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Old 09-25-2010, 03:25 PM   #1
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Seafoamed her today

So finally decided to do the Seafoam treatment. I've done the
oil and gastank method in the past but never through a line into
the engine. So paid about $7.50 for a can of it and went home,
poured half of it into a plastic cup. SLOWLY let the hose take it
up into the engine, while keeping my finger at the end of the
hose so that way it keeps suction and won't stall out, letting
my finger move so the hose can suck up the Seafoam little at
at time.

After the cup was emptied, I let it sit for a half hour or so then
came back out and poured the other half of the can into the cup.
Same thing, just let the hose suck it all up. But this time around,
from the Seafoam that was sitting in the car, all kinds of nasty
smoke started coming out. Some of it smelled pretty foul too.

So after emptying the last of the Seafoam into the car, I hopped
into the car and revved it up and held it there. Boy was their
some sort of smoke show! It was whitish in color at first then
it took on a darker hue, not black but grayish in color which I'm
guessing was all of the carbon buildup. So after the smokeshow
died down a little bit, I took the car out for a drive. Stuck to the
sidestreets first because when you get on it, their was still
a good amount of smoke blowing out the rear. After driving for
a while it all died down and I headed home.

Overall initial impressions is that their must have definitely been some
carbon buildup because their was some nasty, greasy black stuff
left on the end of my muffler. The engine response too has been much
improved, as well as the engine running quite a bit smoother and quieter.





Anyone else have similiar success stories with Seafoam?
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