How To Seafoam Your Car
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WWOOWW haha i just did this whole thing to my 96 grand chreokee, in the parkin lot of advance, and i had people giveing out of all the stires including big lots and WALMART to check out my blue smoke. I was going down the road and people stayed away from me lol.... guess they think i was about to blow up haha. but the jeep is runnin a whole lot better and i even pissed up a couple neighbors. I'm am going to do my 01 SLP SS camaro this weekend
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Originally Posted by bjamick
hey when i went to the auto store they didnt have the deep creep sea foam just the other that you pour into the gas tank.
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Im new to forum would like to know I have a 94 3.4 RS and it has 196000 miles on it it is starting to puff blue smoke out the tail pipe upon startup would it be safe for me to do a complete seafoam job on it or will it possibly make the smoke worse great write up by the way
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Originally Posted by camaroRS27292
Im new to forum would like to know I have a 94 3.4 RS and it has 196000 miles on it it is starting to puff blue smoke out the tail pipe upon startup would it be safe for me to do a complete seafoam job on it or will it possibly make the smoke worse great write up by the way
1.) if the smoke is caused by excessive carbon buildup, the seafoam will help. it'll clean all the gunk out of the internals of the engine so it burns more cleanly.
2.) i'd think this is the more likely candidate for what is wrong. chances are your seals are starting to leak and oil is getting in your gasoline causing the blue smoke you speak of. if you seafoam with bad seals, you risk unplugging crusted up oil that is actually blocking the oil from traveling through the leaky seals. this will enlarge the holes and cause even more blue smoke than before.
it's risky seafoaming for the first time on a car with such high mileage that is already seeing oil burn problems. you can give it a try - i'm not guaranteeing anything is wrong at all, i'm just giving you the possibility that there could be more problems than benefits. seafoaming your gas tank is harmless to this issue, so that i'd DEFINITELY do. whether you want to clean the top end or the crankcase, that's entirely up to you.
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I did the full seafoam treatment to the LS1 yesterday. Honestly I think it really did help. The car just seems more smooth. I had a little scare though. My friend was in the drivers seat holding down the throttle and I was squirting the deep creep into the intake..well the little red tube that you attatch onto the thing at the top of the can yeah....it came off and went inside the intake. We had to fish it out
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Originally Posted by bjamick
hey when i went to the auto store they didnt have the deep creep sea foam just the other that you pour into the gas tank.
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just seafoamed the 02 with 88000 miles. lots of smoke. do notice a little difference in the exceleration. thanks to ChocoTaco369 for writing the thread. it was easy to read and understand. next up my headers and tsp rumbler system
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now does it matter weather or not all three steps are done @ the same time???
i was thinking of adding to the oil & fuel today... and doing the deep creep & brake booster vacum line next week or so
still just as effective???
i was thinking of adding to the oil & fuel today... and doing the deep creep & brake booster vacum line next week or so
still just as effective???
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Thanks for the thread, I've heard of this process but now my questions are answered for the most part. I still have a question...I'm working on my Ford Ranger and the heads are off to fix a chipped exhaust valve
and do some other maintainence. The pistons have lots of carbon buildup on them do to running extremely rich for 2+ years
. How much Seafoam should I pour into the open cylinders, or should I baste the pistons like a turkey? Perhaps its better to use the aerosol "Deep Creep" I don't know. Should I try to scape out the "softened" carbon before I install the heads or just let it smoke up the neighborhood?
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Originally Posted by 1baddls1
now does it matter weather or not all three steps are done @ the same time???
i was thinking of adding to the oil & fuel today... and doing the deep creep & brake booster vacum line next week or so
still just as effective???
i was thinking of adding to the oil & fuel today... and doing the deep creep & brake booster vacum line next week or so
still just as effective???
Originally Posted by squealingtires
Thanks for the thread, I've heard of this process but now my questions are answered for the most part. I still have a question...I'm working on my Ford Ranger and the heads are off to fix a chipped exhaust valve
and do some other maintainence. The pistons have lots of carbon buildup on them do to running extremely rich for 2+ years
. How much Seafoam should I pour into the open cylinders, or should I baste the pistons like a turkey? Perhaps its better to use the aerosol "Deep Creep" I don't know. Should I try to scape out the "softened" carbon before I install the heads or just let it smoke up the neighborhood? ![Devil](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_devil.gif)
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If you didn't know they also got seafoam for your transmission and power steering too. I never seen it til today one of my friends bought it and used it. But anyways just wanted to let ya'll know since u only got regular seafoam up there and the deep creep.
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well... added to the fuel & oil last yesterday
an hour ago sucked in through the vaccum line...
set sit for 20 min... started her up
and HOLY GOOD GOD!!!
smoke trailing behind me for a mile or so and 3 WOT passes...
def had a bunch of crap in there... expains the pinging on my dyno pass
guess thats what happens when i buy a car from a 40 yr old lady who only put 87 octane in it for 47,000 miles
ill update on how the car feels & any improvment in MPG
THANKS AGAIN CHOCO!!!
an hour ago sucked in through the vaccum line...
set sit for 20 min... started her up
and HOLY GOOD GOD!!!
smoke trailing behind me for a mile or so and 3 WOT passes...
def had a bunch of crap in there... expains the pinging on my dyno pass
guess thats what happens when i buy a car from a 40 yr old lady who only put 87 octane in it for 47,000 miles
ill update on how the car feels & any improvment in MPG
THANKS AGAIN CHOCO!!!
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Originally Posted by 1baddls1
well... added to the fuel & oil last yesterday
an hour ago sucked in through the vaccum line...
set sit for 20 min... started her up
and HOLY GOOD GOD!!!
smoke trailing behind me for a mile or so and 3 WOT passes...
def had a bunch of crap in there... expains the pinging on my dyno pass
guess thats what happens when i buy a car from a 40 yr old lady who only put 87 octane in it for 47,000 miles
ill update on how the car feels & any improvment in MPG
THANKS AGAIN CHOCO!!!
an hour ago sucked in through the vaccum line...
set sit for 20 min... started her up
and HOLY GOOD GOD!!!
smoke trailing behind me for a mile or so and 3 WOT passes...
def had a bunch of crap in there... expains the pinging on my dyno pass
guess thats what happens when i buy a car from a 40 yr old lady who only put 87 octane in it for 47,000 miles
ill update on how the car feels & any improvment in MPG
THANKS AGAIN CHOCO!!!
Originally Posted by Craiggg
If you didn't know they also got seafoam for your transmission and power steering too. I never seen it til today one of my friends bought it and used it. But anyways just wanted to let ya'll know since u only got regular seafoam up there and the deep creep.
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Yeah I didn't put it in my car my friend put it in his grand am. But the stuff for the trans is the same stuff for the power steering. Im not gonna try it on my car because I don't think it needs it anyways. But for they transmission your supposed to drive like 5 miles switching inbetween gears and stuff and then change your fluid but mine dont need it when I changed mine a few months ago everything looked brand new inside my tranny so I highly doubt it would need something like that. And my power steering don't leak or anythign like that so i'll just leave it at that and not use it for either. Was just letting ya'll know that they had it for that too.
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Just seafoamed the formula with 95k miles on it, it smoked quite a bit and left an awesome trail of black smoke at WOT, the car altogether feels like it gained a little power back and the acceleration feels much better. I won't say it really idles or runs better, its about the same, but all together, def. worth doing!