Seafoam Writeup
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Seafoam Writeup
Hey guys, just finished changing my oil after the seafoam all burnt off.
The seafoam in the gastank helped alot, i think it cleaned out my injectors alot. it gave me more throttle response even after i filled up a new tank of gas. the seafoam in the oil helped alot also, i'v never seen such dark oil ever come out of my crankcase. so alot of sludge was probally kicked out.
the seafoam in the combution chaimber wasnt as effective as the other two. i'v had this lugging problem where i'd get into like 75% throttle and it seems like one cylinder would misfire, so i'd be running on 3 cylanders until i got back out of 75% and then it would run smooth again. i thought the seafoam would fix this, but it didnt. so back to the drawing board on that. it took me like half an hour to get all the smoke out of my engine whatsoever, so just a heads up on that.
what the seafoam DID reveal to me is that i have an exhaust leak, its either between the exhaust manifold and the turbo, or from the bung for the o2 sensor. when the seafoam was wearing off, it was smoking a bit under the hood so i checked it out. im gonna buy some copper sheeting and replace that bad boy.
overall impact: if you have a problem that nobody can diagnose, then seafoam your engine. it couldent hurt...
The seafoam in the gastank helped alot, i think it cleaned out my injectors alot. it gave me more throttle response even after i filled up a new tank of gas. the seafoam in the oil helped alot also, i'v never seen such dark oil ever come out of my crankcase. so alot of sludge was probally kicked out.
the seafoam in the combution chaimber wasnt as effective as the other two. i'v had this lugging problem where i'd get into like 75% throttle and it seems like one cylinder would misfire, so i'd be running on 3 cylanders until i got back out of 75% and then it would run smooth again. i thought the seafoam would fix this, but it didnt. so back to the drawing board on that. it took me like half an hour to get all the smoke out of my engine whatsoever, so just a heads up on that.
what the seafoam DID reveal to me is that i have an exhaust leak, its either between the exhaust manifold and the turbo, or from the bung for the o2 sensor. when the seafoam was wearing off, it was smoking a bit under the hood so i checked it out. im gonna buy some copper sheeting and replace that bad boy.
overall impact: if you have a problem that nobody can diagnose, then seafoam your engine. it couldent hurt...
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From: So California, US
RE: Seafoam Writeup
where is the best place to get seafoam. I want to do all of it, gas, oil and inside the engine. Then after i do all that im gonna bring a fuel filter and an oil filter to oil max and have them do it for me since i dont really have time to bother with the fuel filter.
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RE: Seafoam Writeup
Oilmax... not living in USA I really don't know... but if they are just a lube place, it seems unlikely they'd want to tackle your fuel filter. It took a couple hours (or several hours, if I recall correctly) on my dads old 2.8. Was a major PITA.
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RE: Seafoam Writeup
Autozone carry those.
it's normal for white smoke to come from turbo area when doing seafoam...
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...hlight=seafoam
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it's normal for white smoke to come from turbo area when doing seafoam...
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...hlight=seafoam
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RE: Seafoam Writeup
Just FYI, I had a thread about seafoam yesterday, and I was aking around and Zed Ex summed it up well I think:
"Components in your engine like your bearings and rings are worn into the other components of the engine, creating a perfect seal, and perfect balance... When you run Sea Foam through your Crankcase, it gets rid of the parts that are worn together, making the engine unbalanced (Like a fresh rebuild, except now you can't wear the bearings back in) and creates loss of compression because it wears down on the rings.
A friend of mine ran Sea Foam through his Crankcase, did everything the tutorial said, then they started the engine back up, and it was idling a bit rough, so out of curiousity, they ran a Compression Test on it... Compression had dropped drastically, so they pulled the motor to see what else had been done, and the bearings were also no longer true either.
So, that is why I don't use Sea Foam. If you want gunk out of your engine, change your oil every 500 Miles for 3,000 Miles of so, that'll get rid of it. "
Not tryin to scare you luvin_the_rings.. But I thought I'd share his thoughts on it since it sounds like it makes sense. I guess if Zed Ex's friend followed the tutorial he must have had it in the crankcase for maybe a week (or however long it takes to go through a tank of gas, as it says) and that, now, clearly sounds way too long to have in the crank case.
"Components in your engine like your bearings and rings are worn into the other components of the engine, creating a perfect seal, and perfect balance... When you run Sea Foam through your Crankcase, it gets rid of the parts that are worn together, making the engine unbalanced (Like a fresh rebuild, except now you can't wear the bearings back in) and creates loss of compression because it wears down on the rings.
A friend of mine ran Sea Foam through his Crankcase, did everything the tutorial said, then they started the engine back up, and it was idling a bit rough, so out of curiousity, they ran a Compression Test on it... Compression had dropped drastically, so they pulled the motor to see what else had been done, and the bearings were also no longer true either.
So, that is why I don't use Sea Foam. If you want gunk out of your engine, change your oil every 500 Miles for 3,000 Miles of so, that'll get rid of it. "
Not tryin to scare you luvin_the_rings.. But I thought I'd share his thoughts on it since it sounds like it makes sense. I guess if Zed Ex's friend followed the tutorial he must have had it in the crankcase for maybe a week (or however long it takes to go through a tank of gas, as it says) and that, now, clearly sounds way too long to have in the crank case.
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Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Norristown, PA
RE: Seafoam Writeup
Seafoam is the gentlest solvent type desludger/internal engine cleaner/etc. If you are going to use a solvent type desludger, use Seafoam. If you want to use a good, non-solvent desludger, use Auto RX. This seems to be the middle ground for these types of treatments. It's gets rid of the tar in your engine but leaves the engine. I had a pretty good ticking before I ran it through. The ticking is now gone. I have 1 more oil change before the process is complete but everything looks good.
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RE: Seafoam Writeup
ORIGINAL: dafrazi
Seafoam is the gentlest solvent type desludger/internal engine cleaner/etc. If you are going to use a solvent type desludger, use Seafoam. If you want to use a good, non-solvent desludger, use Auto RX. This seems to be the middle ground for these types of treatments. It's gets rid of the tar in your engine but leaves the engine. I had a pretty good ticking before I ran it through. The ticking is now gone. I have 1 more oil change before the process is complete but everything looks good.
Seafoam is the gentlest solvent type desludger/internal engine cleaner/etc. If you are going to use a solvent type desludger, use Seafoam. If you want to use a good, non-solvent desludger, use Auto RX. This seems to be the middle ground for these types of treatments. It's gets rid of the tar in your engine but leaves the engine. I had a pretty good ticking before I ran it through. The ticking is now gone. I have 1 more oil change before the process is complete but everything looks good.
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RE: Seafoam Writeup
fyi - to do the fuel filter you need to drop the gas tank slightly. Its a pain in the *** job - especially if your not on a lift - but regardless its a pain in the *** job.