How To Seafoam Your Car
02-23-2007, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by 99corvette
Thanks! 
......im stilled bumed about having to change out these spark plugs
......im stilled bumed about having to change out these spark plugs
02-23-2007, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by taintedmeat
After the first time it's really not that bad. Once you get the factory plugs out and get some in there with antiseize on them, they'll come out a lot easier the next time. Just move the air tubes out of the way, coil pack or 2 or swing the rail out of the way on the pass side, and you're in business. Probably take an hour if you have the extensions and everything you need right there.
02-24-2007, 01:20 AM
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Yeah I did this to the GEO and blacked out the sun with all the smoke Good way to **** the neighbors off
Good way to **** the neighbors off 
02-25-2007, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by taintedmeat
How'd it go?
I was pretty nervous doing it since I had never done it before. I followed the sticky step by step, and it was easy. Good write up. Even changed the oil with my first use of German castrol 0-30.
02-25-2007, 05:37 PM
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I just seafomaed my 100k mile DD it really didnt smoke too bad it did for a sec when i pour the last of the 1/3 in then I shut it off really quick. When I started it back up it wasnt too bad tho even during the spirited drive it wasnt hardly that bad at all.
02-27-2007, 06:29 PM
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Well i changed out my sparkplugs today and none of them were fouled!? Maybe it was a wire? Ill find out tomorrow when i get my MSD wires put on. Has seafoam ever been known to clog up fuel injectors? thanks
03-03-2007, 06:11 PM
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just bought some seafoam i my car has 59k miles it was stock when i bought it and havnt owned it for that long - my assumption is that it has not been done before so well see how bad it is 
03-04-2007, 12:10 AM
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ok i just got done doing the seafoam treatment for the intake and TB and i am pretty sure this had not been done because it did smoke quite a bit i started it and let it idle about 5 mins before i drove off and when i got a few blocks down the road i got on it and had some kind of rattling noise which im assuming was piston slap or spark knock but after a little driving and im sure alot of smoke (it was nighttime) it seemed to have cleared up. i took it easy for a few miles after it rattled just so i didnt ruin anything and got on it again and seems to be all good and also seems smoother
03-04-2007, 01:37 PM
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lol yea mine did the same even after i "dumped" the last 1/3 into the line it hesitated for 1 sec then revved again i had to have my buddy shut it off - not sure why people said that the motor wanted to die when doing this im pretty sure its supposed to rev unles you pour it way too fast or something is not quite right
03-06-2007, 05:30 PM
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Well I just seafoamed, stalled the engine out and she's soaking right now. An odd note, maybe mentioned before, when I first poured a bit of seafoam in, the engine revved pretty high and sputtered out a lot of smoke out of the brake booster line. It did this 3 consecutive pours, then it stopped... all's well now, just waiting to start her back up.
03-09-2007, 12:17 PM
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I just had my plugs changed by a mechanic. Never heard of seafoam til today. I've got 71k miles on my car and would like to try this but ya think I'd be alright after just changing plugs? I also only have 1k miles on my current oil. I'm sure my fuel filter needs a change anyway though.
I DO have my old plugs still. But the reason I had a mechanic do it is because I coudln't figure out how to get to the plugs, and from what I've heard it's insanely hard to do. Would it be wise or worth the effort to put the old plugs back in, seafoam, then put the new ones in again? This is assuming I'd even figure out how to change them.
I DO have my old plugs still. But the reason I had a mechanic do it is because I coudln't figure out how to get to the plugs, and from what I've heard it's insanely hard to do. Would it be wise or worth the effort to put the old plugs back in, seafoam, then put the new ones in again? This is assuming I'd even figure out how to change them.
