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sea foam treatment
exactly what is a sea foam treatment and what dose it do ?
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Re: sea foam treatment
Its basically a all-in-one cleaner for your engine. You add it to your oil, fuel, and directly into your intake and it cleans gunk from your intake passages, injectors, engine parts, etc. Many here have used it with success for symptoms like rough idle and poor gas mileage. It can be scary when you use it in your intake directly as your car smokes like crazy, but it clears up and makes it run smoother in most cases. Check it out here.
If you do use it in your oil, make sure you change it after the cleaning cycle is done. Do NOT drive the car with the Seafoam still in the crankcase.
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Re: sea foam treatment
that stuff seems great. i have gunky crap in the intake manifold and i want it gone. i'm planning to do a full tune up and engine cleaning.
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Re: sea foam treatment
i've used it, works great but prepare to make a smokescreen behind your car.
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Re: sea foam treatment
it's that bad ?
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Re: sea foam treatment
Nope just a by-product of the crap being burnt away in your cylinders. Check out Youtube for what to expect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MDMFhOPHGY |
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Re: sea foam treatment
damn. so has anyone noticed any considerable gains from this ?
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Re: sea foam treatment
Car ran a little better, idle smoothed out. As far as power I didnt feel anything different.
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Chris "A person convinced against their will, is of the same opinion still" New?? Find the downloadable SVX Online Service Manual Here RECOMMENDED READING for newer SVX owners Here some cool info if not fully accurate. Last edited by SoCal LS-L; 07-06-2010 at 01:31 AM. |
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Re: sea foam treatment
the car's not so rough afterwards, and i did get some better mileage
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Re: sea foam treatment
one last thing, is it true that if you put to much you can hydro lock your engine ?
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Re: sea foam treatment
Nearly impossible.... you add thru a vacuum port, so it would be next to impossible to draw in that volume of the Seafoam to fill up a cylinder on one intake stroke.
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Re: sea foam treatment
well thanks for all the info guys, it really helped me understand it a little more.
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