1st time seafoam user

[93camaro_zzz]

Originally posted by Die Ford V8:
yeah i like what an old mechanic friend told me,
"rev her up and just dump the whole quart down the carb till she dies. if she dont die get in and drive like hell"

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[CamaroRob97]

Ya its old school but I'm only 20 lol

[FunkZ]

Couldn't find any Seafoam locally, but I read numerous articles that both STP and Marvel make similar products, and used for fogging and engine oil cleaning. I ended up using the Marvel Mystery Oil.

Scared the crap outta me when I pulled that brake booster line off, revs jumped up to 3k rpm. Until I started pouring the Marvel in though. Then the smoke started rolling. I had twin streaks of carbon crud 4 feet back from my tailpipes when I stopped pouring and the revs jumped back up. I started this in the garage and quickly had to put the vacuum line back on and back the car out into the driveway where I had the neighbors gawking. They probably thought, "oh great, he's always tinkering with that car and now it's on fire".

[Ian]

Zahn, the NAPA in ship sells it, right on queen street. I did mine my soph year of college in the parking lot.......that turned some heads lol.

[FunkZ]

LOL, yeah it definitely fogs up the neighborhood. Thanks for the tip, I'll check at NAPA next time.

[My3birds]

where are the vaccum lines located where you pour the seafoam in? Can somebody post a pic?

Also, i saw this stuff called Restore, it said u pour it in with your oil, but not your gas or vaccum lines, is this the same stuff?

[MustangEater8251]

NO restore from what I hear is crap.

Seafoam did great on my 85, still faint dual black splotches on one of my garage doors at my home, and that was over 4 years ago [img]smile.gif[/img]

My 94 didn't smoke much but I did tear down and manually clean the upper intake while I had the motor apart.

My girlfriend's 96 Cavalier, smoked teh worst of any of them, she even got a little freaked out, I laughed.

I jsut picked some up but haven;t dumped it in yet.

[tWiStEdBird]

Used it for the first time yesterday... Barely any smoke . Used about 1/2 the can, and only a little bit of white smoke. Anyone else get those results?

[Ian]

mine smoked, but not TOO much. definately smoked though.

[FunkZ]

Originally posted by My3birds:
where are the vaccum lines located where you pour the seafoam in?

Driver's side, against the firewall (under the cowl) you should see a large round black plastic canister. This is your brake booster. Coming off the side of this at about 9 o'clock is a thick (appx. 1" diameter) rubber hose. Use a pair of pliers to squeeze the clamp open and slide it back the hose a few inches, then gently twist the hose off. That's where you pour it.

[KenDawg]

i used it when i 1st got my car 2 yrs ago. I poured 3/4 of a can down her...waited about 12 min, started it up and it really put out the smoke.
P.s. you can use ATF?! how does it work the same?