MY87LT

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Went ahead and bought a can of Seafoam to clean out my car. Poured 2/3 of a can into the carb at operating temperature. Turned off the car and let it sit for 15 minutes. When I turned the car back on, I was expecting a lot of smoke. So I rev'd it up hard twice and only once a small cloud of gray smoke came out. Then did the driving part of the clean out at a high speed on the freeway. Never did see any heaevy amounts of smoke shooting out of the back or people flipping me off for it.

The only thing that I did notice was a better throttle response and smoother take off.

bandit1.roger

Been a user of seafoam for 2 years now. Have `88 IRoc that sets alot and it keeps it running good. Running a 350 TPI. Never belived in can stuff till I tried it. I think it`s great.

BluFBdy

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i did mine today, i managed to smoke out my entire road and got the flip off for ya lol its good stuff

Oelmuvun

There has got to be a way to run the exhaust through some sort of contraption that will allow it to be released into the air without the shock factor of a massive smoke cloud. gotta be a way to disperse it differently or something.
That sort of thing would be great for people who live in high end apartments(disturbing others not allowed) or out in the woods(some noob might think a forest fire was starting) or any areas that people are.. you know.. likely to call the fire department and or police. :/

Driving third gens around spewing huge clouds of smoke is not going to help the image of thirdgens and their owners. Though I suppose owners of other cars do it too.

BluFBdy

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shops have ventillation systems, the only thing i can think of is putting it on a dyno or a roller setup and vent it like that, but for the smoke i just wait for the road to clear cuz i live in BFE and theres maybe a car every 10 mins buut when i lived in the city id do it at night

Oelmuvun

Damn, that never occurred to me. :S
Please disregard my last post.

MY87LT

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The attraction of Seafoam, besides the cleaning that it does, is the smoke. Most people find it amusing seeing all the smoke shoot out of their cars. Me for example. I waited for all this smoke to appear to annoy my neighbors, but it didn't really happen. Followed all the directions, saw videos, etc. Oh well.

Krik

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The more it smoked, the more you needed to do it. Your motor probably didn't need to be seafoamed. Still, it didn't hurt anything.

FlippindaBird

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anyone wanna post a VID oof this?

Blind Driver

You put 2/3 of a can straight into the carb with the engine off? You are damn lucky you didn't hydrolock the engine. Try reading the directions some time

MY87LT

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I had the car running and at operating temperature. Poured the Seafoam in and stopped each time right about the engine stalled. Trust me, I read the directions, saw the various videos on You Tube and read about all the Seafoam stories on here.

Blind Driver

I use my "auto IV drip" each time. I can set it and walk away

I H8 WWD

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I have also used this stuff. What I do is well...what everyone does. Pour 1 can into gas tank, fill up tank. Drive home, (now at operating temp), (open second can) add 2/3 to brake booster, 1/3 to oil (I don't like to use a lot here, and only add to oil if you plan on changing the oil after a short run), do not run the car with Seafoam in your oil for to long. Anyway after that turn the car off, let it sit and 15min later turn it on and go for a 10min ride, Come back home and change oil. Go back out and enjoy the day.

IIRC Seafoam says to drive for about 1,000miles to completely clean out your system of Seafoam. Also relating to those who need emissions tests done, be sure to run out the Seafoam before going to get a test done, your results will be spiked like a punch bowl at a prom. Dont quote me on 1,000 miles but I'd think run the first tank of gas down, fill it up and run through a second tank and you should be good on it being out of your system.

Ill be doing this after my first Emissions test, if I fail the first test I will do this, run my tanks out then go back, if it fails again Ill add alcohol, then hope it passes.

Oh, and sometimes you get smoke, sometimes you don't. Seems like your engine was pretty clean.

Bullydawg

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Yeah, my buddy has an 89 5.0 mustang, and that suck smoked everyone out... It was great... We just recently did his 99 Mustang GT, and it didn't smoke as much... My engine only has about 18k miles on it, but I think I might be doing mine pretty soon... may as well.

