Ok, there's this stuff, called Seafoam, you can buy it at yoru local autoparts store, it cleans out all the carbon in your engine, and is supposed to help it run smoother. So I decided to try it. Before you start, if you do this (which you should) know a few things: Have a funnel with a very small opening (refer to vaccum line pic) a funnel would have made things much easier. Be out side ! Alot, and i mean ALOT of smoke will come out of your car. Have a freind to help. ok, so here it is.

Here is the product, seafoam sitting on my car

 

Here is the vaccum line you should use, if you use a differnt vaccum line, make sure it feeds ALL cylinders.




it might be on there pretty good, but if you tug hard enough, that som' bitch will come off eventually




Now, take my word use a small plastic funnel!! Luckily my mom is an Anestisiologist, and has weird as hoses and medical stuff in a box, so what me and a freind did was take one tube put it in the vaccum line, take another tube, put it in the seafoam can, and put that tube in the first tube

Here you'll see my finger over the tube, you'll need to cover the vaccum line with your finger while a freind starts the car, if not the car will stall out.

 

Then what we did was connect the tubes, let the car suck a little seafoam out (the vaccum is strong) stop it, wait again for a sec, let a lil more seafoam in, let the car idle for a few secs, and repeat this process.

Now what you should do if you have a funnel instead of weird tubes, is take your finger off the hole, slap the funnel on, have a bud pour a lil in, take the funnel out, cover the hole for 20-30 seconds, and repeat. Sometimes if you give it alot of seafoam it will sound like the car is about to stall out, dont worry, it comes back, most of the time, too much air or seafoam, and the car will stall.

heres a pic with the tubes, just connected, and the vaccum about to suck..




and just do that untill the whole bottle is gone

During and after the process, the car will spew ALOT of smoke! and I mean alot, its actually really cool =) These next pics dont do it justice, they were taken near the end.

It took a few minutes after the seafoam for most of the smoke, i revved it to about 1500 and kept it there for like a min, and ALOT came out




and thats it your done!!! Easy process, and fun to see a giant cloud of smoke =) I'm going to do this everytime I change my oil from now on. If you have any questions, just ask. Now go get some Seafoam!

 

I actually had a friend refer me to this. I wont put it in my mustang but id try it in my winter beater. that thing has to be pure carbon internally...

Putting it in your mustang every oil change is going to eat away your rings and other delicate engine parts. Its made to eat at the build-up and if theres no buildup its going to eat whatever is in place. Its also a mutagen (mutation causing agent) so you could grow a lung on your face from being exposed from this. Its something to be used sparingly.

 

Hmm, it said for best results, use every 2-5000 miles

 

for best profit - recommend every 2000-5000 miles is more like it. They arent going to make money as a company if they suggest it once a year, which is more logical and realistic.

 

Yeah i kinda figured, eh mabey every 10 k

 

im gonna try this on my beater. its probably gonna be smoking PURE BLACK SMOKE! lol, its as slow as frozen dog **** and drinks gas. mabye ill see some great results with it.

 

Nice write-up, I posted this on a few more forums...I'll give it a try one of these days...let us know how the car performs or any side effects...like blowing up.

 

so is there any difference in idle, driving, or ride?

 

I talked to someone who used it before and they said that the idle was a lot smoother idle, and better throttle response.

 

My idle just started to jump around a few days ago, it smoothed out almost immediatley after doing it

 

It doesnt do as much as you think it does. I ran Seafoam through my PCV valve and through my intake and it didnt do too much at all. Created a lot of smoke, but I still had a TON of carbon on my IMRC plates and all over my intake.

Seafoam does a little, but if you REALLY want to fix your idle issues, break the whole thing down and clean it.

 

Thats because that POS is beyond repair...

 

Nah, not beyond repair...just needs a little updating on a few parts

 

Ima give it a try this weekend.

 

sweet, good luck, it took me and my freinds several attempts to get a good system worked out,so dont get discouraged

 

if you guys wanna improve your throttle response, you should try cleaning your throttle body with b-12. just spray it in there and use an old toothbrush(or sumthin similair) and scrub off all the crabon behind the throttle plate.

 

Dont put it on your throttle body blades. They are coated with a material that is NOT supposed to come off.

 

do it ALL day long on caddies. no problem yet.

 

P.S. we dont drive caddilacs

 

throttle body is a throttle body. ive done it on stangs too. no trouble yet.

 

I used Seafoam today. That stuff is fun as hell to use. I used a tube like you guys suggested and just let the Vacuum effect suck the seafoam out of the bottle. No smoke came out while doing this, but as soon as the whole bottle was done, I held the RPMs at 1500 like you advised. wow smoke came pouring out, haha, that was awesome. I then took it around the neighborhood jumping on and off the throttle, leaving tons of smoke behind me! Definately fun to use, i'll try and update to see if I can tell any difference.

 

Yeah, lol I did that too, and it was about 6 oclock on oct 31st (holoween) so it looked like an eeire (sp?) mist, it was awsome

 

An eerie...Cancerous Carbon Filled Mist...

 

Ive got a 95 gt and was wondering which vacuum line i use?? Is it the one next to the master cylinder that goes from the intake to the t-fitting for the PCV valve??

My cars has some detonation and im sure its from carbon on the pistons, ive already cleaned the MAF sensor and that helped the idle. So id like to try this and see if i get any better results, thx.....

Oh yeah where can i buy a can of the seafoam??

 

im not sure on your year, just make sure it feeds ALL cylinders



and u can buy seafoam at any auto parts store

 

hey jon, I was lookin at a bunch of fuel injector type cleaners(but not this specific seafoam can) and they all said to pour the stuff in a near-empty gas tank. Is this different or do the directions say the same and you just put in in differently?

 

You can pur seafoam in different places, including with the oil, in your gas tank, and through the vaccum line