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Old 09-08-2006, 11:21 AM
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just finished my tank of gas the car seems to be running a lot better, new fan of sea foam for the fuel system
Old 09-08-2006, 11:53 AM
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yes stuff works very well
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i have 2 Q's

first can i just sea foam the fuel?? or do i need to do it all at once?

i notice in the sticky that there's 2 different cans of sea foam, which one would i use for the fuel??


ive never done this before, car has 55k

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Old 09-08-2006, 09:55 PM
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yes i just got my LS1 rebuilt but the pistons looked like crap on top..* bought a long block..old motor spun a rod bearing* and i want the inside as clean as i can get it..where do i get it? how much is it? and how the hell do you use it? will it bother my 02 sensors?
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just buy a normal can of seafoam NOT the deep creep. jsut dump it right into a full tank of gas and be on your way
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picked mine up at auto zone, cant find 0w 30 castrol there but my sea foam is 5 bucks a can
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orielly and autozone both carry it, it's about 6 a can. Buy the "motor treatment" the one with a screw off top, not the aresol can. Get a funnel and dump it in the gas tank. For detailed instructions, there's a sticky calling your name.
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ya i was also wondering about this my car has 108k miles yall think it needs a sea foaming??
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yep, bj run it through




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