Author Topic: Seafoam (Read 9855 times)

thumper3ld · « **on:** March 19, 2006, 06:15:21 PM »

Anybody run this through their motors? Can anybad come from running this. And how do I use it? Just shove half the can in my crank case and the other half in my fuel tank?

ak96ss · « **Reply #1 on:** March 19, 2006, 07:56:35 PM »

Haven't used it yet, but I have a can on my workbench waiting for me to get to it. AFAIK, you suck it in through a vacuum line on the engine, like the FPR line. I believe you can also add it to either the crankcase or the fuel tank, but, really, I don't think I want it sitting in my rubber fuel lines for a long time, and it takes me a while to go through a tank of gas. And I just replaced all my fuel lines last year, and the memory is still fresh enough that I don't want to go through it again any time soon.

kowalski · « **Reply #2 on:** March 19, 2006, 08:01:54 PM »

your supposed to do both i believe. you can spray it in through the intake if you remove seperate the air cleaner from the air filter. i put a can through my car, i guess it made a difference... i put it through our suberban and that worked really well, and my brothers truck, but it didn't really do anything for my car.

flyguy91318 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 19, 2006, 09:06:04 PM »

actualy you can do what is called a Hot Soak either with sea foam or with chevron with techron both work realy great.
Get the car up to running temp. Once the car is warm with the car running take a bottle of either or chevron with techron or seafoam unplug one of your vacume lines that goes into the intake and stick the hose in the bottle makeing sure that it is sucking it into the intake. Once it sucks up the last drop the car will stall out thats fine just shut it off and let it sit for about a hour or so. then go back out and start the car it will take a bit to start it just because of the fuel cleaner is sitting in the intake kind of like when the car is flooded. Once it starts you might have to be on the gas for a bit cause it will run a little ruff for a bit and a crap load of white smoke will come out let the car run till it clears up don't just take it out driving cause the cops might not like all the smoke. once the smoke does clear up take it for a spin and see if you notice a difference you will get a little better throttel response and it just might run a little smoother.

http://www.bimmerwerkz.com/forum/3-series-e21-e30/hot-soak-25022.html?highlight=seafoam

thumper3ld · « **Reply #4 on:** March 19, 2006, 10:14:01 PM »

So which method should I try first, put into crank, fuel tank or intake. Also, if intake, which hose should I pull out? I know you said the one that goes into the intake, but can you provide a better description? Thanks all for your inputs.

flyguy91318 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 19, 2006, 10:24:32 PM »

it doesn't hurt to do them all put some in your tank and tomarrow I will double check cause I can't remember with out looking at it and I will take a couple pics to show you as well

2002maniac · « **Reply #6 on:** March 20, 2006, 01:21:29 AM »

I did it. I put 1/3 in the gas, 1/3 in the oil, and sucked the other 1/3 through a vacuum line. It ran like crap for a few minutes and made a huge cloud of white smoke covering my neighborhood. Other than that I didnt notice any difference.

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flyguy91318 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 22, 2006, 05:53:07 PM »

here are some pics of the hose that you use to suck the sea foam or chevron into the intake

And 2002 Maniac I would maybe try more tha 1/3 when I did mine I used a whole bottle of of chevron with tecron fuel system cleaner

Eurospec · « **Reply #8 on:** March 22, 2006, 05:54:41 PM »

That last pic gave me a headache.

flyguy91318 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 22, 2006, 05:58:33 PM »

sorry about that I forgot to shrink them down how are they now?

bmwman91 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 22, 2006, 06:07:25 PM »

Don't you have to be pretty careful about sucking liquid right into there? I have heard of cracking valves from the cold liquid, and what about hydrystatically locking something? I know Seafoam is foamy, but the Chevron stuff is straight up liquid right?

Eurospec · « **Reply #11 on:** March 22, 2006, 06:23:39 PM »

Quote from: flyguy91318

sorry about that I forgot to shrink them down how are they now?

Great, thanks for taking the time to resize.

flyguy91318 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 22, 2006, 06:44:39 PM »

the liquid would have to be pretty cold to posibly break somthing and yes the cheveron is a liquid but its made to go in your fuel so it won't hurt your valves and about locking its called a vapor lock pretty much with the heat of the engine and the fuel system cleaner it cause it to kind of build up a gas in the cylnder and provents the piston from moving so if it happens pull the plugs crank it over a few times through the plugs back in and try to start it again I know I didn't explain the vapor lock very well so if anyone knows more to please tell cause its always worth learning more

thumper3ld · « **Reply #13 on:** March 22, 2006, 08:31:45 PM »

Cool thanks. I'll give it a try. However, I heard something to the sort that with older engines, puttings stuff like this into ur crankcase can be bad cause over the years, some of that build up may actually help seal in leaks. There were some horror stories of people doing things similar to this and ended up with new leaks. What do you guys think?

dude8383 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 22, 2006, 08:47:10 PM »

Quote from: thumper3ld

Cool thanks. I'll give it a try. However, I heard something to the sort that with older engines, puttings stuff like this into ur crankcase can be bad cause over the years, some of that build up may actually help seal in leaks. There were some horror stories of people doing things similar to this and ended up with new leaks. What do you guys think?

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