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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 09:26 AM
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Ok well I went to use that seafoam stuff... and I ran just a little bit through me brake booster line like a fourm on here said to.... well my car bogged out and died. When I go to start it back up it was acting dead! Do I have to wait awhile b4 I am able to start it back up or did I expletive it up??? Thanx for any help!! BTW i have a d16z6
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 09:32 AM
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Hmm, I just got done using the stuff about 20 minutes ago (glad to see we are all pursuaded so easilly ) A question, did you submerge the hose completely in the fluid? 'Cause thats bad
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 09:38 AM
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no I put a small straw in the seafoam, and stuck the other end of the straw into the brake booster vacuum line!
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 09:50 AM
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I just took the line from the brake booster and barely held it above the surface of some Seafoam in a shallow container, if it sucked too much the engine would want to bog down and almost die but I just pulled it away from the surface untill the rpms got back up...I know that doesnt help you now but it seems that you might have got too much in at one time if the car cut out, Im not 100% sure if that's permanently bad or not but you had best start praying to the car gods that you aren't hydrolocked.
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 09:54 AM
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did u give it some gas while u were doin it? u might wanna do that
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 09:58 AM
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No when i went to do it no one gave it gas... but i went to tart it up and gave it gas and no luck!
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 09:59 AM
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Sorry about the typos im just REALLY worried!!!
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 10:12 AM
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turn the key and rev it, see what happens, i doubt that u hydrolocked
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 10:13 AM
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pull all the plugs and the fuse for the fuel pump. with the plugs out crank the car over several times. if you sucked in to much seafoam this will help clear the liquid from the cylinders. reinstall the plugs and the fuse try and start the car . Keep your fingers crossed
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 10:38 AM
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well i tried both ways and no luck... My car isnt doing anything!!! I put my key in and nothing happens... no radio, light, engine life... nothin! I just bought a new battery today and the connections to the battery are tight! And what sucks is I have to be to work in an hour!!!
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 10:55 AM
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I dont want this to sound stupid.... but is there something electric that from the brake booster line to where ever it goes that could have been effacted??? because I dont have any lights, radio, signs of engine life... PLEASE HELP me! thanx
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 11:09 AM
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crazy story , sorry i can't be of help
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 11:10 AM
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Check your main fuse in the under hood fuse box should be 80amps. did you clean all the battery terminals before you installed them?
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 11:14 AM
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If the dash lights aren't even comming up then its definately electrical, I thought it just wasn't starting. Best thing would be is to stick a volt meter on the battery and if its good start tracing it from the battery back to the ignition switch. Check your fuses, fusable links..I cant think of how it would be related to the seafoam though...
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 12:13 PM
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yup check ur battery and keep an eye out for that 80amp fuse because that went on my boys integra and nothing worked since it doesnt let the battery give any power...
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 08:29 PM
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THANX every 1... It sounds stupid but I had some bad *** timing.... (not literary) I was in the process of rechargeing my a/c and had the radio, and maxed a/c going for like an hour straight.... then I went to do the seafoam stuff and it bogged out and die... well my alternator went bad so my brand spankin new battery was D E A D! So I want to thank every one that helped me!!! and my the z6 lives to see another day!!! THANK YOU!
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