How to use Seafoam

[Badook]

Well, I'm at 219,000 on my motor, I run it hard every single day, often run it 2 qts. low on oil, but I still get 30mpg and I've never had any significiant problems. No seafoam either!

The beauty of Hondas!!

 

[blacknight]

Just edited the first thread.
I added a useful seafoam link

 

[Qrmis]

I'm not sure that is good idea put the seafoam to oil...

 

[jwong512]

I'm not sure that is good idea put the seafoam to oil...

The seafoam company has tested it and it is safe. I put it in my oil once and my car is running fine 2000 miles later. When I put it in my oil and ran it for a very very short period of time, such as 5 miles, the oil that was drained out contained a lot of sludge. So basically, my engine should be pretty clean now due to the Seafoam. It's not recommended to do it often though considering how acidic it is but it doesn't hurt to do it every major tune up.

 

[LX_F23A1]

I did my car today......all that smoke

 

[finch13]

For the record, SeaFoam is not an acid. It is a solvent made of petroleum distillates so it will dissolve things that are also petroleum based, like wax, varnish, sludge, etc.

There are 2 very real dangers of using the product:
1) When used in the oil it can wash the bearings of oil aka can spin the bearings dry and cause them to spin.

2) Chunks of sludge can be knocked free and block oil passages. Can run bearings or valvetrain dry and ruin bearing.


I seafoamed my car today for the first time... no real noticeable difference, as expected. $7 mechanic-in-a-can

 

[LX_F23A1]

I seafoamed my car today for the first time... no real noticeable difference, as expected. $7 mechanic-in-a-can

Did you pour some into the gas tank?

My injectors were muffed up, and it helped cleaning them.

 

[beardohio]

After a long winter. . .I can't wait to Seafoam for the first time in 2010

 

[LX_F23A1]

its always fun, especially in chicago where you have car illiterate people who, think your burning oil lol.

 

[beardohio]

Did mine on tuesday The idle is the best part for me!