DacMan

I have a quick question about seafoam, I realize it probably cleans out sludge, and your carb, but in cleaning out your combution chamber aren't you just lowering compression and therefore hurting performance? Just corious.

DacMan

hellz_wings

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What is seafoam and where does it go if one has a TPI 305 engine?

1986iroc350

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add 2/3 to brake booster, 1/3 to oil

Absolutly!!! works great. BEST stuff EVER!!

RED_DRAGON_85

if you pull a vacuum line, any vacuum line will do, and stick the line into the bottle and run the engine, it will do its work.
ive found that the brake booster line is a bit too strong and usually stalls out the engine too soon.
ive had good success using the line that feeds the vacuum canister. although it takes a while for it to recharge lol.

FlippindaBird

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should i use this stuff on my 2002 5.3L silverado?

FlippindaBird

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just read the can... seems like this stuff is automotive snake oil, cures everything... i want someone to do before and after at the track and see if it gains any power... i now nominate one of you guys

DacMan

That's a great idea Flippindabird, that would be really interesting.

MY87LT

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I'm glad I didn't have my engine all gunked up. Guess I have been doing a good job at maintaining it. Although, I did want to see the smoke like all the others have spewed out from their rears.

Pre-Tuner

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I've used the stuff forever. I notice a difference everytime in my V8's, but I don't have any track/dyno slips to prove it.

If you doubt, just try it. The worst that happens is you're out $8.

If you've got pre-ignition happening, this will take care of it.

I have found that newer engines seem to benefit less from it though. I've tried it on several newer imports I've owned, and A) I didn't notice much, if any performance improvement, and B) there was not nearly as much smoke as my 350 equipped vehicles. Of course that's through the intake only. There's no real way of measuring the gains in the fuel tank or oil without lab equipment.

thewizard

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I've never got smoke unless I poured it into the vacuum line from the brake booster. On some cars it smokes much more than others regardless though.

I would recommend changing the oil directly after distributing Seafoam this way though; my oil has always been thin and black after a useful treatment.

///DAN///

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I have a 04 5.3 silverado and the idle is getting rough do you think it would clear that up or do i need one of those injection flush/ cleanings?

Krik

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It will not hurt anything. It will help if there is any gunk built up. Buy 2 cans. 1 goes in a full tank of gas, the other goes into a vacuum line.

Take 2 cans and call me in the morning

///DAN///

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Thanks Dr. Kirk sorry my87lt didn't wanna highjack your thread.

MY87LT

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No problem. That's what we're here for to help each other out.

FormulaL98

I seafoamed my truck last year by drawing it through the vacuum hose. It smoked a ton, however my intake gaskets started leaking a few days after. Could have just been that they were original with 130K on them but I have stayed away from using it on my Formula after that happened. I've just been using Lucas tune-up in a bottle since... just my experience with the product.

I H8 WWD

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Seafoam will do that. What happened was you had gunk covering that hole keeping the leak from happening, the Seafoam removed the gunk and now...a leak. So actually that would most likely mean your gasket was bad.

Same thing goes when changing from conventional to synthetic, synthetic is a thinner oil and can creep into the tiniest spots that conventional was essentially flowing over and covering up.

King NothingSS

old thread resurrection lol i'll be seafoaming a 87 Z28 LG4 today and then change the plugs and wires later on, wish me luck!

btw here's a good write up on it from LS1tech how to seafoam your engine

spiffiestpengui

i have used seafoam twice. the first time i ever used it was after i bought the car and a few months later it wasnt running too well..poured the whole can in the carb while it was running, just enough until it sounded like it wanted to stall, that time, it put out TONS of smoke. the second time i did it i asked the guys at auto zone if i could go behind their building because the parking lot goes into a field so they let me do it there, this time i put half in the carb, and half in the gas tank. didnt smoke nearly as bad, almost none at all actually. i noticed a good difference in my power, and idle the first time, and the second time...not so much. i also noticed if you hold the throttle so it idles a little higher while your pouring you can pour it faster without it trying to die on you. i think its worth the 8$

Gumby

Seafoam is like that, its one of the few snake oils that really works.

performs miracles in the motorcycle world too.

