How To Seafoam Your Car
02-05-2007, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by jjyiz28
no i don't know how to change the oil. i did though with my 97 accord, with a friend, and it took hours, and the stuff overflowed onto his driveway. i also don't know if we overtighted or undertighted the bolt underneath, stuff like that. i just need someone to teach me once, so that in the future, i could do it myself.
02-06-2007, 02:51 AM
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Originally Posted by bww3588
i pity you.
if someone wants to make an extra 50 bucks. i could drive to your location, or you could come to my place, we could shoot the **** and stuff , whatever. i live in buena park. if no one wants to help me out, ill call don lee auto and seee if he is familiar with seafoam.
02-06-2007, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by jjyiz28
lolz
if someone wants to make an extra 50 bucks. i could drive to your location, or you could come to my place, we could shoot the **** and stuff , whatever. i live in buena park. if no one wants to help me out, ill call don lee auto and seee if he is familiar with seafoam.
if someone wants to make an extra 50 bucks. i could drive to your location, or you could come to my place, we could shoot the **** and stuff , whatever. i live in buena park. if no one wants to help me out, ill call don lee auto and seee if he is familiar with seafoam.
02-06-2007, 01:37 PM
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Look man go to this site http://www.installuniversity.com/ins...sity/index.htm Its like a install for dummies
02-06-2007, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by jjyiz28
lolz
if someone wants to make an extra 50 bucks. i could drive to your location, or you could come to my place, we could shoot the **** and stuff , whatever. i live in buena park. if no one wants to help me out, ill call don lee auto and seee if he is familiar with seafoam.
if someone wants to make an extra 50 bucks. i could drive to your location, or you could come to my place, we could shoot the **** and stuff , whatever. i live in buena park. if no one wants to help me out, ill call don lee auto and seee if he is familiar with seafoam.
02-06-2007, 05:12 PM
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I have a question about seafoam however. Heres my situation:
My car has 201,000 miles. Last weekend I replaced the fuel filter and switched over to GC oil. I am still not getting the accelaration that I used to. I had the motor rebuilt @ 192,000 because the previous owner killed it. I have since put on 8-9k on it. Would it still be okay to seafoam the car? Would there still be foaming whatever was left from before 9k miles??? What would of been rebuilt and what wouldnt of??? I know my dad took the motor out and had it rebuilt then received it back and popped it back in. Would there be signs of the pre 8k miles of carbon build up on it?
My car has 201,000 miles. Last weekend I replaced the fuel filter and switched over to GC oil. I am still not getting the accelaration that I used to. I had the motor rebuilt @ 192,000 because the previous owner killed it. I have since put on 8-9k on it. Would it still be okay to seafoam the car? Would there still be foaming whatever was left from before 9k miles??? What would of been rebuilt and what wouldnt of??? I know my dad took the motor out and had it rebuilt then received it back and popped it back in. Would there be signs of the pre 8k miles of carbon build up on it?
02-07-2007, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by CaliforniaBoy5
How about we do it together? I want to do this aswell. We can take some pics. . . show ppl on the forum. They'll love that. I am in santa ana,ca. We arent far from each other. YGPM.
yeah that'll be cool. i take it you never did it as well?? i hope you are mechanically inclined cuz im not.
02-07-2007, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by CaliforniaBoy5
I have a question about seafoam however. Heres my situation:
My car has 201,000 miles. Last weekend I replaced the fuel filter and switched over to GC oil. I am still not getting the accelaration that I used to. I had the motor rebuilt @ 192,000 because the previous owner killed it. I have since put on 8-9k on it. Would it still be okay to seafoam the car? Would there still be foaming whatever was left from before 9k miles??? What would of been rebuilt and what wouldnt of??? I know my dad took the motor out and had it rebuilt then received it back and popped it back in. Would there be signs of the pre 8k miles of carbon build up on it?
My car has 201,000 miles. Last weekend I replaced the fuel filter and switched over to GC oil. I am still not getting the accelaration that I used to. I had the motor rebuilt @ 192,000 because the previous owner killed it. I have since put on 8-9k on it. Would it still be okay to seafoam the car? Would there still be foaming whatever was left from before 9k miles??? What would of been rebuilt and what wouldnt of??? I know my dad took the motor out and had it rebuilt then received it back and popped it back in. Would there be signs of the pre 8k miles of carbon build up on it?
02-07-2007, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by jjyiz28
yeah that'll be cool. i take it you never did it as well?? i hope you are mechanically inclined cuz im not.
oh and you got pm.
02-08-2007, 05:29 PM
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i just did the crankcase and gas tank as choco prescirbed. i went to do the brakebooster and the car wouldnt run at all with the vaccum leak. how can i put seafoam in brake booster if the car doesnt run???
02-08-2007, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by camarolvr69
i just did the crankcase and gas tank as choco prescirbed. i went to do the brakebooster and the car wouldnt run at all with the vaccum leak. how can i put seafoam in brake booster if the car doesnt run???
02-08-2007, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by camarolvr69
i just did the crankcase and gas tank as choco prescirbed. i went to do the brakebooster and the car wouldnt run at all with the vaccum leak. how can i put seafoam in brake booster if the car doesnt run???
what i'd personally do is unhook the brake booster, stick the funnel in, then put my palm over the funnel to suppress the vacuum leak. once the car starts, take your hand away. the car will want to die, but as 99corvette says, when you start pouring in the seafoam it'll come back to life. you're gonna want the car to die at the end of this anyway. the key here is to flood the car at the end so it chokes out with the seafoam still sitting in the cylinders, then let it sit for a good 20+ minutes to soak.
02-08-2007, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ChocoTaco369
try what 99corvette says.
what i'd personally do is unhook the brake booster, stick the funnel in, then put my palm over the funnel to suppress the vacuum leak. once the car starts, take your hand away. the car will want to die, but as 99corvette says, when you start pouring in the seafoam it'll come back to life. you're gonna want the car to die at the end of this anyway. the key here is to flood the car at the end so it chokes out with the seafoam still sitting in the cylinders, then let it sit for a good 20+ minutes to soak.
what i'd personally do is unhook the brake booster, stick the funnel in, then put my palm over the funnel to suppress the vacuum leak. once the car starts, take your hand away. the car will want to die, but as 99corvette says, when you start pouring in the seafoam it'll come back to life. you're gonna want the car to die at the end of this anyway. the key here is to flood the car at the end so it chokes out with the seafoam still sitting in the cylinders, then let it sit for a good 20+ minutes to soak.
02-08-2007, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by 99corvette
Hey, when i poured the last bit in, my car didnt go dead, but i turned it off as soon as i could, so did i still have some in the cylinder walls, even though it didnt flood itself?
02-08-2007, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by ChocoTaco369
i'm sure you still had some. just know it's more beneficial to choke the motor out with the seafoam so it all sits in there. at the same time, you don't wanna overdo it and pour a whole can in there! you still want your car to start
02-09-2007, 04:56 PM
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did the seafoam through the brake booster line today 
sounded wicked when i poured that stuff in there. when i cranked it back up, it smoked pretty good for like 10 mins of
thank you choco...my butt dyno felt an increase.
sounded wicked when i poured that stuff in there. when i cranked it back up, it smoked pretty good for like 10 mins of
thank you choco...my butt dyno felt an increase.
