So im almost done putting my car away for the winter, just have to change oil fill up tank and vacuum. I wanted to seafoam it (20k miles) but i dont know where would be a good place to put the seafoam in the throttle body b/c its upside down. Should i just put it in the brake booster or dribble it on the map sensor whole?? Thanks.

 

ive seen alot do it for the vacum line,

 

i would also like to know

 

why do you feel the need to use seafoam at only 20k miles?

 

You should put it back on the store shelf. There is no way in hell you need that stuff for a brand new car.

 

i did it to my car at 100k miles... never did see much of any white smoke.... so i did another can.... and another can.... thinkin i was doing it wrong. lol

...its cleaned up good now. LOL

 

lmfao FAIL

 

believe it or not it did puff some cream colored smoke. kinda surprised. i did put it in through the vacuum line.

 

Well there you go then.

lol I think I'll do it eventually, but not till I have some serious KMs on that bitch.


What are the downsides to using seafoam? It can't really be good for everything. Or at least I wouldn't think it would be. Does it clog up your cat or foul your spark plugs or anything?

 

same thing i did. very little smoke at all.... i guess that means my car was clean?? lol

i used three cans in a day. im still rolln on 4 wheels lol

 

Why not just add Sta Bil to the tank, run it 15 minutes to make sure the treated fuel is completely through the system and shut it off. Then once a month start the car, let the temp come up to 125 deg. to stabilize all the engines systems and shut it off till next time. It's simple, doesn't put who knows what into the engine and keeps ALL the systems up. All you really need to do is prevent varnish and Sta Bil does that very well.

I use Sta Bil in my standby generater and chainsaw and have never had a problem starting either after prolonged storage (a year or more).

 

u think it would be bad for seals or something eh

 

Brake booster is a commonly used method. Some also put a bit in the fuel tank.

NEVER put it in the oil... It is a potential for epic fail.

When you seafoam, plan on changing the spark plugs afterward.

 

yea im planning on going with plugs in the spring, I had a 1/4 tank so i put 1/3 in all then changed the oil about 20 mins after the whole thing. I really dont think it is going to hurt anything. My oil however at 3500 miles was pitch black though. Dont really know why i didnt get on it much in those 3500