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Old Apr 14, 2008 | 01:10 AM
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ok so ive been seein alot of questions on wat seafoam is and how to use it:
So ive decided to do a write up on it and what it is and how to use it hope tis helps
seafoam=

Cleans fuel injectors
Cleans carburetor jets
Cleans carbon
Stabilizes fuels
Upper cylinder lube
Removes moisture in fuel
De-icer
Frees sticky lifters
Frees sticky rings
Removes moisture in oil
Cleans P.C.V. systems
Cleans catalytic converter odors
Oxygen sensor safe




ok now on how to use it:
first off u a 1/3 of it in ur gas

second u put another 1/3 in ur oil
and then another 1/3 in ur brake booster
all shown circled in red in the image

after u do all this start it up and rev it some then take it out and drive it hard so u can run all the seafoam out,uve done this when ur car quits producing the white smoke..
after about 50-100 miles u should change ur oil to get all the gunk out of it that the seafoam has cleaned out..
Old Apr 14, 2008 | 10:01 AM
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WRONG !!!

Your brake booster line will favor cleaning the driver's side of the intake, not the passenger side.

Take a close look where the other end of the brake booster line goes and you'll see the PCV connection to the manifold is the best CENTRAL location to equally disperse to ALL of the intake.

I didn't realize this until AFTER I wasted 6.99 on the can (at Pep Boys)

Old Apr 14, 2008 | 10:39 AM
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well its not wrong it works both do in fact i just find it easire to start the car and let it suck the saefoam up the brake boost line then turn the car off and let it sit but thats just methen i start it a little later (a few mins)
Old Apr 14, 2008 | 12:23 PM
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i just seafoamed my car yesterday. but yeai waited about 10-15 minutes after i put the seafoam in.. then started it and let it idle for about 10 min... then took it for a "high reving" drive
Old Apr 14, 2008 | 12:57 PM
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so is this 'how to' good or not? i'm getting confused by your comments[&:]
Old Apr 14, 2008 | 03:09 PM
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Thats where i put mine in at i jus let it suc it up the line it worked good fo mine
Old Apr 14, 2008 | 03:16 PM
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i mean itsdecent "write up"
Old Apr 14, 2008 | 03:21 PM
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good enough to be a sticky or wat??
Old Apr 14, 2008 | 04:26 PM
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good enough to be a sticky or wat??
Not yet, lots of stuff needs to be tweaked in this thread.

With Seafoam, you can do anything with it. You can put the entire can in your gas tank, the entire can in your crank case, or the entire can in your brake booster, or other areas. It depends on what you want to clean out. If you want to really clean somthing, you need one full can for each thing, depending on the size of your engine and/or tank.


As far as the oil goes, when you put the can of seafoam in your oil, you need to drive hard for 1000 miles or so to get it really cleaned out.

Whats the use of putting the seafoam cleaner in and just getting an oil change 50 miles later? 50 miles wont get it as clean as you could.

Seafoam is incredible stuff and will clean damn near anything, valves, pistons, injectors, brake lines, etc.


Old Apr 14, 2008 | 05:21 PM
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Does it matter if you do all three areas separately? I was going to put it in the oil but not anything else.



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