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Old 02-19-2008, 02:26 PM   #1 (permalink)
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3rd Generation Seafoamed the cam and fixed check engine light finaly!

1st put 1/3 of the bottle into a glass:

then i pulled out this vacuum hose:

sucked it up and turned the engine off for 15 mins and this is the result.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uleXT3HePPg

only recorded the first 42 seconds but there was much more after that

as for the engine light, i just need to clean the o2 sensor in the exhaust manifold all i did was take a wire brush to it , disconnected the battery for a bit and bam! no engine light bitched oh yeah
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Someone's hoot struts no worky!
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You have the same Auto Zone filter that I had on my car, haha!
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The hood strut thing was funny
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Old 02-19-2008, 08:30 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Nice Sea Foam DIY write up. Glad to see that you went in with the passenger side hose.

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Good stuff. feel any difference in performance?
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yea i can tell shes responding better to the trottle and all, but really i did it cause i heard a ticking in there and its still there so idk whats going on with it
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hahaha i use a vice grip for the hood strut. clamp it on and it'll stay up.
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hahaha i use a vice grip for the hood strut. clamp it on and it'll stay up.
not a bad idea
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