seafoam works! [merged]

[cranky]

I have been using seafoam in heavy equipment engines for years and I have seen it make dramatic differences in performance and idle quality. I recently had a problem with low power from my 91 talon. It felt like the computer was removing timing. Normally what I do is find a secluded spot because you will smoke down your whole neighborhood. Start the engine and let it get up to opperating temp. I remove a vacum hose and put it in the can and rev the engine to about 2500 rpm and suck the can dry. Shut off the engine and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Then start it back up and run it down the road, and run it hard. This will remove a substantial amount of carbon build up from the combustion chambers.

 

[ShadowWulf]

I started running seafoam in my crank, intake and gas lately and MAN did it ease my idle and the motor feels a bit more open when at WOT now also.

 

[ShadowWulf]

That can work, but i just filled a spray bottle and sprayed it into the TB directly. Seems easiest and cleanest.

 

[leakyfaucet]

That can work, but i just filled a spray bottle and sprayed it into the TB directly. Seems easiest and cleanest.

You can't do that with a 4G63 while it's running, because it won't run.

 

[ShadowWulf]

Sorry, im 420A.

 

[kottyking]

You can't do that with a 4G63 while it's running, because it won't run.

Your right it does studder a bit but then it smooths out. I just did it today and smoked out the neighborhood. Seriously people were staring. I highly reccomend.

 

[JiveMasterT]

Your right it does studder a bit but then it smooths out. I just did it today and smoked out the neighborhood. Seriously people were staring. I highly reccomend.

do you notice a difference while driving?

 

[~laser_craver~]

i have read all 8 pgs and i am 100% sure i will do this averyt40-50k miles on my new motor since i dont have a motor in at all right now the only question i have is will it clean the carbo build up in the exhaust and trubo to???

ryan

 

[kottyking]

do you notice a difference while driving?

I have 133k on the talon and to be honest yes i did notice a difference.

 

[leakyfaucet]

Your right it does studder a bit but then it smooths out. I just did it today and smoked out the neighborhood. Seriously people were staring. I highly reccomend.

Your engine runs with the MAS disconnected?

 

[kottyking]

Jigga what???????? Jigga Who????????????? who said that????????? all i was saying is that it is possible to make a beer bong like thingamajig to pour seafoam into the "P" port on the throttle body while a buddy revs the car a little. I dont know where you got that my car runs without a mass. sorry for the confusion.

 

[GaNole]

I agree and am convinced. Used it once with the P port, smoked out my apartment complex, disconnected the neg cable to clear the check engine light and it did idle a lot better. Filled the tank and used it in the gas as well. Lucky for me the Advanced Auto Parts store around the corner had them on clearance for 3.88 a bottle so I bought a few more to do it at regular intervals. Good stuff... now if only it would've helped in preventing this tranny rebuild..

 

[leakyfaucet]

Jigga what???????? Jigga Who????????????? who said that????????? all i was saying is that it is possible to make a beer bong like thingamajig to pour seafoam into the "P" port on the throttle body while a buddy revs the car a little. I dont know where you got that my car runs without a mass. sorry for the confusion.

Well okay, but you responded to my post which was a response saying you can't spray the stuff directly into the throttle body, because the car needs the air to pass the MAS to run. So I figured you were saying you managed to make it work.

 

[JiveMasterT]

does anyone notice that they use a little oil in their motor after they do this? just wondering.

 

[Ottoman]

This is for a note to those worried about hydrolock

i to used the MCCC recently

i was getting 200 psi compression in ever cylinder i was like i musta had some crazy carbon build up in those cyl.

i couldn't pull a strong enough vacuume through tbe P line in the TB, so i just used the Vac line off the BOV (much stronger pull) fed one spray can through it...
smoked out the car till nothing more came out..

then used another half can in each of the cyl, and let it sit for 4 hours..

then I came to the horrific realization I didn't have a hose thin enough to vacuume out the inside of the cyl.

instead i Just cranked the engine... there was litterally chunks of carbon fyling out of the chambers... but no matter what i couldn't get all the liquid out... when i shook the engine i could see the reflcetion inside moving...

