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seafoam=smoke?

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1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
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mdpete3
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seafoam=smoke?

Post by mdpete3 »

i seafoamed my 93 850n/a today as per instructions through the vaccum tree,6oz's.let sit for 10 minutes then restarted and not a bit of smoke like i heard so much about. why not? car seems to run allright.oh 154,000miles thx.
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Maxbaby
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The amount of smoke will depend on how carbon'd up your car was in the first place. I just ran seafoam through mine a couple days ago as well. Not a lot of smoke... some... but not a lot. I took it out on a freeway and accelerated it hard a couple of times up to 120 km/hr which produced some smoke, but other than that, the car ran pretty well already.

Some people get amazing amounts of smoke blowing. Others don't. There's no exact amount of smoke to be expecting.
1993 850 GLT

Close to 360,000 km
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