Sea foam.............

[DRW1000]

Well I just got back from Myrtle beach (before I spent a bit of time in the local Autozone, Advance Auto and the automotive section of Walmart.

Wow were some of the prices great compared to Toronto. I was also amazed that I could get Motorcraft oil filters from Walmart. I also noticed that things like Brake Cleaner, was just over a buck a can. I have paid over $5.00 here. I did factor in the exchange (~15%) and the sales taxes. I pay about $40.00 + 14% for 4 litres of Mobil 1 and down south it was $22.00 + 5% American. The cabin air filter was $9.99 where my shelf price is $29.99.

Anyway. I took the opportunity to bring back a couple of cans of Seafoam. This stuff is not available here. As an act of preventative maintenance what do you all think is the best use of these valuable assets? I was thinking of having it sucked into a vaccum hose, or is is better to throw into the tank? Or perhaps in the crankcase?

I am amazed that one item can have so many uses.

[busboy4]

Hi
as for the seafoam I have used it both ways - vacuum and tank to good effect.

[12Ounce]

I would avoid the crankcase. I believe the motor oil, as formulated, is what we should have in there (... though I have added some molybdenum disulfide, well mixed, during engine break-in periods).

If you use the vacuum method, ... be careful. A sudden "gulp" of liquid into the intake could cause lock-up when the piston comes up on combustion stroke. Use a very small diameter hose, with a squeeze-clamp, as the pick-up tube ... and don't overdo it! (My intake is now staying very clean since I glued the horns on the upper to the receptacles on the spacer.)

I add mine to the gas tank. I think it helps keep the "insides" of the injectors clean.

Myrtle Beach is my old childhood stomping ground. It's so "built up" now, with awful traffic, that I rarely go ... but yet I have to go every now and then to play putt-putt golf and walk the strand. Did you visit Brookgreen Gardens?

[MT-2500]

Originally Posted by 12Ounce

I would avoid the crankcase. I believe the motor oil, as formulated, is what we should have in there (... though I have added some molybdenum disulfide, well mixed, during engine break-in periods).

If you use the vacuum method, ... be careful. A sudden "gulp" of liquid into the intake could cause lock-up when the piston comes up on combustion stroke. Use a very small diameter hose, with a squeeze-clamp, as the pick-up tube ... and don't overdo it! (My intake is now staying very clean since I glued the horns on the upper to the receptacles on the spacer.)

I add mine to the gas tank. I think it helps keep the "insides" of the injectors clean.

Myrtle Beach is my old childhood stomping ground. It's so "built up" now, with awful traffic, that I rarely go ... but yet I have to go every now and then to play putt-putt golf and walk the strand. Did you visit Brookgreen Gardens?

Keep it out of the crankcase. It is not engine oil it if for cleaning and a stablizer for gasoline.
MT

[DRW1000]

Thanks for the replies. I was not seriously thinking of putting it into the crankcase as it seems like it may be a good sludge remover or engine flush that should not be used under load.

I never made it to Brookgreen gardens. Spent a lot of time in the water with my boys. Got a little burnt too.

The whole time I was excited to get back to try out my new ABS sensor that I bought the day before I left.

[12Ounce]

Let's see now ... you're flopping about in the surf at one of the East Coast's "vacation hot spots" and you're thinking about getting back home to install an ABS sensor.

(What's sick is that I understand that perfectly!)

[DRW1000]

Originally Posted by 12Ounce

Let's see now ... you're flopping about in the surf at one of the East Coast's "vacation hot spots" and you're thinking about getting back home to install an ABS sensor.

(What's sick is that I understand that perfectly!)

Yeah I thought it was odd too but I couldn't stop thinking about it. I didn't dare tell my wife! (she thinks I am strange enough already)

[lewisnc100]

I've used Seafoam in both my intake and the crankcase, as the directions recommend. I wouldn't leave it in there very long though before you change it out.