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Well I just poured in some seafoam.

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Old 10-10-2006, 08:37 PM
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Default Well I just poured in some seafoam.

1/3 through the brake booster, 1/3 in the gas tank, 1/3 in the oil. Now to wait 15 minutes and then it's smoke show time. Knowing my luck, the carbon was the only thing holding my gaskets and seals together

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Old 10-10-2006, 08:39 PM
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Let us know how it turns out.
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Old 10-10-2006, 08:40 PM
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you're in for a treat!!! that stuff works great
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Old 10-10-2006, 08:45 PM
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I'm kinda wishing I didn't do it now, LoL. It's going to completely smoke out the neighborhood isn't it? At least i tried to wait until dark to do it. And the longer I let it sit, the worse it's going to be. Hopefully it will clean things out though. I guess more smoke = more gooder

So how long can I expect it to smoke up?
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Old 10-10-2006, 08:51 PM
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i work near autozone and i see alot of people just pouring it in their cars in the parking lot

let me tell you.... it will look like your house is on fire lol.

lots and lots of smoke... it also smells horrible. pour it in and walk away lol
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Old 10-10-2006, 08:55 PM
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I've heard of the stuff, but what does it actually do ? pretty much clean out the engine ? What benifits do you get from it. I've never realy looked into it.
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Old 10-10-2006, 08:59 PM
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Okay, this is really weird. I waited 20 minutes then went out and fired her up. It was rough starting at first, but then a small white puff of smoke came out and that was it....nothnig else. So I drove to a small straight stretch of road and went WOT up to 5 PSI of boost. I got another small white puff then but nothnig after. Right now it's in the driveway running but still nothing.

This means one of two things. I either screwed up and didn't put enough in (1/3 on the bottle went in) or it means I had a really clean engine to begin with. I'd be surprised to find that a 1995 mustang would be that clean though.
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Old 10-10-2006, 09:03 PM
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I've heard of the stuff, but what does it actually do ? pretty much clean out the engine ? What benifits do you get from it. I've never realy looked into it.
Basically, it cleans out pretty much anything you can think of, lol. let a vacuum line suck it in the engine and it will clean out the carbon that builds up in there. Pour it in hte gas tank to clean the injectors, etc. Pour it in the crankcase to clean valves, lifters, etc. Basically it just cleans everything. And as you can imagine, a cleaner engine will run much better. Better idle, smother acceleration and better response, etc.
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Maybe i'll try it out sometime down the road.
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Old 10-10-2006, 09:18 PM
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Seafoam= firefighters getting called out

http://videos.streetfire.net/search/...3db1b41c75.htm
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