little to no effect

[Hawks#1]

well i decided to seafoam today. i fed it through the brake booster hose shut if off for 10 mins. while i was doing it before i used a funnel i was using the hose to suck it out the bottle. it stalled maybe 3 times. got to 2/3 of a can the pluged the hose back up let it set for 10 min. cranked but very little smoke and very little change as far as how it normally runs. i poured the rest in the gas tank. How do i clean the bottom of my engine can i pour some where you put the oil in the valve covers. My car was running great before and is now but is at 80k and i thought a cleaning wouldn't hurt. i know this has probably been ran into the ground and ia m sorry i didnt find a whole bunch using search. thanks for the help

[hockeyman]

I used it on a few other cars I've owned over the years and there really wasn't too much smoke coming from the pipes. When I did the camaro though...I had the fire dept called because neighbors thought there was a fire on the block.

I don't know if I'd mix the seafoam with the oil in the crankcase. I believe it says you can add it to motor oil, but I don't want to be the first to do so...

[Hawks#1]

ok i was thinking the same way about the outting it in the oil. do you think that little coke means my engine was fairly clean

[terminaldegree]

Yeah I think the engine probably didn't have much carbon buildup.

I would change the oil now, cause it may be slightly contaminated by the Seafoam residue.

[hockeyman]

Originally posted by Hawks#1:
do you think that little coke means my engine was fairly clean

Your engine is probably running like a champ now! It'll run great for about three ~solid~ days, then need about a month of rehab. [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img]

[Antiricer4u]

I've done the three way treatment (1/2 in oil, 1/2 in PCV, Full tank in half tank of gas and she ran just fine.

Way I did it was to add it in the oil...start it up and add the rest of it through the PCV. Stop the engine after its been added and let sit for 15 mins while I added the other full can to the gas tank. After about 15mins I started her up and gave her a spirited drive down a couple blocks (this is fun) and smoked up the neaighborhood. Came back, changed oil, put fresh oil in and she was all ready to go. By the end of that tank of gas she was running smooth and clean.

[BobbyZ72]

I feel the same way, i had no change at all. With 3/4 of the bottle it smoked for like half a mile. You guys do know the smoke has nonthing to do with how clean your engine is or was. I mean you can use seafoam every day and you will still have the same amout of smoke. The smoke is burning seafoam, not burning carbon.