Seafoam uses

[sam333]

Adding seafoam to may gas has actually removed dents from my fenders,added rubber to my tires and, I think, made me better looking.

[RningOnFumes]

** Sarcasm noted. lol.

It's not a miracle formula it's just what some of us prefer over other brand named cleaners.

[Mike_Deee]

Hey guys,
I've got a 95 toyota pickup with a 4 cyl 22re engine. This was a stripped down model so it doesn't have any power anything. I have approx 170,000 miles on a rebuilt engine and it was recently diagnosed with a burnt valve in the #1 cyl. (which has been burning quite a bit of oil to start with). I have been reading about seafoam and thought maybe it's worth a shot to try and desolve some of the carbon buildup in the engine and possibly help my situation. After all, compared to about a $500 repair bill, what have I got to lose, right? My question is in the application of this stuff. I've been reading the usual way of using this is thru the brake booster vacuum line, but since I don't have a brake booster how would I use it? I mainly want to concentrate on the defective cylinder but I'm sure all of them could benefit from this. Any help here would be appreciated.

Mike

[ukrkoz]

1. add directly to oil in crankcase and drive on it; 500 miles is good, then change oil
2. add to tankful of gas and get on freeway, 70mph for as long as you can
3. you can remove spark plug from cylinder in question, and pour it directly in; leave overnight; what it does, it dissolves deposits directly in piston rings; be prepared - it will be harder to start next day, and will produce A LOT of white smoke. done it.
4. install a barb into air intake hose, pour Seafom into a suitable bottle with a nozzle that will fit over that barb, and start engine; bring it up to about 2500 rpms, and start giving it short bursts of Seafoam. it's a 2 person job, as it will want to choke.
5. btw, if you do have a straight through engine, with no cat, shooting water into air intake cleans combustion chambers and vlaves very well. anywhere air goes. water is non-compressible, and water droplets in air work like tiny sledge hammers. you have to use spray, and give obly short bursts of fine mist, not to hydrolock the engine.
6. otherwise, to use it directly in fuel, you need to have a T that can be installed into fuel line and accept some sort of a hose from a squirt bottle filled with Seafoam.

[Mike_Deee]

Thanks Ukrkoz for the reply. I will do the seafoam treatment and hopefully get some kind or results from it.. anything is better than how it is now.mIKE

Originally Posted by ukrkoz

1. add directly to oil in crankcase and drive on it; 500 miles is good, then change oil
2. add to tankful of gas and get on freeway, 70mph for as long as you can
3. you can remove spark plug from cylinder in question, and pour it directly in; leave overnight; what it does, it dissolves deposits directly in piston rings; be prepared - it will be harder to start next day, and will produce A LOT of white smoke. done it.
4. install a barb into air intake hose, pour Seafom into a suitable bottle with a nozzle that will fit over that barb, and start engine; bring it up to about 2500 rpms, and start giving it short bursts of Seafoam. it's a 2 person job, as it will want to choke.
5. btw, if you do have a straight through engine, with no cat, shooting water into air intake cleans combustion chambers and vlaves very well. anywhere air goes. water is non-compressible, and water droplets in air work like tiny sledge hammers. you have to use spray, and give obly short bursts of fine mist, not to hydrolock the engine.
6. otherwise, to use it directly in fuel, you need to have a T that can be installed into fuel line and accept some sort of a hose from a squirt bottle filled with Seafoam.

[teamssc]

Yesterday I ran 4 oz of SeaFoam via my Power Brake Booster vacuum line and then 4oz via the vacuum line that is real close to th e engine.I'm impressed with how it smoothed out my 98 Corolla with 139K. I went ahead and poured another 8 oz in the gas tank. I may take out the spark plugs and poor it in for an overnight soak as my Corolla is burning about 1qt of oil a month. We used Marvels Mystery Oil to do that with older Saturns and it always seems to cut back the burning. My guess is Sea Foam and MMO are similar in composition.

Thanks all for the tips.

[Dirty Dude]

Originally Posted by teamssc

My guess is Sea Foam and MMO are similar in composition.

They're actually not. MMO doesn't have rubbing alcohol in it and does have chlorinated hydrocarbons(which tend to form phosgene gas when burned...just what I want). SF is just mineral oil, naphtha, and isopropyl alcohol. Sea Foam is an even bigger waste of money than Marvel in my opinion. Carefully administering a fine water mist into the engine intake while revving it will achieve the same carbon removal and doesn't cost anything.