another seafoam question

[jt1583]

ive read the threads but theres 1 part that is confusing me, heres how i think i go about doing it.

take of vacuum hose from somewhere on car and stick it in seafoam bottle
run the engine for 10 minutes, pumping gas if necesary
drive it hard for a couple minutes
done?

 

[temfate]

ive read the threads but theres 1 part that is confusing me, heres how i think i go about doing it.

take of vacuum hose from somewhere on car and stick it in seafoam bottle
run the engine for 10 minutes, pumping gas if necesary
drive it hard for a couple minutes
done?

You know what, even if you haven't understood every other post in those threads about how to do it, there are direction on the bottle itself... If you buy it, in my opinion it's nothing but a waste of $6 or so... And I did it myself if that means anything to you...

 

[UrMyStlkAl]

I used it and noticed no difference. The white smoke looked cool though

 

[Gigaah]

well it isn't exactly a magic cure all. Its meant to take care of a specific condition, if thats not your problem it won't really fix you.

 

[crazykid]

Since everyone else so far said it was a waste, ill go ahead and say I used it and it worked great for me. Car has 117k on it, dont know if any type of engine cleaner has been put through it before (im gunna guess probably not). It smoked A LOT. When people say do it at night/early morning, they are not kidding heh. Anyways, after using it, I definently noticed a much smoother idle, and it seemed a bit smoother and more "peppy" while accelerating. All in all, it just seemed like the car started running A LOT smoother after using it. I sometimes had a problem with a rough idle with studdering when it was cold (stalled a couple times also), but no problems since using seafoam. Autozone just started carrying the product. I picked it up for I think around $5 or $6 and used 1/2 the can. Not saying its the wonder product and will work for everyone, but it worked for me.

Also, if you do decide to use it, your gunna need to keep reving the car to keep it running until the desired amount in, cause it really wants to try to stall. Its also a bit hard to start back up at first after letting it sit.

 

[bigfoo]

I agree.. the stuff kicks ass.. It's made to clean out gunk and carbon deposits built up on the valves and combustion chambers as well as clean the intake manifold. If you constantly drive with a heavy foot though there should be no carbon buildip....... buildup usually occurs from people driving too slow which is just as bad for the engine as driving it too fast :>
Throttle bodies do need cleaning occasionally and it works for that too but not as well as some of the 'foaming' stuff. IMHO the best way to do it is to drip it in one of the vacuum hoses using like a IV type setup. let it do that for 20 minutes maybe 1 or 2 drops a second while engine is high idle.. then drop the idle and let the vacuum suck in a decent amount but not too much , just enough so the engine stalls.. then let it sit for a while (20 min or so) then start it up and go rag on it for a while.. You can also put seafoam in your gas to clean the fuel system and in your oil (like one of those engine flush things) although I've never personally tried it in my oil. It also suggests that after you do the dripping and stalling that you change the oil. This product is very similar to a 'top engine cleaner'. same thing that the guys charge you $60 to do at the oil change places