King NothingSS

did it today and damn my car hella smoked. the car feels like it drives a bit better

mooch1

where do i get a can of this seafoam?

SiCkRs

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In autozone or in almost every local auto parts.

MTXaudioSYSTM

thats why i like to see it smoke. about todo mine and my grandmas car here soon.

mooch1

hi , i'm up in canada...no autozones ,,,never seen any ....is it just carb cleaner?i have that in a spray can.......never heard of this seafoam....thanks.

ls1fiend

I just did it this last week and my car smoked a little, I also changed out to a bigger air filter (14x3 instead of 14x2) and did a little weight reduction, I was really impressed with the turn out. We also did my friend's el camino with a 305 out of a caprice. His car smoked out the neighborhood, that thing was fairly peppy for what it was but after the seafoam it was a whole other world. It would make that one tire fire scream halfway through second! I was laughing the whole time.

King NothingSS

it's not a spray, it's petroleum liquid in a 16 ounce can. check out parts stores websites and see if you can order it. i posted in structions on how to use it a few posts up, it's a LS1tech link

SiCkRs

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Here you go
http://scoutparts.com/products/?view...oduct_id=16190

MTXaudioSYSTM

even walmart carrys it now.

Mgb86

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So I've got 256k on my 350, what do you guys think about running some through the oil and the intake? The only reason that haven't yet is I'm afraid of loosening up some gunk and a leak start happening.

BluFBdy

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when you run it thru the crank case youre treating it like a motor flush, meaning DO NOT drive on it, you have the potential to sieze the motor by breaking down the film on the crank bearings, it is safe however if you follow the instructions and let it idle in the drive before you change the oil, i never had a problem with it causing leaks.

i usually split a can between the intake and the gas tank, just to hit it all around and get it cleaned up

King NothingSS

really cause every instruction for it i've read has said to put 250 miles on your engine before you change the engine oil out after you put seafoam in the crankcase. i've never had it cause a problem of seizing the engine up and i've done it a couple times, once on my LS1 and once now on my LG4. is that an old wives tale or did this specifically happen to you?

Gumby

Only folks I know that use it in the oil is the Subaru world as it fixes the tick of death.

BluFBdy

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wtf... we blew my buddies 91 RS up with it, i dont use it in my oil anymore lol i pulled his motor apart and the crank siezed the bearing and it just destroyed itself, ive got the old bearings somewhere, i chalked it up to the seafoam because he wasnt too careful on his measurments and even though it IS petroleoum based that was the only feesible explanation, especially considering it cleans oil away like no other

and yes^^ its a Subi band aid from hell

King NothingSS

wow!! it never hurt my LS1 and my LG4 is still running so i'm wondering if something else was goin on with your engines?? many many people use it like this and no problems . . . if you follow the instructions that is. how long did he drive it for? did it blow right away or did he try and put 500 miles on it? 100-250 miles is it and your supposed to change the oil. on my LS1 i put over 70K miles on it after the seafoam and when the motor went it was because the bearings or the seafoam 70k miles before it . . . it was the water that hydro-locked it that cause #7 rod to shatter. i'm changing my oil today and puttin new plugs and wires in, so i'll be sure to let you guys know if my engine seizes up

BluFBdy

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yeah i wasnt watching him when he put it in, and his Rs wasnt too great to begin with, he was like how much?? next thig i know hes holding the empty can lol

King NothingSS

ok yeah he did it wrong 1/2 goes in the crank case (valve cover) then the rest goes in the vacuum line from the brake booster to the engine in 3 parts. first 2 parts you pour slowly and the third just pour it in faster than once the can is done you shut the car off and let it sit for 15-20 minutes before you turn it back on, remember 1 person pours SLOWLY and the other person makes sure the engine doesn't shut-off. sounds like it was done wrong and jacked his engine up