To seafoam or not to seafoam, that is the question, 06 Ralliart
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To seafoam or not to seafoam, that is the question, 06 Ralliart
So the big question I have is if I should throw some seafoam through my car to improve my fuel efficiency. I am averaging between 24-26 mpg.
What do you guys think? Will seafoam be that magical thing to clean my engine and allow it to get better fuel mileage? If so how should I go about it? Should I run it through the crankcase, vacuum line and fuel tank? If so how would I go about adding it to the crankcase and vacuum line? Is there a better time to seafoam?
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What do you guys think? Will seafoam be that magical thing to clean my engine and allow it to get better fuel mileage? If so how should I go about it? Should I run it through the crankcase, vacuum line and fuel tank? If so how would I go about adding it to the crankcase and vacuum line? Is there a better time to seafoam?
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24-26mpg on city? highway? Those numbers are pretty normal for the RA depending on your driving.
Personally I wouldn't use any additives. Additives generally mean bad maintenance schedules if you need to use them. If you've given decent to good maintenance to your car you shouldn't look into using any additives. To seafoam it...meh I've heard both good and bad stories about it I wouldn't look into it either but maybe others have good experiences with it.
To be fair whats the year and mileage on your car.
Personally I wouldn't use any additives. Additives generally mean bad maintenance schedules if you need to use them. If you've given decent to good maintenance to your car you shouldn't look into using any additives. To seafoam it...meh I've heard both good and bad stories about it I wouldn't look into it either but maybe others have good experiences with it.
To be fair whats the year and mileage on your car.
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I seafoam. Used it on my 07 ram hemi when i hit 30k miles and the carbon build up in the IM was unbelievable. When i bought my 04 ralliart in august of last yr (2004 with 124000 miles at the time) the first thing i did is run seafoam through the IM yet again there was solid white smoke coming out for 15 minutes before clearing up. What kind of maintenance could be done to prevent that? I know. Seafoam. Ive never had issues. Thats my 2 cents. :-) anyone else have some input
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24-26mpg on city? highway? Those numbers are pretty normal for the RA depending on your driving.
Personally I wouldn't use any additives. Additives generally mean bad maintenance schedules if you need to use them. If you've given decent to good maintenance to your car you shouldn't look into using any additives. To seafoam it...meh I've heard both good and bad stories about it I wouldn't look into it either but maybe others have good experiences with it.
To be fair whats the year and mileage on your car.
Personally I wouldn't use any additives. Additives generally mean bad maintenance schedules if you need to use them. If you've given decent to good maintenance to your car you shouldn't look into using any additives. To seafoam it...meh I've heard both good and bad stories about it I wouldn't look into it either but maybe others have good experiences with it.
To be fair whats the year and mileage on your car.
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Seafoam is the lazy way to "clean" the intake and fuel system.
Remove the head , get it p&p completely , rebuilt, heat tank the head and intake manifold, clean the tb by hand with your mother-in-laws toothbrush, clean the intake tubing (internal), and clean the air filter. Run-on sentence and this isn't practical but it will give better results than the seafoam even without the p&p head
Remove the head , get it p&p completely , rebuilt, heat tank the head and intake manifold, clean the tb by hand with your mother-in-laws toothbrush, clean the intake tubing (internal), and clean the air filter. Run-on sentence and this isn't practical but it will give better results than the seafoam even without the p&p head
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Interestingly, using high octane fuel all the time, and changing oil as scheduled in the owners manual, makes it unnecessary to do this.
I've used it in old Subarus, in the intake and fuel tank, lots of white smoke and crud came out. Didn't ever hurt anything. The smoke killed all the mosquitos too.
Lanzer's way is best for peace of mind and to smack down the in-laws.
Your call.
I've used it in old Subarus, in the intake and fuel tank, lots of white smoke and crud came out. Didn't ever hurt anything. The smoke killed all the mosquitos too.
Lanzer's way is best for peace of mind and to smack down the in-laws.
Your call.
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^yeah but the seafom thing is,that you want to "fix" it quick and not w/ much work, not to mention cheaply...not tear half the engine apart and fine tooth comb clean it...then p&p..lol
in my opinion...the car's doing fine..i wouldnt worry about it...you can clean the TB for safe measure but it wont make a huge difference...ussually the reccomended interval for intake cleaning is ~1yr/15kmi anyway..but it wont hurt it if u let it go longer...untill you notice lower gas mileage or power loss....or some kind of driveability issue
in my opinion...the car's doing fine..i wouldnt worry about it...you can clean the TB for safe measure but it wont make a huge difference...ussually the reccomended interval for intake cleaning is ~1yr/15kmi anyway..but it wont hurt it if u let it go longer...untill you notice lower gas mileage or power loss....or some kind of driveability issue
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Took 3 times to start her up :P 3rd times a charm eh?
That Last bit was for Cranswick to show how my Serp Belt Whines like a Spooling Turbo, but you could barely hear it. And yes
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That Last bit was for Cranswick to show how my Serp Belt Whines like a Spooling Turbo, but you could barely hear it. And yes
I KNOWWW i need valve adjustment badly
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EDIT: Sorry for the ****ty coloring, the sun was very bright and distorted the AWB and Auto Color