I am still having Low PSI/OIl issues-I already ordered my filter (I am due for OIL change)
https://www.audiforums.com/m_763904/tm.htm

So after reading below...should I seafoam?
I have (2) Bottles of it


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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.
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Do it, there's only a very few cases of things going bad with seafoams, I've only heard positive reviews since I've joined the Audi community. It's your call tho, but I'm planning on doing it soon.

 

I use very light amounts of Seafoam, and not very often. I pour less than half a bottle in the crankcase, while it's running, then slowly and gently feed it into the intake manifold.

 

what zed ex says is true. i have not experienced it personally but that's what could happen. i think if your piston rings are gone and you don't do anything about it, it's not a very good idea lol. even though everythingworks fine b4 seafoaming, don't you want everything to work even better after you find a problem and fix it? i does cost money but save up and plan for the worse b4 you seafoam then. i was in the same situation as you when i first heard about seafoam. i decided to use it because if my rings are gone, i wil want it fixed. plus i can just do it myself lol

 

i just did a seafoam about a 1000 miles ago in the vac line, gas, and crank case...got 40 more miles to tha tank. runs smoother and better response....i used the whole bottom 1/3 in each

 

I did it to my A4 my last oil change. It made a big difference! Engine idled smoother, better response. It's amazing. I am going to do it to my S4 next oil change as well!

Josh

 

what procedure do you guys go about as far as putting it in the crankcase. before you put oil in? while you dump the oil in? afterwards?

do you let it sit for a bit? leave the car running? whats best?

 

Where do I insert the Seafoam? Gastank?

 

gastank, crankcase and vacuum to intake manifold. i don't remember which engine you have but on the 1.8t, you feed it through the hole on either side of the intake mani. on the 2.8 you feed it through this..

 

I am facing the same dilemma, I recently purchased a 96 2.8, and it has a slight rough idle. One of the things I would like to do is I'd like to clean out the engine with seafoam but I am willing to bet there are some issues with rings and seals, which I am not able to afford to fix at the moment. I think I may just run a can through the gas tank, but will that even do anything on its own? I have run fuel injector cleaner previously, will the Seafoam do any more?