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Old May 10, 2003 | 09:56 AM
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Well, thanks to suggestion of you guys on this site. I've bought SeaFoam to clean my internals up a little. My question is: where's the vacum line to suck this stuff into the engine. I know to some, this is trivial but I'm learning here. If it the one runngint from the intake hose to the valve cover? Do you guys have suggestions/tips when using SeaFoam? Thanks.
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Old May 10, 2003 | 10:14 AM
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Default Re: I'm retarded...Seafoam help pls. (cecknight)

hahah that stuff is awsome! My friend has an old 90 accord he was fixing the top end up (chipped valve) so he ran some of that stuff to help clean it up... after the engine sucks it in (i believe you just use any vaccuum on the intake manifold.. i forget which we used for his) take it for an easy trip down the street and watch the plumes of smoke lol.
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Old May 10, 2003 | 10:23 AM
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I understand it smokes. Can I use any vacum hose from the intake manifold? Like one of the to hoses above the air intake pipe at the intake manifold? I just don't wan to screw anything up here.
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Old May 10, 2003 | 10:34 AM
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Default Re: I'm retarded...Seafoam help pls. (cecknight)

Well bump for you anyways, ive never heard of the stuff. What is it? and what does it do?
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Old May 10, 2003 | 10:57 AM
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yeah I've never heard of it. What does it do?
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Old May 10, 2003 | 11:13 AM
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Default Re: I'm retarded...Seafoam help pls. (osuPrelude)

It's a liquid that can go into several areas of your car: tranny,fuel tank, oil crankcase, throttle body. I'm going for the throttle body today. Its supposed to clean the internals really well. You leave the stuff in your car.

For the area I'm hoping to do today, It'll cause my exhaust to smoke and smell bad for a couple mintues but that supposedly means its working. I've never tried it before so I'm trying to make sure I'm doing it write before I mess up my engine.
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Old May 10, 2003 | 11:55 AM
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Default Re: I'm retarded...Seafoam help pls. (cecknight)

yes, you can use any vaccuum line that goes into the intake. Like i said, I can't remember which we used on his... It was recommended to him by quite a few people who either work on cars directly or deal with parts. Didn't help him obviously... missing a chip out of a valve isn't going to be fixed by that stuff. Just pump it in for a few seconds or whatever the heck the bottle says, leave your car running.. and bang your done.
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Old May 10, 2003 | 12:04 PM
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sweet. Thanks
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Old May 10, 2003 | 03:01 PM
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Default Re: I'm retarded...Seafoam help pls. (cecknight)

hmmm dont think i would be using that crap on my car... alot of those are gimmics... like lucas is nice for domestics but not hondas... lotta times VTEC willnt kick in with lucas... not sayin thats lucas stuff but additives like that.
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Old May 10, 2003 | 03:18 PM
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that stuff kicks ***, every good shop uses it, try it and learn something about it, before u hate on it fool
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Old May 10, 2003 | 04:17 PM
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Default Re: I'm retarded...Seafoam help pls. (BlackPrelude93)

seafoam isn't an additive... you just run it thru via the intake and it helps remove the carbon build-up. It won't affect VTEC or other settings. It just helps burn the carbon off.
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Old May 10, 2003 | 09:54 PM
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seafoam is the ****
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Old May 11, 2003 | 08:01 AM
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read the ****** post again!
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