice somewhat a difference.. but 25k miles later.. new ngk irritium spark plugs, and BG 44k air induction service.. big.. difference

 

poured a whole bottom of this stuff in my RSX. got pulled over going down the road billowing smoke. then the cop noticed my expired inspection sticker...one of the stupidest things I've ever done. I hear it helps your carb or whatever but I didn't notice much of a difference.

 

I put it in my bike tank before the winter to keep the gas from going bad and i plan on doing the intake type cleaning on my civic and TL this spring.

 

Do it right before a spark plug change.
The boys and I have done it on every car but mine. Changing my plugs is a bitch.

 

Eric, welcome to Acurazine. It seems like everyone has given you lots of good information about Seafoam here. Be sure to use the Acurazine Search Engine first to see if these kinds of topics have been covered.

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