Seafoam'd my Evo
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So I think I am the perfect test subject for this.
I have a 91 Honda Accord with 170 Miles and I forget when I did my last oil change on it so it's due sometime soon.
Anyways from reading this I figure I pour some in into the gas tank, and some vaccum line that I have to find somewhere; and then drive it around the block a few times smoking. Then change my oil? Is this correct?
I have a 91 Honda Accord with 170 Miles and I forget when I did my last oil change on it so it's due sometime soon.
Anyways from reading this I figure I pour some in into the gas tank, and some vaccum line that I have to find somewhere; and then drive it around the block a few times smoking. Then change my oil? Is this correct?
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If you use Seafoam in the crankcase (oil), let the car idle for 10-15 minutes. After that 10-15 minutes you change your oil. Do NOT rev the engine or drive the car. Doing either of those has the potential to cause damage to the engine. I have used seafoam in my evo and many, many cars when I was working for a Mitsu/Suzuki/Isuzu dealer. I do not use it my fuel though, as I usually run a bottle of Lucas Octane Booster through it every few months.
From personal experience on the Evo: One treatment of Seafoam helped quiet the noisy lifters that I was experiencing when I purchased the car used.
From personal experience on the Evo: One treatment of Seafoam helped quiet the noisy lifters that I was experiencing when I purchased the car used.
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After the 10-15mins of idling, don't you need to let the car sit for hours before performing an oil change?? Also, which is better to do it thru the crankcase or the brake booster??
If this thing works as it is supposed to, it can keep the motor clean inside and could be a very good preventive maintenance, like doing it once in a every 2-3 oil change??
I've been researching on this alot lately, and I actually picked this up from an Infiniti club who are using this to their $50k+ cars/SUV.
If this thing works as it is supposed to, it can keep the motor clean inside and could be a very good preventive maintenance, like doing it once in a every 2-3 oil change??
I've been researching on this alot lately, and I actually picked this up from an Infiniti club who are using this to their $50k+ cars/SUV.
If you use Seafoam in the crankcase (oil), let the car idle for 10-15 minutes. After that 10-15 minutes you change your oil. Do NOT rev the engine or drive the car. Doing either of those has the potential to cause damage to the engine. I have used seafoam in my evo and many, many cars when I was working for a Mitsu/Suzuki/Isuzu dealer. I do not use it my fuel though, as I usually run a bottle of Lucas Octane Booster through it every few months.
From personal experience on the Evo: One treatment of Seafoam helped quiet the noisy lifters that I was experiencing when I purchased the car used.
From personal experience on the Evo: One treatment of Seafoam helped quiet the noisy lifters that I was experiencing when I purchased the car used.
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autozone and sometimes the wal-fart has something similar to seafoam. It works by dumping it into your crankcase. You let the car idle for about 10 minutes then you immediately change ur oil. Crisis averted and no the engine did not explode or catch on fire. When u drain the oil you'll see that thick sludge come out of your motor.
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so if you only do the vacumm line method (not the gas tank or crank) do you still need to change the oil right away??? i seen some videos on youtube where they say to change the oil right after you do this around 30 miles ater.
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I'm a bit confused by "vacuum line" and "oil/crank" methods? I thought that there are 2 methods to clean the motor with seafoam:
1) thru the vacuum line in the crank case
2) thru the brake booster
With method 1), are we supposed to let the car run while feeding 1/3 of seafoam thru the vacuum line on the crank case, and will need to adjust the TPS by hand while feeding it too.
is it right? that's according to all my researches online.
1) thru the vacuum line in the crank case
2) thru the brake booster
With method 1), are we supposed to let the car run while feeding 1/3 of seafoam thru the vacuum line on the crank case, and will need to adjust the TPS by hand while feeding it too.
is it right? that's according to all my researches online.
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I used it on my dd civic w/ 126k miles on it,a couple of months ago. Car runs MUCH smoother and has better acceleration. Just change the oil the next day and ur fine, so it has time to fully settle in the pan.
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