after reading all the " I"M GONNA HYDROLOCK MY ENGINE" posts in this thread.. it had me thinking 2x... but I said what the hell.. i slapped the plugs back in.. and cranked the car....

car wouldn't start... i pulled the plugs.. they were drenched.. clean and re-install.. still wouldn't fire.. pulled again and cleaned... After 4 times the car finally fired up.. and plumed more clouds

OUTCOME:

the engine runs smoother and quieter then ever, my lifter noise is completely GONE, strangely the exhaust has gotten quieter as well.. and when i rev the car in idle. it doesn't gurgle and pop like it used to... u just hear the engine wirr upp instead... Even tho I don't have a logger, I can feel the car doesn't pull the timing back as extremely like before ( I would floor it and the car would fall flat on it's face when boost came on) my friend who was with me and a total pessimist thinking I'd be replacing my engine after this little "stunt" is totally sold.. he went and bought 2 cans as well...

 

[L0G1C]

I just used the can of liquid seafoam in my TSi AWD with 63,500 on it and MAN what a difference! I thought the car ran sweet before this, but after I worked out the rest of the seafoam, it ran so much better I couldn't believe it.

This is how I did it:

1. Go to your parts store and get a can of seafoam and about 2 feet of 5/32 I.D. Vacuum hose.
2. Take the car to a secluded area, possibly at night, unless your neighbors are cool with you working on the car and making a lot of smelly smoke.
3. The car should be close to normal running temperature, so if you haven't done that already do it now.
4. Turn the car off, pull the vacuum line from the throttle body labled "P" and plug your 2 feet of 5/32 vacuum line into that.
5. Start the car with your add in vacuum line plugged, either with a screw or your helpers' favorite opposable digit.
6. Idle the car at about 3000 RPM, and have your helper insert the vacuum line in to the can of seafoam. It will bog down a little, but try to maintain about 2,500 RPMs.
7. Run the entire can through. You will know when the can is empty when it stops "bogging down" and your RPMs come up.
8. Turn the car off when it runs through the can, reconnect the original vacuum line to the throttle body and wait for 10 - 15 minutes.
9. After you've patiently waited, get in the car and drive the piss out of it until it stops putting out smoke.
10. Viola! You're done! Enjoy!

Just 2 tips though.

1. If you choose to do it at night, don't do it under a street light. It kindof kills the whole "I don't want anyone to see where the smoke is coming from" thing...

2. Don't park the car so you are standing/sitting down wind of your exhaust. I almost choked my brother in law out.

 

[LandoAWD]

Did Seafoam/MCCC last night.

First we did the MCCC per the tried and true method, and smoked the hell out of my friend's back yard, and then romped it down the road.

We then pulled the plugs, cracked a can of Seafoam, and used about 2/3oz per cyl and let it sit for 3 hours. We used an air hose to blow out some excess then turned the car over sans plugs to kick some more out. We then reinserted the old plugs and romped on it again.

Oil change...

New plugs/wires...


While I was driving home after the game, I noticed alot of the engine noise had been reduced, and the throttle response SEEMED better. I haven't logged the car since, but I'm looking forward to it.

I would recommend this to anyone nearing an oil change interval.

 

[ITSME4G63]

I put the seafoam in my car yesterday. I poured nearly 80% of the bottle through the P port. I think I was doing it too fast cause I was impatient. I was pulling on the throttle cable a llittle so It would all get sucked in. First when I let go of the throttle cabel the car died. So I held it continously and the whole damned block got smoked up from the fumes from my exhaust. I also realized that I must have a leak in my exhaust manifld gasket and my turbo gasket between the turbo and exhaust manifold because There was smoke coming out of there. I let the acr sit for 10 mins and took of to get some chinese takeout with my friend. THe whole way to the place the car was smoking just enough to see that it was. When I stepped on it smoke was coming out. So, as we arrived at the chinese takeout place I figured Ill let the turbo timer idle the car so all the smoking would be over with. I left it set for a maximum of 9:30 minutes. Right After the car turned off I heard a large POOF/POP. and a whole bunch of smoke coming from the engine bay. I said to my friend "Hey I think I just blew my motor, hope I dont have to tow the car home" Well what it was in reality is that for soem reason the car was getting hotter than usual for that time at idle and the lower radiator hose blew off. The facotry clamp was pretty much fubar. So luckily there was a autozone a block away. Got some clamps and coolant and I was ready to go. I do notice a sort of faster response from the throttle now. And my lifter tick is like gone for now. I also changed the oil that day after we got back from the chinese place. I used that castrol semi synthetic that comes in the green bottle. I used 10W30. Car runs promisingly. But I know now that I have a leak elsewhere than the intake manifold gasket and the throttle body. Its all good cause I was planning to regasket the bi*** when it gets warmer anyways.

