My Adventures With Seafoam

[alboy86]

ive used it but i didnt put it in the brake booster i poured it through the carb and in the gas tank i have like 165,000 miles and the engines in perfect shape you guys think if i try it itll mess anything up

[alboy86]

one dumb question i have i was wondering where the best place would be to put the stuff in the engine im carb i pulled the one and only brake booster off and it stalled the car is there another line or should i put it down the carb

[MessyHonda]

i let the car run and warm up and then put like 1/4th of it down the carb and started her up like 5 mins later......LOTS OF SMOKE

[mkymonkey]

i believe its SUPPOSED to stall the car. actually youre supposed to let the car "drink" it and then stall it...let the car sit for about an hour (24 is better) and start it up. youre going to have to pump it cuz it wont want to start

once it starts.....thats when the fun begins.....rev the shit out of it

[Ichiban]

If the brake booster hose is attatched only to one intake runner like #1 cyl, DON'T USE THAT HOSE. The cleaner will be only sucked into one cylinder, more than likely hydrolocking the motor. My friend did this to his B18A1 in his integra and bent #1 connecting rod. He was using the AC delco cleaner rather than seafoam but they are practically the same. A free combustion cleaning method is to find a small vacuum hose and dip it periodicaly in a cup of cold water while holding an engine speed of about 2k rpm. The water will turn to steam and will steam clean the carbon build up in your combustion chamber. This method does work. Have you ever removed a cylinder head from an engine that had a bad head gasket causing a coolant leak into one or more cylinders? The affected cylinders are usually spotless. Just make sure you don't hold the vacuum hose in the cup to long. You only need enough water entering the engine to make steam.

This makes far more sense than putting solvents into my oil. I've also heard of mechanics stalling an engine by feeding automatic transmission fluid through the intake, letting her sit, then firing up and revving the bag off of it. Supposed to be a good way to clean the crap off of the chambers.

[Kevii]

Ah i just bought a can of this so i can use with my F/I Engine. So my gas tank is almost full and looking at it...it looks kinda hard to pour it in. Did you guys use a funnel? And so you add 1/3 to the gas tank, 1/3 into the oil thing? (Valve on teh top) , and another 1/3 into wah? Brake booster ?? What is that

WOW I DUG this thread up OOPS LOL

[mkymonkey]

well since you dug the thread up, read it. pretty much should answer your questions.

[Kevii]

Just to make sure, The intake manifold is that thing that says PGM-FI thing right? And the brake booster is that huge line from the tip near the drivers side that goes in and is about 1 inch thick. From what ive read looks like I'm not gonna be pouring into the oil crankthing ...for now...Maybe 1/2 into gas tank and the other half into the Boosterline. So i put 1/2 of it into the gas tank, start the engine, PLug out the booster line and slowly pour it in..i guess with a funnel or without since its so thick. SLowly and slowly and hopefully the engine goes gulp gulp gulp. THen itll shut off by itself? ANd i plug the boosterline back in and let it sit for some hours and all and then start it up and rev it like a bitch vroom vroom. And voila? Cool

[Pico]

you can do it this way:
pour half of the seafoam into a cup.
stick the hose from the booster and sit it in the cup, when you start the engine it will get sucked into the engine.

[Kevii]

Oh thats clever. Thanks for that, and it'll stop sucking in once the engine dies right? So then i can pour the rest into the gas tank

[Pico]

Oh thats clever. Thanks for that, and it'll stop sucking in once the engine dies right? So then i can pour the rest into the gas tank

Yup

[Kevii]

Sweet thanks ;]. Hope i can get to come to your shop one day and do stuffs. Never see you on AIM ._.

[Pico]

Sweet thanks ;]. Hope i can get to come to your shop one day and do stuffs. Never see you on AIM ._.

Yeah come on over if you get a chance.
I hardly ever go on aim or yahoo chat, whenever I do everyone pm's me and I cant type fast enough to keep up with everyone

[Kevii]

Alright one day I'll head on over so to hang for maybe half an hour ^^ i think your place is an hour away. Hit you a PM one day. Lol

[Pico]

cool,
you drive up with frantik

[MessyHonda]

cool,
you drive up with frantik

so yeah sorry to be OT but we need a BBQ meet. my mom said she is willing to cook since you always help me out.

[bubba g]

If you have alot of miles I don't think you want to do this. I had a customer at a shop I was working at that wanted his engine treated GM Top Engine Cleaner, Basically the same stuff but in my opinion a little better. I dumped it down the throttle body and let it sit. Started it and it smoked like you describe but it never quit. It disolved all the carbon off the rings and caused major blow by. His engine was junk! Of course he blamed the shop for tearing up his car, so from then on we warned customers before we did it that it may cause weak point in the engine to get worse.

[Kevii]

Orly thats crazy. How many miles are you talking about

[DaveTheAve]

Question!!!

Did it look like this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=k2IKrHOVgU8

[MessyHonda]

Question!!!

Did it look like this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=k2IKrHOVgU8

yeah but with out the rice.

[DaveTheAve]

Yeah seriously, though I have to tell you, if I ever got a body-kit for free.... I'D USE IT!

... but I won't and I'm not spending that kind of money.

[MessyHonda]

Yeah seriously, though I have to tell you, if I ever got a body-kit for free.... I'D USE IT!

... but I won't and I'm not spending that kind of money.

lol yeah i got really lucky and i found this same kit around my area. i had to go pick it up right away.

here is a pic of the same kit.

[DaveTheAve]

How much??? I'd pay MAYBE $150, but I know they go for $500 used.

Edit: DAMN thats a nice 3g... body kit costs more than it though. LOL!!

[MessyHonda]

How much??? I'd pay MAYBE $150, but I know they go for $500 used.

Edit: DAMN thats a nice 3g... body kit costs more than it though. LOL!!

retail price for the kit is around 700-800 if you can find it. they stop making it. '



that is ToneLoc car he won accord of the month last year i believe.