Honda-Tech - Honda Forum Discussion

Honda-Tech - Honda Forum Discussion (https://honda-tech.com/forums/)
-   Honda Prelude (https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-prelude-4/)
-   -   Seafoam = Amazing (https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-prelude-4/seafoam-%3D-amazing-1215326/)

pimpgixxer04 May 5, 2005 10:42 AM

Re: (vtecludeh22)
 
ya my car seems quieter and MUCH smoother.

Kashi May 5, 2005 12:35 PM

Re: (pimpgixxer04)
 
man, it didn't help me at all. oh well, it was still a learning experience! https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...es/emsmile.gif

98TypeSH May 5, 2005 01:47 PM

Re: (Kashi)
 
What does it mean by "Dries Oil and Fuel" ?

Im still pretty skeptical. I would do it to my 215K mile S13, but not to my beloved Ludeski.

raylude May 5, 2005 02:12 PM

Re: (98TypeSH)
 
dryin the fuel means takes water out but dont know if thats what they mean by dryin the oil

Ludeinater May 5, 2005 02:34 PM

Re: (raylude)
 
Allright right dudes i have been selling auto parts at checker for 5 years and the only ones that buy the eliged(spelling?) magic potion SEFOAM are hicks and pick up drivers. all of you who have a can right now open it up and smell it. Basically SEAFOAM is deisel fuel. thats why you can use it on carbs. but you are not supposed to use it in your brake booster or in your F.I. car. it eats yes literally eats o-rings and other gaskets incorporated with fuel injection. that shit hasn't changed for close to 20 years. they didn't have FI cars bakc then. Think about it.

Thanks, your neighborhood parts guy

hoehouseworker May 5, 2005 02:47 PM

Re: (Ludeinater)
 
It says on the back of the can that you can use the brake booster line. I have seen many, many more positive results from seafoam than negative ones.

Do a search in the integra or civic forum and you will see what I mean.

Not to be an asshole or anything, or to offend you (Ludeinater), but I don't believe much of anything anyone has to say that works at an auto parts store like autozone or advanced auto parts. I guess its just where I live, but around here everyone that works at auto parts stores are idiots. "Hey man thats a tyte honda you gots thurr yo, do you ever street race? My home boy drives a turbo'ed civic..."

anyways....just my .02 cents

raylude May 5, 2005 06:18 PM

Re: (hoehouseworker)
 
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hoehouseworker &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> I don't believe much of anything anyone has to say that works at an auto parts store like autozone or advanced auto parts. I guess its just where I live, but around here everyone that works at auto parts stores are idiots.</TD></TR></TABLE>

ouch that hurts i work at advance auto, and im probly the only one who doesnt act like that in my store if anything my customers are like that ''hey that honda got a vtec?'' ''is it a v6?'' and im like yeah?!? i gotta go to the back now. https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif

and the bottle says 100% pure petroleum and isnt that what they make oil from so whats the problem?

and Ludeinater just cuz you work at an auto parts store doesnt mean you have tested all the products you sell and you dont know what happens to the motor over time with every product so dont pretend you do.


eMpAtHy May 6, 2005 02:46 AM

Re: (raylude)
 
anyone else do this with a FI car?

iakona May 6, 2005 05:54 AM

Re: (Kashi)
 
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kashi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">man, it didn't help me at all. oh well, it was still a learning experience! https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...es/emsmile.gif </TD></TR></TABLE>

how many miles did you have when you did it?

teg969 May 6, 2005 07:19 AM

Re: (sh00rik)
 
ok where can i get this in Canada, Montreal Quebec to be more precise, Area...?
thanks

98TypeSH May 6, 2005 07:22 AM

Re: (teg969)
 
Empathy, i believe by FI he meant fuel injected.

darkspector May 6, 2005 07:48 AM

would anyone recommend this for a car with 180k h23? I really want to do it but afraid i might uncover some major leaks.... that will ultimately make my car poop!

VTECRaZeR May 6, 2005 08:20 AM

Re: (darkspector)
 
One of my buddies has a Nissan pickup and we did it on his truck.

It helped out a little bit at first, but then his bottom end started giving up. But it was already on the go anyway. He was just trying to see if it would help his situation. He lost a lot of compression out of this, but then again he already knew this was an issue.

So what I got out of it it's that if you know your motor is still strong and is not loosing compression then it is safe to use it.
I'm going to be using it on my lude sometime soon but I already have plans to build the bottom end so I really have nothing to loose.

https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/embeer.gif

cpforyou Jun 14, 2005 09:25 AM

Re: (VTECRaZeR)
 
Next person who does it.....

Do a compression test before you use it.

Then do another one after.

I'd like to see if it reduces compression.

AndyD Jun 14, 2005 09:52 AM

Re: (cpforyou)
 
I am about to try it on my 240SX. It has a BAD hesitation issue. Let's see if this fixes it.

