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Seafoam: Yay or Nay?

Gyoas759

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I've heard mixed reports on how well seafoam is for generally degunking the engine/fuel system. I'm thinking of running some through my burb since it has spent a good deal of time just sitting and probably could stand to lose some sludge. Would love to hear some thoughts on those more experienced and knowledgable. Is this stuff as good as it claims to be?
 
I have used it on a few vehicles it works good for me. They all ran better after a treatment.
 
there is no mixed report on Seafoam, it rules... it's "God's juice" as we refer to it at work... :haha:

I do at least 1 or 2 seafoam treatments a week at work on the boats... I've had it make my job easier thousands of times over the years... I go thru cases of it every year doing various treatments on engines/fuel systems...

3, 4 times a year, couple cans with a full tank of gas is one of the best preventive maintenance routines you can do for a vehicle imo....

THE BEST FUEL TREATMENT EVER. PERIOD.... :bow:
 
I run it frequently through my ATVs to absorb the condensation in the gas tank and keep things cleaner. I've rebuilt the carbs on our rigs a bunch and it visibly makes a big difference.

I ran a whole can through the valves of my DD a few months back. It has 180k on it, and the highway mileage went from 12.3 to 17.2 mpg on the next tank. I didn't do any other abnormal maintenance on the truck around that time so I'd suppose the Seafoam had a whole bunch to do with the gain in efficiency. My cats also smell cleaner now, but I think it's about time to ditch them all together now that I don't have to pass emissions.

It's the same stuff as Deep Creep (literally), which is one of my favorite penetrating oils/cleaners. It cuts through gunk really well, it's just a lot more expensive than carb cleaner lol. Try out some Deep Creep, or dab some Seafoam on a cloth and use it to clean gunk off some metal. You'll see how great of a solvent it is.
 
Sea Foam is a safe and sure way to get the job done. Change plugs and the oil twice. It works amazingly well. You be surprised!
 
would you guys recomend doing it through the vac line or through the fuel tank?
 
pretty sure its supposed to go in the tank. so it cleans every part of the fuel system. its heavy on the detergents to break down varnish and junk
 
I've used Seafoam in every truck that I've had with no ill effects and recommend using it like stated above 1/3 gas tank 1/3 oil 1/3 vacuum lines. Heck I even use the stuff in my Argo 18hp Kohler
 
there is no mixed report on Seafoam, it rules... it's "God's juice" as we refer to it at work... :haha:

I do at least 1 or 2 seafoam treatments a week at work on the boats... I've had it make my job easier thousands of times over the years... I go thru cases of it every year doing various treatments on engines/fuel systems...

3, 4 times a year, couple cans with a full tank of gas is one of the best preventive maintenance routines you can do for a vehicle imo....

THE BEST FUEL TREATMENT EVER. PERIOD.... :bow:


Paul, will you elaborate just a bit as I'm not too clear what side of the fence you are on.:haha::haha::haha::D

It seems to run a bit better on my engine too. Plus I like having all the neighbors walk out onto their front yards to see what house is burning down.:D
 
Any issues with fuel injected motors, specifically tbi?

I run it in my crankcase, fuel, and straight into the topend. I usually run a can through the fuel every few tanks on my DD (vortech 350), and a can in the vac line every couple years. I run fuel treatment pretty liberally, but I'm used to killing the engine by sucking ice crystals through the filter due to condensation freezing at about -25*. If you see any Iditarod or Iron Dog coverage, you'll see Heet getting shipped in by the pallet load (cold climates use a ton of drying treatments to battle condensation).

You really can't use it too often, it's more of how often you want to buy it. I wouldn't recommend going much over the manufacturer's recommended concentration though, at least not in the oil for any prolonged time(you might break it down). I have used a ~25/75 mixture of Seafoam to 5-30 to wash out my ATV engine after rolling it repeatedly down a river. (pictures cuz they're cool :D, you can see my passenger tires behind the Honda in the second picture)
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I used my can of Heet in the gas tank (after dumping the contents), so I used the Seafoam to absorb as much water as possible from the crankcase while I ran just above idle for about a minute. I dumped it out and put 15-40 with about 8oz of Seafoam to drive it back home. Changed the oil at home and hardly saw any signs of moisture contamination.

We run it every tank in our two Honda snowblowers we use for commercial roof snow removal. We bought them both used at a garage sale in the early 90s and have been used about 7-8 months out of the year since then. They still fire right up like they're brand new (part of that is that they're Hondas), rarely any condensation issues or fouled plugs. To emphasize the abuse those motors go through: On a few occasions, employee's have brought their own blowers onto the job (like when we're removing 100,000 sq. ft. of 3' deep snow). I've never seen another snowblower last through an entire day (even seen cracked blocks before).

That became more of a Honda sales-pitch :). They're just really awesome small motors. Anyway, we run Seafoam religiously in all of our equipment and it's always treated us very well. Never had any issues or poor results.
 
i hate to do it but i gotta post it. a customer at my shop used seafoam on his 03 chevy 1500 and didnt realize that you gotta have the engine running, so he pured it right down the vac line and tried to start the and hydroliced #8 and bent the rod
 
i hate to do it but i gotta post it. a customer at my shop used seafoam on his 03 chevy 1500 and didnt realize that you gotta have the engine running, so he pured it right down the vac line and tried to start the and hydroliced #8 and bent the rod

:haha:
Did the Seafoam fix the bent rod?
I'm actually surprised the starter had enough torque to bend the rod.
 
:haha:
Did the Seafoam fix the bent rod?
I'm actually surprised the starter had enough torque to bend the rod.
ya know i never questioned that good point though ill have to ask him when he picks it up they replaced the rod and broke the pump in the trans pullin the motor with the converter still bolted up
 
fallabammas finest. all i know is that id have to close down the shop if people didnt try to fix their sh!t first
 
It seems to run a bit better on my engine too. Plus I like having all the neighbors walk out onto their front yards to see what house is burning down.:D

I did it in teh dorm parking lot as a freshman when freshman weren't allowed to have cars . :haha:
 
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