Author Topic: Anyone use seafoam in their M42? (Read 15847 times)

91 e30m42 · « **Reply #30 on:** August 17, 2011, 10:03:42 PM »

desttop dave i have a carb yamaha r1 how much do you use for your bike im kinda curious and yea i use techron 2 times a month

DesktopDave · « **Reply #31 on:** August 18, 2011, 08:12:03 AM »

I follow the directions on the bottle, sort of. If I'm just maintaining a bike, I wait for just before I'll change the oil at the end of the season. I wait until I have less than a half tank of gas (maybe 2gal?). My bike usually burns off a quart of oil over the riding season so I have plenty of room for the SeaFam there too.

I take the bike out for a late night spin, get it all warmed up. Then I put maybe 1/4 can in the crankcase (4.5qt capacity), 1/4 can for the fuel tank. Then I take her out for a good hour-long highway ride. I have a nice, deserted toll road here that I can do repeated high gear 40-70mph runs. Finally, I change the oil & filter while it's still warm, add another 1/4 can of SeaFoam to the gas tank, then top it off with gas. The SeaFoam seems to be a great fuel stabilizer, no more Sta-bil for me.

The carbs are a PITA to get at, I only do that part when I have my manometer hooked up for a carb sync. I have yet to figure out an easy way to do that.

91 e30m42 · « **Reply #32 on:** August 18, 2011, 11:49:54 AM »

do they have a seafoam can for motorcycle keep in mind i have a carb 4 cyl 1000cc.
98' yamaha r1.. i would like to get the internals clean but i dont wanna add too much and ruin the motor it only has about 30,000 and it still runs pretty strong

91 e30m42 · « **Reply #33 on:** August 18, 2011, 11:56:09 AM »

do they make a can for motorcycles or do we use the smallest they have?

i would like to clean my internals but maybe i would have to change the quanity a little on my bike since mines a 98 yamaha r1 it has around 30,000 and still runs strong but at the same time im afraid to do it in fear of ruin the motor if i add too much or too little...had a bad experience with seafoam before on my car which has made me get the new motor i have today... i guess i thank seafoam?

rjcaptsean · « **Reply #34 on:** August 18, 2011, 10:48:08 PM »

Quote from: DesktopDave;72770

There's an urban myth about using Coke or Pepsi to clean your engine. Someone on the web sucked it into a running engine to de-coke the exhaust valves like a steam cleaning. If you've ever seen the Mentos/Diet Coke experiments or melted a nail with Pepsi you know about the powerful chemicals in those bottles.

Funny story about that. Parked one of our MD-11's on the ramp in Taipei. There was a discoloration to the the windshield where some drops of the rain repellent had stained it. One of the maintenance techs took one look at it, said he would "take care of it". Then he asked if he could grab a coke out of the chiller. Figured he was thirsty. Next thing we know he is up on a high lift, pouring his solvent (Coke) over our stain on the windshield. Bit of buffing and it was clean as a whistle. :eek: Learned something that day. Let's just say for safety's sake, I make sure my cokes are highly diluted with rum. Guy can't be too careful. (NOT when I'm flying btw. Just wanted to clarify that.)

DesktopDave · « **Reply #35 on:** August 19, 2011, 07:24:58 AM »

LOL...didn't see the "I take my cleaning solvent neat" joke coming up there...

91 e30m42 · « **Reply #36 on:** August 19, 2011, 05:11:39 PM »

ha ha its funny how the mechanics at airports would do go cheap ways to fix something... when i used to work at the airport out mechanics would use cheap ways to get our tractors going i always thought it was dangerous especially where we worked was around planes but at the same time all of our tractors had damn ford motors on it that would always break