woot seafoamed! but question...

[dpanda88]

so i found the way to remove that stupid tube without breaking it of course haha.. I did the usual.. 1/3 into a bottle then let it suck it up.. my car never stalled while sucking or starting up which is a good sign as its still strong on the engine part? then I waited 10 mins.. and BAM white smoke everywhere haha.. thank god it was sorta cold and windy outside so all the smoke basically went away but it was still visible...

now my question is.. since I haven't seen any topic mentioning it.. or I might be wrong.. How often should I seafoam the car after the first one? My car is almost 11 years now and cleaning the inside is needed!

[bigbird]

there isnt really a legit time table. i do mine about once a year which is, for me, about every 4-6K miles.

[Venom_5]

every 6k miles is a bit excessive IMO

since seafoam fouls the spark plugs, i would do it right before you are due for a spark plug change (which is not very frequent)

[dpanda88]

wow 4-6k miles in one year!? I get 2k per month and a half.. I think im going to do it every 2-3 months as I want to clean the internal stuff more good as I seen some pictures where people have seafoamed it 3 times and it look mint clean.

Thanks for the tips bigbird

[Venom_5]

if you seafoam every 2-3 months, you are going to do more damage than good ...

"more good" makes no sense, the correct word would be "better" ...

remember to change out spark plugs if youre going to seafoam excessively, because they will be fouled after a few runs ...

[92MX83]

After the Seafoam treatment, would it be enough to just run the car at high(er) rpm to help clean the plugs?

[.Camryman97.]

my camry had a recent oil change and i have 75k miles should i seafoam mine

after seafoaming do you see an increase in performance like just overall how the engine runs?

[geoff5093]

You shouldnt have to seafoam your car until you reach either 15K - 30K miles, theres no need to do it every 5K miles.

[Kep]

Venom_5, how does Sea Foam foul the spark plugs? Wouldn't any residue burn off after a couple of hundred miles?

Kep

[Venom_5]

Originally Posted by Kep

Venom_5, how does Sea Foam foul the spark plugs? Wouldn't any residue burn off after a couple of hundred miles?

Kep

Originally Posted by Toysrme

It shouldn't, but it's been known to foul plugs if the plugs are nearly fouled to begin with...

[.Camryman97.]

Originally Posted by .Camryman97.

my camry had a recent oil change and i have 75k miles should i seafoam mine

after seafoaming do you see an increase in performance like just overall how the engine runs?

[Venom_5]

you can seafoam if you want ... there is no "should", since its not Toyota-specified maintenance

and it is not Nitrous Oxide, it wont increase your performance unless your engine has enough buildup to be hurting (in which case it will return it to factory performance)

[Luckynumber5]

Seafoam is naptha oil which will burn a lot of the carbon and crud off of the valves and piston tops. Thats how it helps.

[.Camryman97.]

Originally Posted by Venom_5

you can seafoam if you want ... there is no "should", since its not Toyota-specified maintenance

and it is not Nitrous Oxide, it wont increase your performance unless your engine has enough buildup to be hurting (in which case it will return it to factory performance)

well yeah thats what i meant that over time a car could lose a tiny bit if any performance

but really it just cleans up the inside of your engine and makes your engine more happy

[eyeball96]

I just put a can in a full tank of gas twice a year! U can also put 1/3 of can in the engine oil 500 miles before u change it! Works for me! I do it in all my cars. Makes my engines happy.

BTW: I noticed a 3 buck price increase recently at my NAPA store...WTF!!