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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 09:30 PM
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Exclamation to seafoam or not to??

ive seen so many ads and mixed opinions abot this product.


whats the best way to use this product?? my car has 148k

fyi: i just put in fuel injection clear in friday.
 

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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 09:33 PM
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okay well buy some take off your brake booster hose poor some seafoam in it use about 1/4 of it turn off the car let it set for 5mins start it let it run for a min take it out and clean out the engine =]
 
Old Oct 6, 2009 | 09:42 PM
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Basically use one of the vacuum lines feeding to the manifold to suck in the seafoam. Let it sit for about 30min and start the car.
I did it and didnt see much of a difference.
 
Old Oct 6, 2009 | 09:42 PM
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by the way its not just a differnce its a big differnce
 
Old Oct 6, 2009 | 11:07 PM
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i have a 2.8 with ~140k miles and i seafoamed about a month ago.. it wasnt a huge difference i saw but im also at altitude (7000 feet).. it was cool to see all the carbon build up burning up though and smokin the neighborhood up https://www.audiforums.com/forum/ima...ons/icon10.gif
 
Old Oct 6, 2009 | 11:18 PM
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 11:55 PM
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so just putting in the gas tank is not good?? i have 148k got the car in spring with 147k so im not trying to mess up my motor.


also is there any local nyc members on here longisland??
 
Old Oct 7, 2009 | 12:17 AM
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three diff ways to use it. you can put 1/3 can in with your oil and drive for about 5 miles then change it, supposed to clean out all of the sludge and free the lifters. put it in a vac line to burn out anything. or put it in the gas to clean out your tank/injectors.
 
Old Oct 7, 2009 | 02:05 AM
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Here's how I seafoam my car.

Gas lines - Full tank of gas. Add 1 whole can of seafoam to it. Dont drive it hard for most of that tank.

Intake/valves/cylinders - find a vaccum port (on the 1.8 there are two lines into the manifold, each works.) pour 1/3 can into a cup, use another vaccum hose attatche to the port to literally suck up seafoam with motor running. go slow, rev engine. Shut off for 10-15 min, then start her up. DONT DO IN GARAGE, tons of white **** out tail pipe. Rev high (4k, 5k) and hold it then down for awhile, then up, then down till its back to normal exhaust.

Oil/Crankcase - Buy replacement oil, this is done just before oil change. Pour 1/3 can seafoam into oil filler. Drive about 5 miles or less. Some people just ilde for 10 minutes. Dont drive hard. Change oil. All the carbon, old oil gunk and other **** will be in old oil. =D

Read the can. Easy and good stuff! Maybe change plugs at same time, just while your doing stuff. I heard it fouls cats, but other than white residue my cat is fine so I dont think its true.
 
Old Oct 7, 2009 | 11:09 AM
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I’ve never heard that seafoam would foul out your cats. I can tell you if you do seafoam the intake make sure that your in a well ventilated area because of all the white smoke that comes out of the exhaust. It maybe a good idea to tell your neighbors that you’re doing this so they don’t think something is on fire, and call the fire department.
 
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