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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 07:59 PM
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wat up Guys!!... well the thing is that i want to do the seafoam treatment to my car, it is an A4 1.8T virgin(stock) whit 140K. but before that i wanna know what do you guys think about doing this seafoam thing...
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 08:41 PM
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goood..do it!!!

were you puttin the seafoam at? oil, gas tank, or mani?
 
Old Jan 23, 2009 | 08:45 PM
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Is manifold the best? I did manifold and gas
 
Old Jan 23, 2009 | 08:51 PM
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that will just clean your top end....
and the gas will clean your injectors and wut not...

if you put it in the oil it will clean up alot of the nasty gunky stuff in there,
but if youve done your oil changes with full synthetic oil on time and under 5k miles you should be fine...
 
Old Jan 23, 2009 | 08:53 PM
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well i havent done it yet, but i found this link which is really helpful, the guy explain how to do it right and shows where to put the seafoam in too, you might wanna check it out :
http://forums.audiworld.com/a4/msgs/2514238.phtml

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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 09:02 PM
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+1
NJ i was looking for that link...lol
yea thats the one i used as well before i first did my first seafoam...
 
Old Jan 23, 2009 | 09:20 PM
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... this is the first time im doing it, hope evereything comes out good...
 
Old Jan 23, 2009 | 09:25 PM
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Do I need to change the oil if I do this through the manifold and gas?
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 10:01 PM
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nah you might need to change your spark plugs though, they might get a lil soaked...

soo after youre done make sure you check your plugs
 
Old Jan 23, 2009 | 10:24 PM
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Ok I got plugs today, so I will seafoam in the morning, then change the plugs
 



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