 

[SexyDSM95]

I just did it today to my TB and labeled "P" vaccum line at the same time. WOW! My car smoked for 10-15 minutes of me on the gas pedal the whole time! I looked at my exhaust and no lie it was glowing orange. I drove it around and when I let on it for WOT one poof of black smoke shot out and that was it. As of right now, it boggles a little bit, but hopefully that will go away soon. My lifter tick is still there, but I am idling real smooth/lower. I also need an oil change soon. I was thinking about replacing the lifters with the upgrading ones pretty soon anyways. So far, this product gets my

BTW I only used up 1/4 of the can....should I have used more?

P.S. I use to idle around 500RPMs now I am at about 300RPMS and it seems to be more quiet, it's not a nice minute purring.

 

[awdsm drft]

Whoa. How does your car idle at 300 rpms??????




Is it possible this carbon build up cleaner could reduce detonation? Can't the build up's produce hot spots in the combustion chamber and cause knock?

 

[TargeT]

Whoa. How does your car idle at 300 rpms??????




Is it possible this carbon build up cleaner could reduce detonation? Can't the build up's produce hot spots in the combustion chamber and cause knock?

his tach must be off....



yes its possible that it will remove knock by getting rid of carbon build ups.. but really, your driving a force inducted 4 cyl with a 6,500RPM redline, you should be able to burn out most the carbon on your own by going WOT a few times

 

[JiveMasterT]

his tach must be off....



yes its possible that it will remove knock by getting rid of carbon build ups.. but really, your driving a force inducted 4 cyl with a 6,500RPM redline, you should be able to burn out most the carbon on your own by going WOT a few times

that would explain why after i drive my gf anywhere my car runs like crap. i barely rev past 3000k when shes in the car, let alone, go wot. and we usually drive long distances to...

or maybe, or, most likely, im delusional (and i cant spell).

 

[ndilo21]

I recently used a little more than half a bottle of seafoam in my car and it worked pretty good i guess. I still have a slight lifter knock but i guess it idles a little better. I think when people report dramatic results a lot of it is in their heads. Don't get me wrong i deff think it is worth the $6 a can but its not magic.

 

[LandoAWD]

We don't mind the linking at all, in fact we encourage it. This thread, however is about a different way of doing something that isn't difficult, damaging, etc.

Why not let them (and since last week, I can be included in "them") try it?

 

[SexyDSM95]

his tach must be off....



yes its possible that it will remove knock by getting rid of carbon build ups.. but really, your driving a force inducted 4 cyl with a 6,500RPM redline, you should be able to burn out most the carbon on your own by going WOT a few times

For starters I am a GIRL, second HER tach is not off, it has been tested. Third, my car is now idling around 700-800RPMS since going WOT a couple times to let out the rest of the black stuff. Still pretty smooth during idle, as I said in my post above all I hear now is the lifter tick, it stopped sputtering also.

 

[GalantGst]

Ok i tried seafoam on my stock engine rebuld after like 7k miles. i hooked up the bottle to the brake booster sucked the whole bottle throu.. this caused a leak at my exhaust manifold(wel it was probably leaking before i just noticed it now since there was fluid coming out the gasket) i dint really feel any differnce but when i opened up the motor like 2 k miles later the piston has a really nasty film on it of carbon im guessing seafoam caused this....