So i seafoamed my car today
... i'll check the whole car out once i'll take it to install lts 
08-05-2008, 09:50 PM
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maybe double check the everything, i agree with the cats comment, did you make sure to clean it out pretty good when driving...i cant imagine this hurting anything else....if so you would kno it for sure. good luck
08-05-2008, 11:45 PM
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Well considering seafoam is a petroleum product it shouldnt hurt anything. i did it to my car and on the "spirited drive" portion of the process it blowed smoke for about an eigth of a mile! Afterwards ran great, no problems 5000 miles later.
08-06-2008, 12:07 AM
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Im just going to assume the knocking is piston slap @ idle. Since you sea foamed the engine you prolly just free'd up the carbon in the piston rings. When i sprayed my car with 150 hit it started to have a lot of piston slap. I feel nitrous and sea foam both clean the engine up real well!! lol And yes im sure it was piston slap to those who think i have rod knock. but you prolly crapped out your plugs and clogged your cats..depending on how bad a shape the motor was in before you cleaned it (carbon deposits, gunk, etc. etc.) I find it next near to impossible for your throttle body to be knocking in any way shape or form, unless you accidently left the plate loose after you ported it!
08-06-2008, 03:30 PM
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thanks for not taking me as a smart ***... I'm just trying to make sure we're all very clear.
So you put seafoam in your brake booster line which was leading to the engine at time. ummm,,, well just go somewhere where you won't bother a bunch of people and just rev the crap out of it ONCE ITS ALREADY WARMED UP. See if that clears it out.
I used it and it cleaned out my ls1 pretty good! Sorry but I feel that you misunderstood the instructions some where. Not calling you stupid or anything. I did mine and it turned out perfectly. You don't really need to drive it on the street to clear it out. You can rev in one spot.
I had fun and drove with mine lmao! There was this guy in his mechanic shirt walking into his trailer and I went flying by with this big *** cloud of smoke behind me and he just stopped walking and stared! I was hauling *** LMAO I bet he was thinking WTF?!
See if you can find someone local who knows about ls1s and see if they can help you.
So you put seafoam in your brake booster line which was leading to the engine at time. ummm,,, well just go somewhere where you won't bother a bunch of people and just rev the crap out of it ONCE ITS ALREADY WARMED UP. See if that clears it out.
I used it and it cleaned out my ls1 pretty good! Sorry but I feel that you misunderstood the instructions some where. Not calling you stupid or anything. I did mine and it turned out perfectly. You don't really need to drive it on the street to clear it out. You can rev in one spot.
I had fun and drove with mine lmao! There was this guy in his mechanic shirt walking into his trailer and I went flying by with this big *** cloud of smoke behind me and he just stopped walking and stared! I was hauling *** LMAO I bet he was thinking WTF?!
See if you can find someone local who knows about ls1s and see if they can help you.
08-07-2008, 01:22 AM
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i love seafoam personally, but its semi-corrosive, maybe you should check your booster line and see if its collapsed at all or if its swolen...that might cause the power loss...good luck!
