Seafoaming? Umm, what?

[Fastfrog007]

Whats goin on here? The brake booster? Is this the way it should be used to clean the motor? There are more videos of cars smokin like thier on fire. I just pour some in the gas and motor

[Fastfrog007]

Or, a link to it...

- How-To Seafoam[/url]

[xchief1320]

Sucking it through a vacuum line cleans the tops of the pistons,intake runners,combustion chambers,ect very well.
Once you get to the last in the bottle shut the car off and let it sit for 20 minutes or so. When you start it up after it's sat it will burn off alot of carbon and deposits and smoke like a freight train for a while.
I'm a firm believer in it (and i don't believe in much of the pour in snake oil junk they sell). We are a BG dealer and i'll still use Seafoam over the BG stuff anyday.

[Fastfrog007]

Very cool, I assume its safe for turbo cars? Better to ask and sound stupid than hurt something...

[busa matt]

what chief said. i have done it im my 150 and it does smoke like a chimney when you start her back up. i swear by seafoam, it has done me well.

[yamahor]

Sucking it through a vacuum line cleans the tops of the pistons,intake runners,combustion chambers,ect very well.
Once you get to the last in the bottle shut the car off and let it sit for 20 minutes or so. When you start it up after it's sat it will burn off alot of carbon and deposits and smoke like a freight train for a while.
I'm a firm believer in it (and i don't believe in much of the pour in snake oil junk they sell). We are a BG dealer and i'll still use Seafoam over the BG stuff anyday.

Same here...Not many products I truly believe work as mentioned, but Seafoam is THE BOMB! I had a EGR valve that clogged on my old 96 Dodge Avenger... $90 for a new Valve... Mechanic friend showed me the Seafoam trick and it fixed it. Cleans out the carbon (plus, if you're worried you might have an exhaust leak, you will find it )

As for the turbo question, it should be okay as long as it's done through a vacuum line. Gas and oil treatment shouldn't matter to the turbo.

[kitchener rider]

Stuff is killer, We use it on our cars, suv, bikes, Even when i had the vmax it was the difference between getting it re jetted an not getting it jetted.

[twotonevert]

Wonder if it works for diesels?

[blownws6]

Sucking it through a vacuum line cleans the tops of the pistons,intake runners,combustion chambers,ect very well.
Once you get to the last in the bottle shut the car off and let it sit for 20 minutes or so. When you start it up after it's sat it will burn off alot of carbon and deposits and smoke like a freight train for a while.
I'm a firm believer in it (and i don't believe in much of the pour in snake oil junk they sell). We are a BG dealer and i'll still use Seafoam over the BG stuff anyday.

X2, same method I used.

[mikev7]

Whats goin on here? The brake booster? Is this the way it should be used to clean the motor? There are more videos of cars smokin like thier on fire. I just pour some in the gas and motor

one day i decided to use seafoam on my drag car. the motor went out the next day from all the pre-detonation that it cused. it threw a rod bearing from the high compression and radical cam. seafoam sucks!

[jpowell490]

one day i decided to use seafoam on my drag car. the motor went out the next day from all the pre-detonation that it cused. it threw a rod bearing from the high compression and radical cam. seafoam sucks!

Mike, I hate to tell you this, but using seafoam will not make a car pre-detonate unless it magically changed your timing.

What most likely happened is that the motor was hurting anyway and the oil had not been properly changed. The seafoam could have caused a piece of carbon to hang a valve, hit the piston, etc. Could have gotten down in the bearing past worn out rings.

But again, there ain't no way that single handedly cause that motor to blow.

[Rainbow7]

Sooooo, I contacted Sea Foam to ask if they have an Australian distributor. It turns out that they do not. Then the emails went like this:

"Hi, ****.

Thanks for your quick response.

Since there is currently no Sea Foam distributor in Australia, would your company be interested in appointing one?

Regards,

***********."

Response from Sea Foam:

"Hello *********,

We appreciate your interest in Sea Foam Products. As for distribution in Australia it could take a few years because of figuring out all the literature, packaging and other requirements. We will be sure to put your company on file for when we are more ready to go into Australia. Thank you for your interest in Sea Foam products.

