Used Sea Foam, not alot of smoke
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Used Sea Foam, not alot of smoke
I have an LS1 with 55K on it in a 93 RX7 and decided to try out Sea Foam because of the mileage and the condition of the throttle body when I took it apart to clearance the blade.
I put in roughly the 1/3 they said at idle through the vacuum port on the lower passenger side throttle body side, it was pulling good vacuum and sucked it right in.
Shut the car off, let it sit for 5 minutes and started it up. Got about 3-4 seconds of light hazing smoke, not the smoke show every says you get.
I was going to give it another shot tommorow and put a bit more in, or is there a better place to put it in? I'm sure the insides are gummed, the TB was a mess, as was the PVC lines.
I'm going to yank the PVC off and put on breathers.
It did rev smoother and pulled pretty decent, but I'm not sure if I got it all or not.
I'm also going to throw some in the oil and in the gas tank, its due for a change so now would be a good time to do it.
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I put in roughly the 1/3 they said at idle through the vacuum port on the lower passenger side throttle body side, it was pulling good vacuum and sucked it right in.
Shut the car off, let it sit for 5 minutes and started it up. Got about 3-4 seconds of light hazing smoke, not the smoke show every says you get.
I was going to give it another shot tommorow and put a bit more in, or is there a better place to put it in? I'm sure the insides are gummed, the TB was a mess, as was the PVC lines.
I'm going to yank the PVC off and put on breathers.
It did rev smoother and pulled pretty decent, but I'm not sure if I got it all or not.
I'm also going to throw some in the oil and in the gas tank, its due for a change so now would be a good time to do it.
Thanks
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i used the gm top end cleaner and let it sit for about 6 hours while i slept and then went and ran it out and only got smoke when i went WOT, none at idle on startup or anything and my intake is coated with oil. id say do it again and let it sit alot longer.
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I used an entire can on my 99tahoe and let it sit for an hour. it started up sounding a little flooded and then smoked out the block for 15 minutes. Nice to see you on the board again.
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What is Sea foam? By the thread I gather some type of cleaner. Where do I get some? I have oil coating the back side of my throttle body too so I'm sure I could benefit from this type of cleaning.