-=ZAK=-

i used sea foam on my car i put 2oz's through the intake and it foud all my plugs and messed up my distributor coil yeah how does that happen? i put it in through a vacum hose like i was told let it set for 15min cranked it and 30min it cut its self off and due to foud plugs and a bad coil.

has this ever happened to anyone else?

D50boy

Might have had a lot of crud in your intake manifold or oil the may have been from a leaky valve seal. Probably got washed into the cylinder and got on your plugs. It can happen.

SiYouLater

You are supposed to change the plugs and oil afterward anyways. No idea how the coil got messed up though.

nightscream

you dont have to change your oil and plugs afterwards at least I never have and have NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS I just drive the $hit out of my car afterwards. Your supposed to let it set for 10 - 15 min then go for a hard drive.

Unseen Racer

WTF?!?!?!?!?
you HAVE to change your oil after using seafoam. seafoam dilutes your oil making it worthless since it will not lubricate moving parts. thats why you change your oil after using seafoam

mortificationrock

Yup.

He probably F'ed up the car more than it already was before the seafoam....LoL

sp00ledbseries

you DO NOT have to change your oil if you put it in through the brake booster line. if you put it in the crank case yes. but you should change your plugs after you run it through your brake booster line

-=ZAK=-

i never put any in the oil or gas. just the intake

redsled00

I think the proper way is to use 1/3 in the crankcase 1/3 in the brake booster and 1/3 in the gas tank. Run car hard then change oil and plugs. I did that with my civic and it ran a lot smoother after that.

trustdestruction

correct



Shouldn't have caused bad coil. Coincidence I guess.

And seriously, NGK V-powers are like $8 for all 4, so who cares. Buy the new plugs and rest knowing you have brand new spark plugs and won't have to replace them for longer.

Unseen Racer

WTF?!?!?! are you stupid or do you just not know anything? either way you MUST change the oil because it still gets in your oil which leads it to be diluted.

read this.
some of the smartest people in honda-tech commented on this thread. read it and tell me you dont have to change your oil. even the OP says you have to change your oil even though he put it in the brake booster line

nightscream

I Have never had any problems what so ever after using seafoam!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I use it in my IM ands IT never in my oil and I have never changed my plugs after running the seafoam I just drive the **** out of the car till the plugs clear up

I'll say it again never problems what so ever after using seafoam in my intake manifold and I have been doing it for over 10 years STUPID

SlowIntegraLS

I a firm beleiver in if its not oil, gasoline and air going through and airfilter, it wasnt meant to be ran through your engine.

trustdestruction

yea, you're right
you're not suppose to put seafoam in the engine, you're suppose to drink it

iliv2xlr8

Sometimes you have to think outside of the self induced box......

j30 a1sauce

What line did you use to put it in? Did you also do the crankcase and the gas tank?

I did mine this summer with about 100000 miles and had no problems, made it idle a ish ton smoother.

callmechad

ok sorry for a pointless question. but what exactly this this seafoam do? and when do you kno you should do it? and how do u do it?

Unseen Racer

read this ok
https://honda-tech.com/forums/showth...hlight=seafoam

well knowledge people PROVE that seafoam is bad for the engine. EVEN the OP said that you have to change your oil after using seafoam. AND HE HIMSELF PUT IN IN THROUGH THE BOOSTER LINE!!!

Unseen Racer

seafoam is supposed to clean carbon build up from your engine, intake mani and exhaust mani. but while doing so, it dilutes your oil. read the link to the thread that i posted. they explain there what happens

trustdestruction

just to clarify, are you suggesting that we shouldn't use seafoam or are you agreeing that you need to change the oil right after and that's the OP of this thread's problem is he didn't do it right?

EDIT: okay i think i figured out your stance, nevermind