Sincerely,

Kari Hanson

Customer Service

Sea Foam Sales Company


Now, that is by far the worst excuse I've ever heard. "Packaging and literature could take a few years." WTF? Is Sea Foam literature not in English? Does this woman think that Australians speak Zulu or Martian??? There are plenty of US-made products that are imported straight into Australia with their original, imperial labeling & literature. Plus, if Sea Foam is sold in Canada, wouldn't it also have metric labeling/literature?

So, does anyone want to sell a case of Sea Foam to me, since the manufacturers aren't interested?

[RYC1966]

It is sad that they would not want your money...most people try to create opportunities and there they are turning one down.

[Fastfrog007]

Sooooo, I contacted Sea Foam to ask if they have an Australian distributor. It turns out that they do not. Then the emails went like this:

"Hi, ****.

Thanks for your quick response.

Since there is currently no Sea Foam distributor in Australia, would your company be interested in appointing one?

Regards,

***********."

Response from Sea Foam:

"Hello *********,

We appreciate your interest in Sea Foam Products. As for distribution in Australia it could take a few years because of figuring out all the literature, packaging and other requirements. We will be sure to put your company on file for when we are more ready to go into Australia. Thank you for your interest in Sea Foam products.

Sincerely,

Kari Hanson

Customer Service

Sea Foam Sales Company


Now, that is by far the worst excuse I've ever heard. "Packaging and literature could take a few years." WTF? Is Sea Foam literature not in English? Does this woman think that Australians speak Zulu or Martian??? There are plenty of US-made products that are imported straight into Australia with their original, imperial labeling & literature. Plus, if Sea Foam is sold in Canada, wouldn't it also have metric labeling/literature?

So, does anyone want to sell a case of Sea Foam to me, since the manufacturers aren't interested?

Can this stuff just be put in a box and mailed down under? Seems like it might be considered hazardous,

[yamahor]

Mike, I hate to tell you this, but using seafoam will not make a car pre-detonate unless it magically changed your timing.

What most likely happened is that the motor was hurting anyway and the oil had not been properly changed. The seafoam could have caused a piece of carbon to hang a valve, hit the piston, etc. Could have gotten down in the bearing past worn out rings.

But again, there ain't no way that single handedly cause that motor to blow.

+1. if anything, wouldn't it act like water or Meth injection and cool the air charge?

[Spkrdctr]

GEEZ GUYS! Run it through the gasoline but don't put it into your oil. It is a thin solvent and should never be near your oil unless you haven't changed your oil in 20,000 miles. Gasoline is fine as it will not hurt anything, but in the oil is not ok unless you change it out quickly. As for a turbo, it will thin out the oil some so I would not recommend it in the oil for a turbo either. I'm assuming you are changing the oil regularly and it will not need it in the oil. Any full synthetic leaves the motor spotless as it is.

[jpowell490]

GEEZ GUYS! Run it through the gasoline but don't put it into your oil. It is a thin solvent and should never be near your oil unless you haven't changed your oil in 20,000 miles. Gasoline is fine as it will not hurt anything, but in the oil is not ok unless you change it out quickly. As for a turbo, it will thin out the oil some so I would not recommend it in the oil for a turbo either. I'm assuming you are changing the oil regularly and it will not need it in the oil. Any full synthetic leaves the motor spotless as it is.

Not true young grasshopper! It is fine to leave in your oil, that has been addressed by seafoam. It is very safe stuff.

[RX1Jim]

The guys on here who swear by using Seafoam, how do you know it is actually doing any good? Just beacuse the engine smokes like hell when you pouur it in the intake does not mean it is actaully doing anything other than creating more pollution. You can make an engine smoke like hell by pouring oil in the intake.

[mnrf900r]

put it in the crank case of one of my old cars. motor blew up 2 days later. Granted I was 18 at the time and dumb, I still swear by not using it

[Dr E]

Some may find this odd, but on older carberated engines, the trick was to take a small cup of water and with the engine at idle "SLOWLY" poor a little water into the intake. The steam from the water being heated would clean the tops of the pistons, intake and exhaust valves. As my father would say "a little is good, to much and you'll blow the tops of the pistons out".

Another trick on gas engines that works good for cleaning them out is 1 quart of diesel in a tank of gas. Smokes like a sun of a gun but does the same thing except for the whole motor.