Sea Foam is Good

potroast · Post by **potroast** » 13 Jul 2004, 16:51

I went to NAPA today and grabbed two cans of Sea Foam, and wow! That stuff is great!

I put 1/3 can in my intake, 2/3 in my crankcase, and another can in the fuel tank... After blowing white smoke out of my tailpipe for a few minutes, I now have a noticably smoother idle. The can says it's also supposed to give me smoother acceleration, and slightly better mpg. Well, so far, I'm beleiving it!

Tsquared · Post by **Tsquared** » 13 Jul 2004, 17:18

Great to here that. I have heard some good things about Sea Foam in the intake and fuel systems.

On a different note I have also heard of gasket leaking issues after Sea in the crank case - may be coincidence (like leaks after using synthetic oil).

Could you detail how you sent it through the intake. Did you allow a vacume hose to suck it up ot a different method?

Cheers,

T

potroast · Post by **potroast** » 13 Jul 2004, 17:21

I couldn't find a vacuum tube that looked sufficiently large, and would feed in the right place, so I carefully opened the airbox, and put a towel over it to keep anything from getting in, then I poored it into the intake. Do so slowly, otherwise your engine will stall (I didn't stall mine, but it did choke for a second, so I knew I needed to slow down.

The seals leaking bit is bull. Synthetic does not cause your engine to leak. If anything, a leak existed, but dino oil had clogged and become a plug. Synthetic breaks up the clog and the leak shows... It was there before, and synthetic didn't cause the leak.

trap6435 · Post by **trap6435** » 13 Jul 2004, 19:33

What about using a spray to atomize the stuff?

potroast · Post by **potroast** » 13 Jul 2004, 19:38

never heard anything about that... it will atomize with the fuel through the injector.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 13 Jul 2004, 20:10

Yup. But I'm wondering if atomizing will clean throttlebody etc before reaching the injectors.

potroast · Post by **potroast** » 13 Jul 2004, 20:16

no, it would be much more effective to manually clean the throttle body with carb cleaner, or simple green.

Tsquared · Post by **Tsquared** » 13 Jul 2004, 21:24

potroast wrote:The seals leaking bit is bull. Synthetic does not cause your engine to leak. If anything, a leak existed, but dino oil had clogged and become a plug. Synthetic breaks up the clog and the leak shows... It was there before, and synthetic didn't cause the leak.

I agree. There are a lot of myths that are passed back and forth from unknowing mechanics to others. Another myth is bearing skate because of synthetic oil being too slippery.

Sorry I didn't make my post clearer.

T

Tsquared · Post by **Tsquared** » 16 Jul 2004, 11:39

potroast wrote:I couldn't find a vacuum tube that looked sufficiently large, and would feed in the right place, so I carefully opened the airbox, and put a towel over it to keep anything from getting in, then I poored it into the intake. Do so slowly, otherwise your engine will stall (I didn't stall mine, but it did choke for a second, so I knew I needed to slow down.

I used one of the plugged vacume lines just after the throttle body to pull in the Seafoam. I removed the air intake and throttle body cover to get to the vacume tree. I pulled the vacume plug and attached a short hose so that it could siphon the Seafoam out tof the can. It sucked about 2/3 of a can blowing a massive amount of white smoke. ( I ran the revs to 2k during the process). I took a few pics and when I get a little time I wll send Matthew the pics with details.

It seems to idle a bit smoother. I will be running the 850 from Atlanta to Daytona next week and I will check my milage. I usually get about 28 running +10 over the speed limit with AC on the highway.

sleeper850 · Post by **sleeper850** » 22 Nov 2006, 20:32

I purchased seafoam as well. I did add it to the TB (2/3 can slowly), the gas (1 Whole can) and crankcase (1/3 can). The smoke show is similar to cropdusting. Its pretty funny. After I added it to the oil, I drove about 20 miles and started to here a faint lifter noise that wasn't there before. I then drained the oil and replaced it with Mobile 1 synthetic. The noise could be my mind playing tricks on me though. I did notice a smoother idle and quicker response. This was done on a 93 corolla with 193K on it. I might do the process except adding it to the crankcase on my turbo wagon. 2 cans = 12.00 plus tax at oreilly's