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  • Can sitting seafoam hurt?

    I just seafoamed my engine by putting the seafoam in my brake booster hose. and while it was soaking i decided to take off my throttle body and clean it. Well i forgot i needed a gasket for the throttle body and so now i have to wait a couple days for a gasket to come in. Naturally i cant turn on my car so that seafoam is still sitting in the engine and will be for a couple days. so my question is will the sitting seafoam hurt my engine internals? and is there anything i should do different know when i start it back up?

    thank you

  • #2
    Re: Can sitting seafoam hurt?

    there are some guys that leave it overnight to let it settle in and eat up the build ups longer, I would try and get the gasket as soon as possible though
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    • #3
      Re: Can sitting seafoam hurt?

      you can start it, just might have a vaccum leak.
      2000 3.8 A4 Pewter Camaro

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      • #4
        Re: Can sitting seafoam hurt?

        what do you mean vaccum leak? I hooked the brake booster line back up. but the throttle body is still off and i cant put it back on until i get a gasket. are u saying the sitting seafoam will form a vaccum leak?

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        • #5
          Re: Can sitting seafoam hurt?

          no, Im talking about bolting the throttle body back on but you will have a vaccum leak most likely. I mentioned this if you are concerned about letting it sit
          2000 3.8 A4 Pewter Camaro

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          • #6
            Re: Can sitting seafoam hurt?

            where do you think it would be leaking from?

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            • #7
              Re: Can sitting seafoam hurt?

              where it is connected to the intake manifold. where your removed the gasket
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              • #8
                Re: Can sitting seafoam hurt?

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                • #9
                  Re: Can sitting seafoam hurt?

                  :twak:

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                  • #10
                    Re: Can sitting seafoam hurt?

                    cant you jsut go to auto zone and pick one up?

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                    • #11
                      Re: Can sitting seafoam hurt?

                      oh i finally get it. Well im not going to put the throttle back on until i get a gasket so i just hope the seafoam doesn't like dry out my seals or any thing.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Can sitting seafoam hurt?

                        personally i think if seafoam could dry out the seals, i dont think they would say you can put it into your crankcase... seafoam kicks butt, i got faith in it that it wont damage anything...

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                        • #13
                          Re: Can sitting seafoam hurt?

                          ya you should be fine, in this case would rtv silicone be good for the gasket? or would you truly need a gasket?

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                          • #14
                            Re: Can sitting seafoam hurt?

                            Originally posted by firechicken3800
                            personally i think if seafoam could dry out the seals, i dont think they would say you can put it into your crankcase... seafoam kicks butt, i got faith in it that it wont damage anything...
                            seafoam can burn holes in pistons
                            2000 3.8 A4 Pewter Camaro

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                            • #15
                              Re: Can sitting seafoam hurt?

                              i just got the gasket and put the throttle body back on and ran the car it ran just fine. great accually. thanks for you advise guys

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