Seafoam really does work!!

[CY98Cobra]

I never really believed the seafoam hype but my car has felt sluggish as hell lately so I decided to try it. I bought a 16 ounce can and ran half through and cleaned it out then ran the other half through. The car is much better now. It wouldn't hardly turn the tires over from a roll before, after the seafoam it spins like hell and is all over the place and pulls much harder. I HIGHLY recommend seafoam for whoever was on the fence like me. Seafoam:thumbsup:

 

[shaolinmonk777]

my car feels like that too maybe ill try it this weekend. did it screw anything up going half than half? just wondering.

 

[Shangsta]

i think he did half and half because to be on the safe side because some have suggested that doing the whole thing could hyrodock your engine

 

[97CasperCobra]

Hmmm....maybe I'll try it. I would LOVE to do a before/after look at the IMRCs to see how much cleaning they ACTUALLY did. Course that would require a LOT of work so not sure. :-D Maybe over Christmas break. :shrug:

 

[Red98CobraStang]

sweet, my cars ben feeling a bit lazy too, Guess a 5 dollar can of seafoam is worth a shot.

 

[CY98Cobra]

my car feels like that too maybe ill try it this weekend. did it screw anything up going half than half? just wondering.

No, it worked fine. I did it that way because it says on the can to only suck up 1/3 of the can.

Hmmm....maybe I'll try it. I would LOVE to do a before/after look at the IMRCs to see how much cleaning they ACTUALLY did. Course that would require a LOT of work so not sure. Maybe over Christmas break.

I don't think it's the IMRC's that really get cleaned. I think it's the inside of the combustion chamber and valves that really helps. But, when I was cleaning it out it would only smoke over 3500 rpms. That tells me that alot of it went into the secondary ports. Hopefully it helped clean the intake valve.

I'm like you. I've thought about pulling the intake and taking pics. Then replacing the intake, doing the seafoam and pulling the intake again. Just not sure if I want to go through all that though.

 

[Snarf]

I can attest to this being 100% accurate also I was there while CY98 did this and rode shotgun afterwards. After the initial comedic moment of pulling away from the shop like we were Sanford and Son, [everyone says this stuff smokes alot but until you do it, you really dont have an idea of how much it really does!] his car started to freakin get down and dirty. slamming 2nd and 3rd netted a veiw of both shoulders of the road, kicking the tail end out all over the place. It was fantastic

I'm doing the seaform thing to my mom's 99 this very weekend

 

[METALBEAST]

What mileage would yall recommend using Seafoam? Anyone have any negative feedback after using it?

 

[CY98Cobra]

I just turned 100k and it was the first time I used. I have manually cleaned the IMRC's and it didn't have the same affect (not saying you shouldn't manually clean them because you definitely should).


Whats up Derek? Didn't expect you to pop your head in here.

 

[97cobra$VT]

I already bought a can and am doing it in a few hours. I'll post my results tonight.
How much of the can should I be doing? I'm going thru the PCV hose.
What do you guys think of 1/2 can thru there and 1/2 in the gas tank?

LMK I'm doing it soon and will be checking back...

 

[CY98Cobra]

I did it twice through the pcv valve, back to back. Each time I used half a can.

 

[Snarf]

Hey Josh, whats up mang? Well, i found this post by doing a search on this stuff to see what everyone thought about it. My mom's 99 is damn near 60k on the ticker, so its due for some cleanings. Just put some new plugs in it this afternoon

 

[Sergio]

i know i could do a search... but since this thread is here, what is seafoam? i'm sorry if its a dumb question.

 

[VirtualSVT]

It made a helluva difference in my 99. Soo much that I did it to my g/f camry and my mom's volvo.

All three cars have picked up fuel milage a little bit.

 

[jlauth]

sorry guys im dumb but where is the pcv valve because i think i might pick some up also. where do you get it, i could order it but do they have it at auto parts places.

 

[97cobra$VT]

Well I just did it and got very little grey smoke. No big smoke ordeal at all.
I drove it around and noticed little to no difference.
My conclusion, it could be one of 3 things:

1. It's all just hype.
2. My Cobra only has 48k so maybe not much build up yet.
or
3. I did forget to warm my car up prior. So maybe that has something to do with it. I did start it up and drive it to an area 1 1/2 blocks away so the smoke cloud wouldn't phase anyone, but it was not warmed up with only 1 1/2 blocks.

Just wanted to share my 1st experience, so there it is.... :coolman:

 

[jlauth]

just got some, not gonna ad it till later, but where do i add it.

 

[98 svt]

:rockon:

just got some, not gonna ad it till later, but where do i add it.

check the

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:rockon: :rockon:

 

[Snarf]

Well I just did it and got very little grey smoke. No big smoke ordeal at all.
I drove it around and noticed little to no difference.
My conclusion, it could be one of 3 things:

1. It's all just hype.
2. My Cobra only has 48k so maybe not much build up yet.
or
3. I did forget to warm my car up prior. So maybe that has something to do with it. I did start it up and drive it to an area 1 1/2 blocks away so the smoke cloud wouldn't phase anyone, but it was not warmed up with only 1 1/2 blocks.

Just wanted to share my 1st experience, so there it is.... :coolman:

You probably didn't do it correctly then. My 99 has 57k on the ticker, and smoked so bad you could not see the raod behind me, lol. 50 feet back awas nothing but a solid wall of white smoke. I noticed a substantial gain in throttle response and pulling power immediatly. I can guarantee you it is NOT hype.

 

[97cobra$VT]

You probably didn't do it correctly then. My 99 has 57k on the ticker, and smoked so bad you could not see the raod behind me, lol. 50 feet back awas nothing but a solid wall of white smoke. I noticed a substantial gain in throttle response and pulling power immediatly. I can guarantee you it is NOT hype.

How can I not do it correctly?

I had engine off, disconnected pcv hose put it in the can, turned the engine on, when can was 1/2 empty turned engine off. Waited 30 minutes turned it on and let it idle for 30 seconds then reved it at 3000 for 30 seconds more.
The only thing I didn't do was do it on a warmed up engine.