Seafoam The death of my car?

[95TalonTSI4EVER]

Hi, every car I previously had in the past I have always seafoamed threw a vac line about a qt of the can. I previous done this in a 1g talon non turbo. I now have a sixboltswap 2g with a 20g turbo. Would this be a horrible idea to seafoam threw a vac line with all these mods? I have never personally seen a gain from seafoam. I guess you cant do it once and expect it to do miracles.

 

[Bud92gsx]

No, it's a great way to clean the engine..But once its clean ifthings like valve seals are shot, it will be come more apparent after seafoam.

I did it a couple months ago..Works great and pisses off the neighbors..

 

[95TalonTSI4EVER]

How much smoke have you ever gotten out? I have done it on mustangs to but I have never had that crazy amount of smoke that I have seen online.

 

[RallyEclipse98]

I don't see how it would be a problem. Putting 1/3 can in your brake booster vac line doesn't change between having a turbo and non turbo.

I would definitely not do Seafoam if your car has more than 150k. It could lead to unending oil leaks.

My brother recently seafoamed his 3kgt and it helped with lifter tick and a rough idle..

 

[95TalonTSI4EVER]

Thanks rally!! that answers alot!

 

[WES_393]

I Seafoam my Spyder every oil change. When I first got the car, I replace the lifters since they were ticking. The inside of the head was stained dark gold from dirty oil. After about a year of using Seafoam before every oil change the inside of the head is now clean silver aluminum. So it definitely helps clean buildup out of the engine.

How I use it is 1/3 in the tank, 1/3 in the oil, and 1/3 slowly through the PCV or brake booster. Let the car run till it stops smoking and then dump the oil. My Spyder has almost 130k on the clock on a bone stock engine. Not a single leak or oil related issue.

 

[KAOI]

I would definitely not do Seafoam if your car has more than 150k. It could lead to unending oil leaks.

+1

The thing with seafoam is that it does a REALLY good job of cleaning and breaking up carbon/sludge build up. So much so that it will break down build up that is potentially preventing leaks around gaskets. The only time i would use seafoam with a high mileage car would be right before you do a small rebuild (new gaskets, belts, and water pump). That way it will clean all that crud in the head and around gaskets in other places so after the rebuild you wont have shit floating around your system.

When it comes to people saying that seafoam broke their car... thats either from

A) there was so much build up that it was holding something together (less likely)
or
B) they dumped way too much in their car at one time through the vacuum line and it essentially "water locked" the engine.

Seafoam is made of multiple types of petroleum which when it combines with old crusty and sticky oil it begins to break it down and liquefy it. Some say you should change your oil after you seafoam your car however if you seafoam regularly (some do it every oil change, some do it twice a year ie spring and fall) or use high quality gasoline (BP shell) I dont see why you need to worry about issues arising from the use of seafoam.

Like I said, high quality gasoline prevents the need to seafoam as often however If it were my car (after a full rebuild) the best way I would think to keep the engine clean and running well over a long period of time would be to pour half a bottle in the gas tank and half directly into the oil every other season. That way you keep clean the injectors and combustion chamber along with the crank case and oil passages.

Sorry for the long winded response.... i was in the mood

 

[JusMX141]

Seafoam is roughly 50% lightweight oil, 30% naphtha, and 20% isopropyl. None of these could possibly harm your engine when used properly.

You can find this information from plenty of others who have used this product successfully in a thread which already exists on our site that I'm sure you would have discovered had you bothered to search.

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/newbie-forum/222686-seafoam-works-merged.html