I plan on putting royal purple oil and trans fluid in my 5th gen prelude. It has 144000 miles so I want to clean the internals of both my manuel trans and motor. I have been told that automatic transmission fluid works as a clean, that if I put half a quart in the motor and run it for a day then it would clean it out but I was told this by guys that like domestics so....does it apply to hondas as well?

 

Seafoam IMO is as good as any fuel/oil additive out there.

 

Its a cleaning additive? where can I get it?

 

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yes it is, Walmart, O'reilly's, Autozone, Advanced Auto, Pep Boys,...ect.

 

I would advise against using Seafoam in the crankcase. Its basically kerosene, probably not the best thing to be slushing around rubber seals.

 

there's a monster in the top left hand side of your picture in your signature...

why don't you come around aim no more? and i heard that seafoam rumor too, sure everyone who's heard the name has. but i read a thread or article recently about how it's not true. someone somewhere left some o-rings or seals or something in a seafoam overnight and it came out fine, clean, but fine. i'd use seafoam, probably only half what it says to but some better than nothing i think. but then again i only have 50k miles so i have less to worry bout

 

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why don't you come around aim no more? and i heard that seafoam rumor too, sure everyone who's heard the name has. but i read a thread or article recently about how it's not true. someone somewhere left some o-rings or seals or something in a seafoam overnight and it came out fine, clean, but fine. i'd use seafoam, probably only half what it says to but some better than nothing i think. but then again i only have 50k miles so i have less to worry bout</TD></TR></TABLE>



I'll talk to you during the weekend.

Back to the issue at hand. I'll accept your article regarding the seals being fine after an overnight seafoam soaking. I will bring this up though, a higher mileage motor, one that has not been well maintained (ran on synthetic oil), will have build up around seals which seafoam, and synthetic oil, will eat away at. This can cause leaks to appear when there were none, simply from cleaning away the build up.

 

In my experience auto-rx is the best product I've used. A very visible difference under the valve cover and it's a gradual process unlike Seafoam which actually conditions seals.

 

Where can you pick up Auto-RX?

 

auto-rx.com . Very highly regarded product in the oil forums.

 

Back in the day i worked at an oil change shop and we used to use ATF to do engine flushes . ATF has detergents in it so its good for cleaning gunk and ish. You dont need much like 250 to 500 ml . You dont always need to use it just put it in couple weeks before you next oil change . You should know tho if your car has any leaks flushing your engine could make it leak more .


with my advice im not a mechanic

 

i thought i mentioned the revealing leaks thing but i guess i forgot. but i agree with you there.

vinuneuro: what do you mean by conditions the seals? in a good or bad way?

 

auto-rx does the seals good. high-mileage oils have seal conditioners too.

 

yep, best dagle ever.

seriously though, people have used ATF successfully to flush their motors. the thing is, unlike seafoam you only want to idle with it in the motor, you do not want to drive it to blast it out.

 

So with my mileage would you still recommend a flush I have used synthetic oil since I have owned and I got it at 114000 Miles and I have flushed it before with generic flushes but I don't no if they work. I guess Im a little **** about keeping my motor at its best. Seafoam do you just put it in when the motor has no oil?

 

Any of the products should be mixed with the motor oil. Follow the directions of the product you use. They are specific.

 

Ok thanks bro