Decarbonizing Engine
#1
Decarbonizing Engine
So, as I've detailed in another post on this forum, I think I am getting some pinging under wide open throttle. I have ruled out running lean or the timing as the culprits. I am not totally convinced what I am hearing is pinging, butmy last troubleshooting step is to make sure my problem is not excessive carbon deposits (my mail order tune may have been running rich and my car idled a lot while warming up over the winter).
I am going to be using one of the Seafoam/Techron/etc products. Would you recommend I use it in the intake, gas tank, AND oil? What would be best to achieve the results I am looking for (hopefully, no pinging)? I was going to change the oil soon too, but I've read you need to change the oil after 500 miles if you use it in your oil.
I am going to be using one of the Seafoam/Techron/etc products. Would you recommend I use it in the intake, gas tank, AND oil? What would be best to achieve the results I am looking for (hopefully, no pinging)? I was going to change the oil soon too, but I've read you need to change the oil after 500 miles if you use it in your oil.
#3
RE: Decarbonizing Engine
i've used seafoam, and go for 1/3 gas tank, 1/3 crankcase (change oil after a week or less than 50-100 miles), 1/3 sucked into intake.
follow the instructions on the can and you should be good.
follow the instructions on the can and you should be good.
#6
RE: Decarbonizing Engine
ORIGINAL: JGT
I am going to be using one of the Seafoam/Techron/etc products. Would you recommend I use it in the intake, gas tank, AND oil? What would be best to achieve the results I am looking for (hopefully, no pinging)? I was going to change the oil soon too, but I've read you need to change the oil after 500 miles if you use it in your oil.
I am going to be using one of the Seafoam/Techron/etc products. Would you recommend I use it in the intake, gas tank, AND oil? What would be best to achieve the results I am looking for (hopefully, no pinging)? I was going to change the oil soon too, but I've read you need to change the oil after 500 miles if you use it in your oil.
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RE: Decarbonizing Engine
#8
RE: Decarbonizing Engine
Haven't some people had trouble with seafoam? I can not find the thread. It kind of sounds like a good idea. I'm in the middle of searching/researching this stuff. I'd appreciate any input from people who have used it.
Sleeper2
Sleeper2
#9
RE: Decarbonizing Engine
ORIGINAL: JGT
So, as I've detailed in another post on this forum, I think I am getting some pinging under wide open throttle. I have ruled out running lean or the timing as the culprits. I am not totally convinced what I am hearing is pinging, butmy last troubleshooting step is to make sure my problem is not excessive carbon deposits (my mail order tune may have been running rich and my car idled a lot while warming up over the winter).
I am going to be using one of the Seafoam/Techron/etc products. Would you recommend I use it in the intake, gas tank, AND oil? What would be best to achieve the results I am looking for (hopefully, no pinging)? I was going to change the oil soon too, but I've read you need to change the oil after 500 miles if you use it in your oil.
So, as I've detailed in another post on this forum, I think I am getting some pinging under wide open throttle. I have ruled out running lean or the timing as the culprits. I am not totally convinced what I am hearing is pinging, butmy last troubleshooting step is to make sure my problem is not excessive carbon deposits (my mail order tune may have been running rich and my car idled a lot while warming up over the winter).
I am going to be using one of the Seafoam/Techron/etc products. Would you recommend I use it in the intake, gas tank, AND oil? What would be best to achieve the results I am looking for (hopefully, no pinging)? I was going to change the oil soon too, but I've read you need to change the oil after 500 miles if you use it in your oil.
Check your plugs first and foremost. I've read both on this forum and other articles that the spark plug design and the way they are placed into the motor are notorious for encouraging build-up on the plugs themselves, not the valves or combustion chamber edges where most true carbon deposits build up and where you would use seafoam. Are your exhaust tips really sooty? That's a tell-tale sign you were running rich and where seafoam may prove useful.