xluben

i have been consuming a lot of oil, and have been thinking of trying seafoam, but i have some questions:

can i just pour it in where the pcv valve enters?
how long should i let it sit?
how far should i drive right after?
how soon after should i change my oil/plugs?
what are the possibly side effects?

Patman

Here is what I do

Pour it in PCV slowly until it stalls
Let it sit for 15 minutes- your supposed to run the **** out of it after you fire it back up and thats much better done when its warm duh.
Keep on it the best you SAFELY can until the white smoke goes away.
I don't think you have to change your plugs or even your oil unless you put it in your oil directly then I'd go like 500 miles.
Some people say it can cause leaks when cleaning carbon that used to plug oil in but who knows.

xluben

my car is going through over a quart of oil every half tank of gas

i put in a bottle of http://www.auto-rx.com about 1k miles ago, but it hasn't shown any improvement.

it's time for the "rinse" phase (change oil/filter, drive 2-3k more miles) and then i'm supposed to re-do treatment (for cars with more than 100k miles).

do you think i should continue treatment (slow, have to make sure i top off oil frequently or risk damage)?

or should i try the quick method (seafoam)?

i also read of a marvel mystery oil piston soak. any thoughts on this?

will any of these treatments help? or do i need more serious attention?

also, i should note that there's no "puddling" of oil under the car, but there is dark blue-ish smoke at high rpm's.

Homesickelian

I'm sorry to say but I think if your car is burning oil, seafoam will just make it worse. It will cause your gaskets to dry out more and inturn leak more. There are other symptoms seafoam can rescue but I don't think leaking oil is one of them.
I like seafoam a lot but I think this will just aggrivate your issue.
You should do other tests to see if your engine is in decent shape.

pos_cd5

try a coouple bottles of Alemite CD2. heard some pretty good stuff about it from my auto teahcer and stuff on the net.

wlee112

i dont understand where im supposed to pour the seafoam into to get that white smoke effect... which cleans your carburetor? how much do i pour in? and where exactly do i pour it into? wheres the vacuum hose? is that the hose that connects to your intake? that goes into the head gasket?

iam7head

here is how i use it.

i buy it, open it and pour it down the drain.

there's no magic in a bottle people, if you need to clean the motor, honda sells their version of the product.

just a simple idea: how is a liquid strong enough to clean out carbon deposite, gentle enough to not melt fuel pump mesh and filter, and somehow it works as lube in the main bearing? and they sell it for 6 buck?

sony224422

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there aren't carbs on cars anymore. haven't been for a good 20+ years..

Centripital

FYI: Seafoam will not help oil leaking problems.

You need to slowly feed it into your brake booster line. Do not do it too quickly as you can hydrolock your engine.

Search seafoam and you'll get a lot of results. Pros and cons.

I personally wouldnt put it in my crankcase unless the engine was full of sludge.

1989 Honda Accord

if you have a carb on your car use carb cleaner.... take off the carb and clean it dont clean it while its installed on the car. i made that mistake and it almost blowed my bro's 28 y/o engine up.

Homesickelian

His cardomain shows he's got a 99accord, so I'm assuming no Carb. I'd really not recommend using seafoam if you have an oil leak though, it will just make it worse....