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Old 03-22-2008, 11:16 PM
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Talking 207k Miles + Sea Foam = W-O-W!

So I followed the sticky for Sea Foam. Took it for a spirited drive down Atlanta Highway here in central Montgomery. First run, I took it up to 80. Looked back and noticed that I would have a better chance at looking through a brick wall than through the smoke. Next run I hit 120, and the damn car coughed up another train.... I did a couple more runs, and then it stopped. Moral of the story: Sea Foam your car often.
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soon to come seafoam injection!
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thats awesome, gotta love the seafoam
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Doin some spring cleaning eh???
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^^^ Yeah probably but it's not that expensive. I did this treatment to my '96 Z28 when i bought it. HOLY smoke batman car ran AWESOME afterwards. I haven't done it to my Vette but idk if i'll have to because it's getting heads/cam/LS6 intake and probably won't be to dirty. Who knows with that , but if anybody doesn't know if they wanna do it, trust me, it's worth it~Cole~
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will have to give that a shot...sounds like great stuff...gotta change the oil afterwards right? i dont wanna do a Mobil 1 oil change., then run seafoam and have to do another oil change but if that is what is required....
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^ Only need to change the oil if you do a seafoam cleaning by dumping some seafoam in the oil. That always got me a little weary so I've only done seafoam through the brake boaster hose and the fuel tank to clean the injectors.
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Originally Posted by Jigen
^ Only need to change the oil if you do a seafoam cleaning by dumping some seafoam in the oil. That always got me a little weary so I've only done seafoam through the brake boaster hose and the fuel tank to clean the injectors.
I have always done the full three part treatment on vehicles I have used seafoam in. I have never experienced any troubles. Just do not leave it in for longer than the sticky recommends.
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^^^ i agree i've done the full treatment and no issues. I may do this on my truck soon here. It is amazing what it does, really....Basically what i did is drive the car around 1 day before i changed the oil after i did the full treatment. IDK, maybe 100 miles. the oil had about 2k miles on it already but when i dumped the oil it was BLACK as Black can be. Stunk real bad too. The next oil change at 3k miles the oil was still pretty damn clean. All the changes prior to the seafoam treatment the oil was really black. GM topclean does a good job too but i'd have the dealer do it. It's REALLY strong sh*t
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hu, guess I will give it a shot. I used to work at a delivery company that called some stuff "smoke treatment" that sounds similar (pull off a vacuum line and dunk it into the jug of stuff). That was there fix all when it came to rough idle or stalling at stops...
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I recently did a Seafoam treatment on my SS and my daily driver (Neon). I used the PVC line instead of the brake booster. I got some pretty good smoke out the back from both, and my daily ran a little smoother afterwards. I don't think the Camaro was all that dirty to begin with. My oil wasn't as black as I expected though with either car. I ran about 125 miles before I changed it. I think it's definitely worth doing.
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yeah for like $15 it's a good maintenance. The more smoke, the more it needed it. my Z28 smoked like CRAZY. i think i may do it to my truck here because it's been acting weird lately~Cole~
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I did the intake cleaning, with the Deep Creep, too. I'm still not sure how that benefited the car.
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seafoam rules.

i seafoamed my '73 F250 when i first got it.. amazing.. simply amazing (the smoke i mean) and the increase in throttle response was great.
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I have this on the agenda for this weekend. I had a MELTED cat, so my **** was all running back into the engine. While the car has only 59K on it, it is a 95 and I think she needs it, because my engine seems bogged down now.
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I been using this stuff since late 2001. Good Shyt
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I'm going to do this to my Camaro in about a month or so, before I do my header install. The car has 72K on the clock, so it should put on quite a display from the tailpipe.

I've considered seafoaming my truck, but at damn near 200K miles (TBI 350 V8), I'm not sure if it would create more problems than it solves...
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Originally Posted by Z Fury
I'm going to do this to my Camaro in about a month or so, before I do my header install. The car has 72K on the clock, so it should put on quite a display from the tailpipe.

I've considered seafoaming my truck, but at damn near 200K miles (TBI 350 V8), I'm not sure if it would create more problems than it solves...
It won't hurt it. Do it and you will be pleased with the results. Also the ******* smokefest you put on is awesome. Get in front of a family in a minivan or something and let it rip! I could not find a family when I pulled out last time so a tool in a 87 pos civic had to do, it was still fun though.
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haha i cant wait to do this in about a month or so before i do my headers and true duals! with 105k it should put out a smoke screen, ill be sure to find a family



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