Do you guys think I can just put a whole can in the crankcase or should I do the brake booster inlet too??

krnfly2damoon Jun 14, 2005 11:01 AM

Re: (AndyD)
 
man, is there anyone who done it long ass time ago? just to see the longtime effect..

raylude Jun 14, 2005 11:38 AM

Re: (AndyD)
 
no you should only put half the can in the oil but if it has alot of miles i whouldnt put it in the oil just the booster line and the intake

AndyD Jun 14, 2005 11:41 AM

Re: (raylude)
 
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by raylude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no you should only put half the can in the oil but if it has alot of miles i whouldnt put it in the oil just the booster line and the intake</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well, I think there is something wrong in the head. Whether it is a stuck valve, or something, not sure. So, you think I should run half a can in the brake booster and the other half through the crancase??

Either way, I am not worried if it messes up the engine. I am already planning for an SR20 or RB20 swap. Right now just isn't the best time to get one.

I hope it fixes it.

Oh, my 240 has 144K miles. It's an 89.

83Rabbit Jun 14, 2005 11:51 AM

Re: (mgags7)
 
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mgags7 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you guys do know that this stuff dry rots all the rubber and piston rings inside your engine.....

you may think it runs better now, but you might pay for it later.....its a toss of a coin....

use a good fuel injection cleaner instead.....</TD></TR></TABLE>

I left mk1 Rabbit CIS injectors in this stuff for a week with rubber O rings on them as well. I took them out after a week of soaking in a sealed container. The Rubber O rings were in perfect shape. The fact that this stuff dissolves rubber and gaskets is false. Yes it will dissolve some soft rubber and dryrot it but not the kind that would be used in fuel systems or engines, probably a kind that would be used in rubber bands or something of that sort.

83Rabbit Jun 14, 2005 11:53 AM

Re: (Ludeinater)
 
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ludeinater &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Allright right dudes i have been selling auto parts at checker for 5 years and the only ones that buy the eliged(spelling?) magic potion SEFOAM are hicks and pick up drivers. all of you who have a can right now open it up and smell it. Basically SEAFOAM is deisel fuel. thats why you can use it on carbs. but you are not supposed to use it in your brake booster or in your F.I. car. it eats yes literally eats o-rings and other gaskets incorporated with fuel injection. that shit hasn't changed for close to 20 years. they didn't have FI cars bakc then. Think about it.

Thanks, your neighborhood parts guy</TD></TR></TABLE>

read above as far as the O rings go.

EsQueue Jun 28, 2005 11:51 AM

Re: (83Rabbit)
 
Hmmm, I stay away from internet bandwagons ever since that BULLSHIT about GM syncromesh. It fucked up my tranny. The only good that came out of it was that I had a mis-labeled f22 tranny in my h22 so putting in an h22 tranny worked wonders.

FUCK INTERNET BANDWAGONS https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emthdown.gif https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emthdown.gif

cpforyou Jun 28, 2005 12:13 PM

Re: (SeaQuake)
 
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SeaQuake &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hmmm, I stay away from internet bandwagons ever since that BULLSHIT about GM syncromesh. It fucked up my tranny. The only good that came out of it was that I had a mis-labeled f22 tranny in my h22 so putting in an h22 tranny worked wonders.

FUCK INTERNET BANDWAGONS https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emthdown.gif https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emthdown.gif </TD></TR></TABLE>

http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/assets/images/bandwagon.gif


Cashis Lee Jun 28, 2005 12:51 PM

Re: (cpforyou)
 
Test specimen: H23 w/ 154k

Compression before:

190 / 195 / 195 / 200

Then seafoam - 1/3 in brake booster, 1/3 in crankcase, 1/3 in quarter tank of gasoline.

Compression after:

190 / 195 / 195 / 200

This is using multiple measurements and taking a rough average. All measurements were in the +/- 5 range.

So proof - Seafoam does not hurt motors that are in good shape, only motors that are being held together by carbon build-ups, etc will see loss of compression. This is not because the Seafoam is bad, it is because the motor was going to fail sooner or later anyways.

KaoSyN Jun 28, 2005 07:32 PM

Re: (Cashis Lee)
 
GJ with the comp test.

Well Im gonna be changing my oil next week and the one question I have is how much gas should you have in your tank when u add the seafoam. Or does it even matter?

MNsnowdaboy Jun 28, 2005 08:31 PM

Re: (SeaQuake)
 
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SeaQuake &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hmmm, I stay away from internet bandwagons ever since that BULLSHIT about GM syncromesh.

FUCK INTERNET BANDWAGONS https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emthdown.gif https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emthdown.gif </TD></TR></TABLE>

I just put some Pennzoil Syncromesh last weekend and feels good, so the jump right back on the bandwagon people.


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 06:51 PM.


© 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands