Seafoam wowza
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Darth Vader
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You won't ruin cats. The only thing that ruins them are unltra-rich mixtures of fuel/air. It loads them up, skyrockets their temp and melts them. Alcohol burns a hell of alot cooler than gas and it's only a tiny amount.
...and there's no way in hell I'd pour Seafoam in the crankcase. There's little buildup there if you change the oil regularly. You won't dilute oil with alcohol as it won't enter solution with oil. The white gas and light oil will enter solution with the oil and change its properties. There's no reason to do this.
...and there's no way in hell I'd pour Seafoam in the crankcase. There's little buildup there if you change the oil regularly. You won't dilute oil with alcohol as it won't enter solution with oil. The white gas and light oil will enter solution with the oil and change its properties. There's no reason to do this.
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I guess what's more important is to put at least 3/4 of a can into the vac line.
If you only bought one, i would suggest just putting the whole thing in the vac line because that's how it's gonna take most of the carbon build-up off.
Don't try and put just a quarter of bottle on the gas tank, it's useless. If you really want to do it on the gas tank, put at least 1/2 of a can on about 5 gallons of fuel.
And like Darth said, i haven't heard anybody's cat getting ruined because of this and people have been doing this on their cars for more than 20 years, no problems.
Your engine will thank you for doing this. I did it on mine and it's soooo much better after only 37k.
If you only bought one, i would suggest just putting the whole thing in the vac line because that's how it's gonna take most of the carbon build-up off.
Don't try and put just a quarter of bottle on the gas tank, it's useless. If you really want to do it on the gas tank, put at least 1/2 of a can on about 5 gallons of fuel.
And like Darth said, i haven't heard anybody's cat getting ruined because of this and people have been doing this on their cars for more than 20 years, no problems.
Your engine will thank you for doing this. I did it on mine and it's soooo much better after only 37k.
Thanks guys.....Think ill be doing that before my next change. Yeah I change my oil every 4-5000 miles with Catrol Edge full sythetic.
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Decades?
seriously?
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- 06 LS MS6
07 BM GT (shell has been struck from the roll)
SO if I gather correctly....
your trying to get seafoam into the combustion chamber, enough to physically wet the the crowns and disolve/soften carbon deposits, then burn it all out
I wouldn't try it with this motor, but I did pull the plugs on the rolla and poured 2 ozs of a 50/50 mix of berrynmans chemtool and marvel into each pot
let it sit for an hour or so then cranked it out. helluva mess
did a great job of removin crap though it went in thin red and came out blacker than a ms3 tailipe
H3br3w_Ham3r
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Why wouldn't you try it on this motor?
SomnoSpeed3
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drledford93
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Just finished doing mine and it works! My engine idles much, much smoother (39k miles on the clock). Anything else is subjective, but this is clear. You can hear it idle as smooth as my 16 month old son's behind...
Daniel
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PIA pullin the IC, and fear of the unknown.
and the rolla had 160K when I was cleanin carbon did it right before i chnged valve seals
When IFthis car sees that kinda miles we will have become fast friends
Still hate the POS tranny in this car, wish it had a honda tranny they are nice, and tough this one is mushy, on a good day
H3br3w_Ham3r
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Why would you have to pull the intercooler?
Everything needed for seafoam is available without that.
Best line to use to suck Seafoam into the engine would be the vac hose with the blue locking clip right at the front of the intake mani. That line is in the intake path before it hits any of the runners, which means you'll get best distribution. If you stand right in front of the car with the hood open and look down between the engine and the radiator, you'll see it coming off the mani just after the TB.
Remove that vac hose by squeezing the sides of that blue clip and pulling up, then take a small piece of vac hose about 2 feet long and big enough to fit over that nipple that comes off the intake mani and slip it on. Pour 1/3 a bottle of Seafoam in a cup, start the car (it might idle a bit weird due to the vac leak, but it should stay running), then hold the vac hose slightly over the Seafoam to suck it up slowly. DON'T submerge the hose in the Seafoam, that will just suck it all right up and stall the engine without letting it do its job.
