Joey7489

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I have new plugs on my car, theyre boschs, but I decided I was changing my plugs and wires to NGK's and MSD's. I bought the plugs, and bought the wires, and I decided since I was going to change the plugs and the wires, why the hel not seafoam it as well before doing so.. I just put new 02 sensors on the car also, becuase I got headers. Anyways, when I seafoamed, there wasnt a huge amount of smoke since my cars an 02 and its only got 40 k miles. However, when Im just idling, it bogs a bit. Also, I started my car up today and it backfires. The left bullet also spits out water and it pops. I was thi nking plugs, but isnt it supposed to be harmless? Could it have fouled a brand new plugs? Which is fine because Im replacing them anyways, or could it be all the build up in my oil thats causing it? BTW, I just added some oil into the pan, and I was hoping it would possibly help, but it didnt, and my oil in my dipstick wasnt that black anyways.

Z28LS1camaroguy

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did you change the oil after you did seafoam?? b/c your suppose to, and did you run on it hard? to get all the stuff cleared out and all that?? i did it and no problems at all and didnt even change the plugs b/c you really dont have to if the plugs are close to brand new.

Joey7489

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Ive only had the seafoam in for about 50 miles. I went out on an open stretch and gunned it a few times, but I didnt like do it excessively. Was I supposed to? I didnt stop doing it until the blue smoke stopped coming out, which didnt really take too long. I havent changed my oil yet, its in the mail and on its way. I also havent changed the plugs or wires yet.

Joey7489

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Ok,
Well I changed my spark plugs, wires and oil today and I believe the seafoam may have fouled a plug, which is odd because the plugs are brand new. When I drained the oil there were little metal pieces inside of it that have probably been inside the engine since it came out of the factory. I believe those metal pieces could have caused something to go wrong somewhere along the line. Anyways, bottom line is, replaced plugs with TR55's, replaced wires with MSD 8.5's and added German Castol 0w30.. And its never run better.

Ericbigmac83

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I seafoamed mine 2 weeks ago, made a big difference. I smoked up my street, it was great, my buddy came over and was like dude i think you blew a head gasket you were smoking everywhere, i just laughed

Joey7489

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Heh, suprisingly mine wasnt too bad. I only have 40k miles though.

Sgt. Spuds

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lol, you guys should hvae seen my 140k mile turd on start up after sea foam. You can tell its never been cleaned lol.

ChocoTaco369

glad to hear you got all that **** cleared up. hopefully you found it useful seafoaming in the long run

Joey7489

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Well,
If I wouldnt have seafoamed I wouldnt have learned a lesson.....That getting the oil pan bolt off when its stripped is a BITCH

ChocoTaco369

ah, nice

SmokingWS6

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His car is fine now. His bosch plugs were teh ghey

CULATR

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so did you notice a big differance when you sea-foam'd you car??

Joey7489

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i noticed a huge difference.. my car sputtered for 3 days straight until i could get the time and materials to work on it, my SES light went on, my hands went from white to black and red (oil, and blood). but now that ive changed the oil, wires and plugs it runs nice

98_Formula

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^^ great so the best time to sea foam is when i'm gonna change my plugs, wiress and oil then?

slimcracka

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what if i just changed the plugs and dont want to do it again can i still seafoam without hurting them..(tr55) thanx and im not tryin to highjack

Domestic Demon

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Bosch plugs don't seem to work very well in most American cars. I've never heard anyone say they noticed any improvement, even when using the Platinum +4's. In fact, many people try them and then immediately switch back to Delcos or NGK's because the car just doesn't run right with the Bosch's in it.

They seem to work well in most German cars though, go figure