Hob684

Ok. I wanted to see what the whole big deal about Seafoam was so i went and bought 2 bottles @ ~$4 each.

Step 1: Went home to change the oil.

The engine (NA y8 w/ ~90k) was still pretty warm so i let it cool for a bit.

I first put about a 1/3 bottle in the crank:



Step 2: I disconnected my brake booster line and SLOWLY :!: poured in the remaining 2/3 bottle WITH the car running. Sometimes it would sputter and start to die but just slow down the pouring and it'll catch back up. *Some smoking may occur*

This is the line i used.



Step 3: i poured the other bottle into my gas w/ about a 1/2 tank. Yes i know this is too much. I believe this was a reason why i was running hot the other night when i was just sitting around ina parking lot w/ my car running. Not TOO hot.. but warmer than normal.. about 2/3 up the gauge.

Now this is where i think i messed up. The bottle says to let it sit "OFF" for about 5-10 min. I didn't do this. *i did rev a bit while i was Seafoaming through the brake booster. This was all the smoke i got....




I then went for a "spirited" drive down my road.

No huge smoke clouds, no problems... It seemed to run a bit smoother and a bit quieter..

I"ve heard that Seafoaming will foul your plugs... so i pulled all of mine and checked. No different than normal. All 4 looked the same.. *i cleaned 'em w/ carb cleaner anyways..



I returned from about a 15min. drive and changed the oil. Then refilled w/ Castrol GTX StartUp 10w40.




All Done!



This is the next Seafoam Project to go under. 1985 Toyota pickup w/ 256k original miles on the odo. I'm gonna do this on spring break. I'm trying to find gaskets for valvecover and a cheap *** headgasket b/c i'm gonna pull all of em before and after and see how well this stuff works.



i'm not scared of f'in this engine up. It runs but no insurance on it b/c its jsut a "work" truck. As you can tell by the flat tires it really sees alot of "work"

Thats all for now.. sorry for the book


Modified by Hob684 at 11:02 PM 2/17/2005

JDMlyfestyle

You suck at the Internet..lol pix dont work.

but thanks for taking the time to do a write up.

SkoundrelUSA

get the pics working mang

Hob684

no.. its called the forum i loaded 'em on has been having problems (i.e.- recent hacks) i'll reload on Cardomain and see if i can get 'em to work.

SkoundrelUSA

use http://www.uploadhut.com

komat

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i bet thats not it

i bet the forum has a outside link protection
you have to in the forum to look at them
http://www.turbod16.com/viewto...afoam

f1z1c

c, the longer you let it sit after the vacuum suck, the more time you are giving the solvent to dissolve sludge.

Hob684

bump for gettin pics to work...

SkoundrelUSA

good job

sockvtec

that truck is so badass, i love the 84-88 yota...but i see that is the FI 22r, that motor is indestructable...i had the carbed 22r in my 86...is that a stock motor tho cause i thought all the 84-88s were carb, but im not sure

gftgrill

I did that on my 99 used the same brake booster line. no smoke at all. let it sit for 5 - 10 minutes. no smoke. but while I was pouring it in the brake line I got a cel. I don't know if that caused it to not smoke or what.

but thanks for the write up.

civiccpedx

nice writeup, i really should just go try this seafoam, but im worried it will jar some **** lose in my 175k mile engine.

SOHC4life 96

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Psssssshhhhhh I've seen people do it on engines with over 200,000 on the clock and nothing happened.

dantastic

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bosch plugs suck. get some NGK's

do we really need seafoam "writeups"? the instructions are right there on the can...

SkoundrelUSA

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mine doesnt....

_BEN_

You know I didn't notice anything different when I did this to my car. It has more than 150k miles on it and the previous owner wasint to punctual about oil changes.

I also did it to my gf's pos (geo prizm) and about a week later it through a check engine light because one of the o2 sensors took a crap.

In the future I will just use some water.

09civichatch[BRS]

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I was waiting for someone to comment on the Bosch piles of crap. NGK or Denso

Setsuna F Seiei