how do i inject sea foam into the running engine?

[metstalker]

i dont know how many miles does the 2001 x have on it . i am only doing it b/c i have 206000 miles and it ping alot. i guess it could not hurt.

 

[DonM]

I also heard you should do an oil change right after you use this stuff, is this true? If so, do you have to do it right away or what?

 

[Chew_12]

I think the you would need to change the oil only if you pour it into your oil.

 

[DonM]

Originally posted by Chew_12
I think the you would need to change the oil only if you pour it into your oil.

Yeah that sounds right, but the person who said that didnt really say why.

I plan to use it in the brake vaccum hose. Maybe in the gas tank as well.

 

[metstalker]

just went to the ford place and they told me that i should not put sea foam in the car at all and with as many miles as i have is is not safe?. i am going to try it any way but before i do i just want to know how may miles you had on your engine when you used sea foam?

they also told me not to rebuild but get a new engine?? if my engine is fine what would be so bad about rebuilding.

 

[DonM]

Just used the Seafoam. In the break booster line.

Shut the engine off when I was done and let it sit for 5min. Then I started the engine up again. After the engine ran for about 1 min, small puffs of white smoke came out every 5 sec or so. This happend for about 2 min and that was it.

Man where was all the white smoke you guys talked about? Did I do somthing wrong? I thought is was going to be extreme.

 

[410Fortune]

doesnt sound like you have burned it all up yet........

COuld be that the sea foam evaporated while you let it sit......

Take it for a drive and see if it pours out the tailpipe.

Did you use a whole bottle?

 

[metstalker]

i emailed seafoam and they sent this back

Sea Foam is safe to use on any car. Sea Foam will not solve mechanical
problems. For example, broken rings, loss of compression, burnt valves,
etc. That being said feel free to use Sea Foam. You can run Sea Foam in
the fuel to gradually clean the fuel system and gradually decarbon the
engine. You can use Sea Foam in the oil. Sea Foam suggests you use 1/2 can
of Sea Foam in the oil before you change the oil, run car 15 minutes to 1/2
hour then change oil. Normally you can leave Sea Foam in the crank case,
however, if you think there is a build up of gum and varnish in the crank
case Sea Foam is best used prior to an oil change. You can also use Sea
Foam thru a vacuum line. With engine running at normal temperature, slowly
pour 1/3 to 1/2 can thru brake booster line or PCV valve. Turn engine off
for 5 to 10 minutes. After soaking restart engine, take on short drive,
expect smoke for a mile or two. This will decarbon engine rater quickly.
Visit www.seafoamsales.com for more information on all of our products.
Thank you for using Sea Foam.

Customer Service
Sea Foam Sales Company
(952)938-4811

this might be a repeat or it might explain some things

 

[DonM]

Originally posted by 410Fortune
doesnt sound like you have burned it all up yet........

COuld be that the sea foam evaporated while you let it sit......

Take it for a drive and see if it pours out the tailpipe.

Did you use a whole bottle?

Here's what I did: poured 1/3 pint into a small plastic cup and let the vaccum line suck it up. After all was sucked in, I shut the engine off for about 5 min. Then restarted it and let it run for about 10min. Then drove 12 miles up the parkway.

I did as the directions said!!

Btw, there was a few drops coming from the tailpipe

 

[lonestar]

sounds like another additive scam to me. just like all the oil additives

Just keep a well maintained machine. You can't neglect and abuse it and look for a miracle in a bottle.

Anyway, if all it does is clean your intake and carbon buildup, why can't you just use some fuel injection cleaner and/or some carb cleaner?

 

[410Fortune]

Lonestar,

Sea foam is just that, a carb cleaner, intake cleaner, varnish cleaner, etc....nothing new but a great product none the less.

Yes it does remove varnish and gum and carbon.

Sea Foam is great, I use it in any high mileage engine that has been neglected.

Now matter how well maintained your engine is there is gonna be carbon and varnish and crap in the cylinders, injectors, and intake. Removing it is a good thing, sea foam removes it effectivley.....

 

[V8BoatBuilder]

Will using Sea Foam stress the engine at all? Are there any chances that it may pop a head gasket or bend a valve?

What about the catalytic converters and O2 sensors?

 

[lonestar]

Originally posted by 410Fortune
Sea foam is just that, a carb cleaner, intake cleaner, varnish cleaner, etc....nothing new but a great product none the less.

I'll just go with the $1.50 can of carb cleaner.

sea foam removes it effectivley.....

better than carb cleaner.

 

[410Fortune]

yes but you cant put carb cleaner in your gas and oil........

Also Sea Foam is not that expensive, Like $3???

 

[DonM]

So did I do somthing wrong?

There should have been more smoke right?

 

[lonestar]

I wouldn't put it in my gas and definately not in my oil. If anything I would use fuel injector cleaner in the fuel and motor flush in the oil.

I took my oil pan off after 200K miles and it was clean as new, no sludge anywhere, now why would I want to risk running thinned out oil in my engine.

Like you say, this is for neglected cars.

 

[metstalker]

let him put crap in his engine it does not matter to me and should not matter to you 410 fortune we have done all we can

 

[metstalker]

not neglected cars i have over 200,000 but the 4.0s are know for carbon build up. SO DONT BE SO NIEVE!

 

[lonestar]

CRAP, I'm not putting anything in my engine, that's my point. But I'm sure carb cleaner would not hurt anything. I feel safer with carb cleaner than some new all purpose magic cleaner.

I not saying Sea Foam does not work, am just saying it's not needed, and possibly dangerous from the numerous people that have locked their engine up using it.

I think I will start a new thread "How to remove and prevent carbon build up" to see what others have to say

 

[410Fortune]

What? It doesnt matter to me what he does, heck pour water in the intake if you think it will take carbon off your pistons, I dont care.

I can tell you that Sea Foam works as it promises to, it delivers. Nuff said right? Thats 98% better then most products out there...

He was asking for help on how to do it properly, so advice is what he got. Nobody said, if you dont use Sea foam you are a moron. you guys are basically saying Sea Foam and products like it are not for you. Great!

Whether you think its a good idea or a bad one, who cares, its not going in your engine, and you can talk all day about why not to put it in your engine and thats great, but it does work, but if you dont need it, dont use it.



On my old 2.9L I had some serious compression problems with a couple of the cylinders, I pumped in some Lucas oil addative and the compression came back, why? Because the stuff is syrup and it basically plugged the gaps... Would I pour it into a perfectly good engine? Nope. Did it work like it said it would on a old worn out engine that needed it? Yup.

There you have it, simple. Does every engine need Sea Foam? Nope. Are there some engines that can benefit from it? Yup.

Do you need to change mobil one synthetic oil every 3000 miles religiously? Nope, but I still do.
I probably dont need to change my tranny filter and synthetic ATF in my A4LD twice a year either, but I do.

With 245K miles on my 88, using the truck to tow a #4000 boat all over the mid west, avid 4x4ing, and a daily driver for 7 years now, this stuff works for me.

Oh and people who hydrolock their engines with Sea Foam didnt read the directions..........There is no liquid that you can pour into an engine like that, you can hydrolock an engine with carb cleaner too if you dump a litre of it into the cylinder at once and let the engine die, of course you would probably catch of fire first, but either way you werent following directions.


Carb cleaner works great too.....it does what the bottle says it will do. I use it all the time on my intake, of course I always take my intake apart and clean it by handm but thats just me.......