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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 08:47 PM
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I have been reading the guide to seafoaming your car by ChocoTaco369 and have a simple question.

Will it be fine for me to put seafoam in my car's oil this wednesday(due for an oil change soon), then switch out the oil and do the rest of the seafoam on Sunday? I won't be driving the car that much before Sunday. Probably at most 40-50 miles.
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 08:52 PM
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Prolly won't hurt just for a short period of time.FWIW the oil is pitch black, after the seafoam.(if ya' didn't know).
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Old Nov 25, 2008 | 04:03 AM
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If I remember right, it should be no more than 200 miles max. And yes, your oil is gonna be hella black.
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What about if you just got an oil change and just want to seafoam the combustion chambers? and put some is the gas tank, do you need to change you oil after that?
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You only need the oil change after you put SeaFoam into the crank case. Taking it through the vacuum line and into the gas tank will not affect the engine oil.

And to the OP, yes that will be fine.
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