Well, I just got the car three weeks ago. So it was someone else's mess I was working with.

 

That likely justifies it...

Seafoam was first sold as a "cure" for marine engines that were improperly stored for months in shacks by the ocean, or consistently run cold because of the crappy sort of cooling systems employed back then--hence the name Seafoam.

Unless you engine has been horribly maintained (or improperly stored in a boathouse for 6+ months) there is NO need, ever, to subject it to Seafoam.

I have not had any need or desire to use it in nearly 50 years of taking care of all sorts of motorised thingys...

 

Well, after my 4 years of taking care of a couple sorts of motorized things, I'm done using seafoam. Thanks cliff for the great information... again.

 

This is the sort of engine that would benefit from Seafoam (it's a Toyota V6, but I've seen American V8s in th same ****-poor condition):


Keep the damned oil clean!!!

 

^wow... thats a mess, i would like to see that thing smoke lol

 

I had a photo of an '03 Cobra that was worse (if you can believe that)--I can't find it now but it was enough to make a grown man cry...

 

Damn, I must be too damn arrogant for anyone to listen to me. No one believes me but cliff pops in and it's golden words. I can't wait till I'm "well seasoned in years", lol.


I'm smart I promise. I have degrees and everything.

 

It's OK. I've got your back--always, depend on it...

 

We have a really good mix of people in the 4.6 section now days. I'm proud.

 

This is quite true.

I have dabbled in a number of the other forums, and many of those have a distinctively unpleasant "culture". The regular participants here are a lot more focused on open discussion, debate, and solving problems as opposed to making them...