Anyone here ever use the stuff? If so, what are you thoughts and best results from the various methods of using it? I'd like to try some since my car is getting up there in mileage
In through the BOV vaccum line. Suck up half a can into the intake...then shut the car off for 15 - 20 minutes, then fire it up and smoke out the neighbors
That's what I do and then I change my oil in case of any blow by. The other half I put in the gas tank to clean out all the fuel lines and injectors. It works great.
yeah, the car feels alot better. I'm probably going to do it again soon. I also recommend running a can in your gastank with a fill up. I'm going to start seafoaming through the intake at every oil change.
great, thanks! one more question. do you let the vacuum 'sip' the seafoam or just let it suck half a bottle without interuption?
You can do it any way you want really, just remember to keep the rpms up if you let it just suck half a bottle down at one time.
it works great. i just put it in the gas tank at a fill up. iam going to try putting it in the BOV line next. i do it about every few months or so.
Ive had good results using it in the fuel and pouring directly into pcv valve. Also cleaned up some HLA noise after i bled them. What do you guys think about adding it to the crank case (oil). It says on the can to add to oil but says nothing about if it should be drained shortly after. Ive heard it can be poured in and forgotten about just as much it should be treated like an engine cleaner. Poured in and let it idle for 5-10 and then change the oil. What are the potential damages of driving normaly with it in the oil?
as long as you dont use too much to thin the oil out, it should work fine, it should take off some deposites and things
haha no kidding, i have always wanted to have a seafoam party.... find a parking lot, point everybodys exhaust into a circle... and watch the mushroom cloud!
i think i am done seafoaming my car. after i did it this last time i thinki cleaned it out too good, and now i am burning oil. my guess is that i cleaned out some fo the junk in the cylinders or something that was previously preventing oil from getting by, and now with that gone i am burning it. i must now rebiuld my oil residue! lol never thought i would say that.
It is possible that you cleaned out too much, or the fact that your engine just needs valve seals like lots of 2.2 n/a motors do. They get dry and hard after a while and you cannot prevent it. At least your are fairly easy to do. Your heads can come off with out removing the engine.
really? i pulled a head of a 2.2l at upull. it was a PITA to get it out. i suppose you can do it, but there is prolly a decent risk of scratchign a cylinder wall with a head bolt.
That happens with coolant for some people. When they flush their system, deposits that had embedded themselves in cracks of the radiator would get washed out and would leak coolant through the cracks after the flush. If you're gonna do it to an old car, do it in small amounts I guess.
