Any SEAFOAM users here?

[justin30513]

I used it ALOT when I was building my Hondas. Cleans everything out. I used to rebuild D16s and B18's before I got into detailing.

[Ben Kenobi]

Great to see this posted. A lot of members of malibuclub.ca swear by it. I wondered if it was available in Canada as I've looked for it but haven't found it at the autoparts stores. Have to get some next time I'm by an Advance Auto.

[BigJimZ28]

There is no way I would drive any miles with it in the oil

yea that a good way to kill your engine!

[Spilchy]

Originally Posted by Kaiten

It's good stuff, but like gnahc79 was saying it can damage your catalytic converter and your O2 sensors so becareful with it.

I used the Chevron w/ Techron fuel additive in my 96 Civic and the next morning my Check Engine light came on. I wound up needing a new 02 sensor. While at it, I changed the fuel filter and had the fuel injectors cleaned.

As a result, I'm a bit leary about dropping any additives like Seafoam in my engine / gas tank.

I change my oil every 3 months regardless of miles driven and never let my fuel tank drop below 1/4 of a tank. I fill with plain old regular. I'm getting 27 miles to the gallon in the city in my 10 year old Honda. I'll fill with Ultimate from BP Amoco or the Sunoco Ultra 96 when I go on the highway (once a month) and open it up for a sustained amount time. Maybe it'll help keep things clean. Doesn't hurt and the difference is less than $2.00 more than regular in my little gas tank. (only cost $16.20 to top it off with 6 gallons of regular today!)

[Mach30SiR]

I've used seafoam plenty of times and love it

1/3 in the PVC Vac line (or ABS booster)
1/3 in the gas with about 1/2 tank left - let it fun to E then refill up
1/3 in the crank case (oil) - only if i'm about to drive to have an oil change, i dont like having anything sit in the oil for an extended period of time.

[wytstang]

I've used it on my stang worked great (don't don't have cats) but the o2's were just fine. I have also used B12 before as a fuel injector cleaner I did notice a bit of fuel increase......

[Djmigs]

i need to perform this ....

i understand you need to put some in the crankcase so after i run it for less then 50 miles i will do an immediate oil change

also if i put some in the vacuum line which should not clog or no need to replace anything right

finally place some in the gas tank which i dont mine but i recently replace my fuel filter will it clog it up has anyone had to replace this

sound like a good cleaner with no bad effects....has everyone who used this did the required mainteance afterward......

TIA

[Kanchou]

the idea behind putting it in the crankcase is that it is a very light engine flush treatment. It can help break loose cooked up oil that has no detergents left & is caught up in the engine, that way, when you drain, the excess particulates drain out. Thats why you don't drive for very long after adding it to the crankcase.

as a fuel system addative, there are better ones out there.

as an intake cleaner, there are better ones out there.

Is seafoam bad? not in the least. Is it dangerous? Sure if you go all rev-happy when sucking it in, but any upper boddy type cleaner can be dangerous when you start laying into the throttle while its pulling it in. You're not supposed to redline the sucker, just put the engine under some load.

[Way2SSlow]

I have a friend that has a Motorvac machine at his home, and I visit him every so often for a motorvac service. I can definitely tell a difference in how smooth the engine idles after the service.

[BostonDirtDog]

I've had nothing but success with this product. You might get a CEL but that is just because of all the crap passing by your O2 sensor. A quick reset will take care of that. Make sure you take the vehicle out for an agressive drive after performing the service. Changing your oil after cleaning the intake is recommended.

Check out more here: http://www.v6performance.net/forums/...hlight=seafoam

[skoles]

I ran it through my 2000 Cougar at 90k miles. Put some in the gas, some in the oil and drove it until it was empty (~320mi). Just before the oil change I ran it through the UIM booster lines and let it soak and then blew it out and change the oil.

I recommend you change or remove & clean the spark plugs as they will have a lot of residue on them. I never ran into problems with the O2 sensors and I had my test pipe in place of my CAT at the time.

[gnahc79]

I plan on trying out auto-rx http://auto-rx.com . Recommended by BITOG and no cloud of white smoke to scare the neighbors :P.