Need some advice about Seafoam

alexxxx89

alexxxx89

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I was at my local Walmart this evening, and as per my ritual of perusing the auto aisle, I noticed that the price of Seafoam had gone down a bit, and decided to get a can. I get home, pop the (sealed) top, and begin pouring into the gas tank. I noticed immediately that the Seafoam was not exiting the bottle at its typical speed (I should have stopped here, but it's late and I was not thinking clearly), so I rotated the bottle and felt the can emptying faster. Well when the flow stopped, I also noticed that the can was entirely too heavy to be absent of any product. Moving the can closer to my face, I noticed something long HANGING OUT OF THE CAN. What is this mysterious "stuff"? Plastic wrap. A length of saran wrap as long as the can was hanging out of the mouth of the bottle (and who knows how close to falling into my gas tank). I stuffed the plastic wrap back into the can, closed it, set it down on the ground, and walked away (the car is parked on my driveway, so littering is of little concern).

So my question to you wonderful members of AF, is how should I move forward?
 
Obviously you won't ever really know what might have ended up in the tank without looking in the tank. More than likely that means the tank is coming out. Perhaps the place to start is at the store where you bought it and then directly to Sea Foam. Maybe one of these two places will pick up the costs.
 
I would take it right back to Walmart AND call the company! You could have had a real problem on your hands!!!
 
Nixma said:
I would take it right back to Walmart AND call the company! You could have had a real problem on your hands!!!
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IMHO waste of time and effort. Walmart may give you your $5 back - that's it. Seafoam may give you a free can.

I've never seen any automobile manufacturer recommend Seafoam or anything OTC like it as any type of maintenance. Years ago GM used to have this anti-carbon stuff you dumped down the carburetor - but fuel injection is another story.

While it makes a lot of smoke and makes a good show (giving the perception it's doing something), in reality - you have no idea what its doing or if its even compatible with the seals, injectors, EGO sensor, catalytic converters, and other parts of the fuel and emission control system. I think today's cars may be too complex to be dumping stuff in the gas tank or running stuff from a vacuum line from Walmart.

Just my opinion though, if it pleases you - Seafoam on my friends.
 
I am so sorry this had to happen to you !

Hopefully, nothing big and dense like plastic wrap got into your fuel tank...

If your car suddenly stops running sometime, and everything is working, then it might be a piece of plastic wrap that found itself over your fuel pickup in the gas tank.. :(

Let's hope and pray nothing else fell out of the stupid can before you looked at it....

Good luck !
Dan F
 
Swanicyouth said:
IMHO waste of time and effort. Walmart may give you your $5 back - that's it. Seafoam may give you a free can.

I've never seen any automobile manufacturer recommend Seafoam or anything OTC like it as any type of maintenance. Years ago GM used to have this anti-carbon stuff you dumped down the carburetor - but fuel injection is another story.

While it makes a lot of smoke and makes a good show (giving the perception it's doing something), in reality - you have no idea what its doing or if its even compatible with the seals, injectors, EGO sensor, catalytic converters, and other parts of the fuel and emission control system. I think today's cars may be too complex to be dumping stuff in the gas tank or running stuff from a vacuum line from Walmart.

Just my opinion though, if it pleases you - Seafoam on my friends.
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Many good points here, though I still add Techron (from Walmart) every 10K.
 
Techron worked very well for my '02 Z06. Impurities from the gasoline caused my fuel gauge sensor to foul and read erratically. One bottle every once in a while fixed the problem.
 
Thanks for the feedback everyone. I havent had any issues with it yet (lol but I did just fork out $850 for a "grenaded a/c"). So once funds are more readily available, I will have the tank dropped and inspected. If the fuel pump is on the top of the tank (under the back seat) should I keep the tank full or just less than full to prevent the pickup of any saran wrap (which may or may not be present in the tank)?
 
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