View Poll Results: Top Engine Cleaner
STP
2
2.17%
Seafoam
67
72.83%
Auto-RX
2
2.17%
Lucas
6
6.52%
Other
15
16.30%
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Top Engine Cleaner
TECH Resident
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 814
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From: NJ
"seafoam"it cleans and lets the motor burn the carbon out of the cylinders and off the valves. it also clean injectors suposidly and cleans sludge from the oil system.
i see in the poll u have auto-rx i dont believe that is a top engine cleaner its a oil additive to clean sludge from the crankcase and the transmission or ps system.. it supose to work well ive seen pics from people who used it and it did work ver well. i have a bottle i just havent used it yet, i have however used seafoam and it works great for top engine cleaning and in my oil i gained about 15psi in my oldsmobile
i see in the poll u have auto-rx i dont believe that is a top engine cleaner its a oil additive to clean sludge from the crankcase and the transmission or ps system.. it supose to work well ive seen pics from people who used it and it did work ver well. i have a bottle i just havent used it yet, i have however used seafoam and it works great for top engine cleaning and in my oil i gained about 15psi in my oldsmobile
Originally Posted by CULATR
how do you install the seafoam ??? Need some info might do this tomorrow when i get off work lol!!
With the car idling, just pop off the brake booster vacuum hose (it will hiss and the engine will stumble, not to worry) and feed the seafoam down the tube using a funnel or by sticking the tube directly into the can. I recommend the funnel, because its easier to modulate how much cleaner you are putting in as to avoid flooding out the engine and stalling it. You'll gwet lots of smoke, if the smoke is black or very dirty, keep using the seafoam until the smoke is white, or until you finish the can, whichever comes first. Then drive the car hard so all the loosened deposits come out
Originally Posted by 98jonws6
will it get rid of a lifter tick? my motor is ticking only on cold starts for 10 to 15 minutes after it warms up its gone... im hoping this can help. 
changed the oil to mobile one today, but noise is still there... it honestly doenst seem like its coming from the valvetrain, its close to the driver side front area, but im thinking it might be a water pump pulley or something else, ugg!!! just want this problem fixed... im bringing the car to speed inc. tom. and have them take a quick look at it. hopefully they can diagnose this issue...
did it for the 1st time on my dads 99 4.0 L ranger with 98k on it
did 2/3rds threw the brake booster with it runing the teh last 1/3rd i killed it. waited about 5min and ran it.
huge differance, runs smoother, more power, thinking about puting 1 more can threw it just for the hell of it.
did 2/3rds threw the brake booster with it runing the teh last 1/3rd i killed it. waited about 5min and ran it.
huge differance, runs smoother, more power, thinking about puting 1 more can threw it just for the hell of it.
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Originally Posted by bad6as
did it for the 1st time on my dads 99 4.0 L ranger with 98k on it
did 2/3rds threw the brake booster with it runing the teh last 1/3rd i killed it. waited about 5min and ran it.
huge differance, runs smoother, more power, thinking about puting 1 more can threw it just for the hell of it.
did 2/3rds threw the brake booster with it runing the teh last 1/3rd i killed it. waited about 5min and ran it.
huge differance, runs smoother, more power, thinking about puting 1 more can threw it just for the hell of it.
Wait a few (5) thousand miles.
Teching In
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 48
Likes: 0
From: GEORGIA
Originally Posted by GXPPOWER
what exactly does this do. remove old sludge and what not? and from what ive read its hard as hell to change spark plugs in these engines becausr the #8 is so far back? or was i reading something else.
Probably not the smartest question, but does anyone have a pic of what vacuum line to use on a LT1? I'm not too familiar with it but pick stuff up quick if I see it..
I'm going to do it this weekend
I'm going to do it this weekend
TECH Apprentice
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 368
Likes: 0
From: Houston, TX
i just ran seafoam thru my oil and in 110 miles my oil went from a nice golden colour to a crazy black colour. Must've been a ton of build-up over 65k miles.
Stilll in the process of running it through my fuel and I haven't had the ***** to unhook a vaccuum hose yet.
Stilll in the process of running it through my fuel and I haven't had the ***** to unhook a vaccuum hose yet.
i just did mine and when i shut it off after running it in the vaccum line it clunked and ran for a sec with the car off..lol i thought i broke it.. i waited a while and crunk it up and smoked the neiborhood OUT lol..and it runs better and has a nice smooth idle..love it..already did the GF`s 4.3 s10 and it even smoothed out the idle..great stuff..