Once you're done sucking up all the Seafoam, remove your temp vac hose and reinstall the stock hose. Then just following the rest of the instructions on the side of the can.
Remove that vac hose by squeezing the sides of that blue clip and pulling up, then take a small piece of vac hose about 2 feet long and big enough to fit over that nipple that comes off the intake mani and slip it on. Pour 1/3 a bottle of Seafoam in a cup, start the car (it might idle a bit weird due to the vac leak, but it should stay running), then hold the vac hose slightly over the Seafoam to suck it up slowly. DON'T submerge the hose in the Seafoam, that will just suck it all right up and stall the engine without letting it do its job.
Once you're done sucking up all the Seafoam, remove your temp vac hose and reinstall the stock hose. Then just following the rest of the instructions on the side of the can.
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drledford93
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You're probably one of the 16 year old kids who think any civic is the most awesome road car there is. If you've actually driven anything besides a civic, you'd know that this transmission is good. (I've had an Integra before, many years ago so I know their transmissions.)
If you've never done it and have no proof that it is harmful to these cars, please keep the insults to yourself. Thanks.
I've done it twice now, 1st at 20K miles and now at 30K and I have to say I like seeing all the black crap out of the exhaust and it makes me feel good but I'm not sure I really notice a difference with smoother idle. But my car has always run great with barely a hiccup.
The first time, I used the brake booster line. It worked well but it was kind of a hassle. Not a problem, just more difficult than I thought it needed to be. This time I pulled off my BOV with both lines still connected and just pushed it out of the way. Then I poured half a bottle of seam foam into a water bottle (very dry) and put the cap back on with a small hole punched in the top of the cap. I had a buddy start the car while I pressed the water bottle up against and into the TMIC hole for the BOV. Not much air leaked so the car ran well. Took about a minute to squeeze all the sea foam from the bottle into the intake and then shut it off and waited 5 minutes while I put everything back together. I like the idea of running it past the intake butterfly as well as getting pretty even distribution to all the cylinders.
I saw an earlier post to use the small line from the BOV but it seems like that's biased toward the #4 cylinder on the intake manifold. Maybe it's not a big deal but it seems like the sea foam would have a long way to go to make it to the #1 intake runner.
The first time, I used the brake booster line. It worked well but it was kind of a hassle. Not a problem, just more difficult than I thought it needed to be. This time I pulled off my BOV with both lines still connected and just pushed it out of the way. Then I poured half a bottle of seam foam into a water bottle (very dry) and put the cap back on with a small hole punched in the top of the cap. I had a buddy start the car while I pressed the water bottle up against and into the TMIC hole for the BOV. Not much air leaked so the car ran well. Took about a minute to squeeze all the sea foam from the bottle into the intake and then shut it off and waited 5 minutes while I put everything back together. I like the idea of running it past the intake butterfly as well as getting pretty even distribution to all the cylinders.
I saw an earlier post to use the small line from the BOV but it seems like that's biased toward the #4 cylinder on the intake manifold. Maybe it's not a big deal but it seems like the sea foam would have a long way to go to make it to the #1 intake runner.
SallySpeed3
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I agree completely. I tried doing this yesterday, put the seafoam through the bov vac line like some people suggested, used about half the bottle. Let the car sit for a while, then started it, no black smoke, mostly grey, smelled really bad. Wasn't too thrilled with how it worked, but figured hey maybe my engine was just clean. Started it this morning, check engine light, Misfire in Cylinder 4. Cleared the code, started car up again and it's been fine. But I definitely agree that using the BOV line isn't the best way, maybe I'll try your idea.
liquidflem
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Darth, the BOV is located where? Sorry for my ignorance, i am assuming this is not the BPV pressure line (small one) - or maybe it is?
Thanks!
Darth Vader
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Yeah, p and o are right next to one another on the keyboard.
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Uh, 16?
You might want to read my list of previously owned cars, or, take the TABE A
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Darth Vader
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Bwahaha....I try to read German just for fun.....got enough of that to know where you're going, lol
