Do you think this would be good for a 92 with 41000 miles? I don't want to mess things up, but i know it probably could use a good cleaning!

 

does anyone know where to get seafoam in the keller southlake area and about how much it is?
Thanks
./Taylor T.

 

Call all part stores near you for it. It costs about $6.00 per can.

 

put a can in my tank today lets see how it turns out I haven't started the car......will update.

 

 

You WILL NOT screw anything up if you put it in your gas tank -- it's 100% petroleum. No additives, no snakeoil, no "mystery ingredients."

I put a can in my 96 when I failed CA emissions twice in a row. I made no changes other than the can of Seafoam (even engine/coolant temps were nearly identical from test to test) and it cut my cars emissions by nearly half.

I put 1/3 can in the gas tank, 1/3 in the crank case, and 1/3 through the brake booster line (just as the directions indicate on the can). When someone said earlier that they felt like their car picked up 30hp, they weren't kidding. It literally feels like a new engine now. The smoke that came out the back was absolutely *RIDICULOUS*, so I'm glad I did it at my mechanic's shop and not in my driveway.

About a week later, I changed the oil, and what came out was REALLY black.... If someone were to put a can of seafoam in the crank case, and not change the oil for thousands of miles (as previously mentioned):

1) They're an idiot.
2) Probably had underlying issues already going on with the car completely unrelated to the Seafoam, and
3) Refer back to 1).

The stuff works. REALLY well. Period. I won't necessarily use it at every oil change, but I don't drive the Vette that many miles in a year. Additionally, the *ONLY* (and I mean --only--) gas that goes in my 96 is Chevron Supreme (91) with Techron, so my fuel system should be in pretty good shape. An annual application of a can of Seafoam isn't unreasonable, though.

 

Thanks for the input im definitly gonna give it a shot

 

You can pick it up at AutoZone. I recently bought 3 cans of it. It cost right around $8.00/each. If you can't find any let me know and I will pick up couple of cans for you. I work over at DFW. You will be amazed at how it makes your car run.

 

After adding 1/3 can directly through brake booster line, how soon should the oil be changed?

 

The oil is not affected when putting the Seafoam in the brake booster line.

The Seafoam gets sucked through the brake booster line into the plenum and down through the intake valves into each combustion chamber, dissolving carbon on the intake valves and tops of the pistons.

The oil only has to be changed if adding the Seafoam into the crankcase because it mixes with the oil to clean the sludge from inside the engine.

 

I am putting sea foam in and its in the gas tank but how cool does the crank case need to be to put the sea foam in. i just didnt wanna catch fire today. or should i just park it tonight and let it cool down all night and do it in the morning.

 

I put it in my car when it was very hot...no flames involved.

As GKK mentioned, oil change is only necessary if you add 1/3 of the can to the crankcase. I would give it a few days to do its work, and change the oil no more than a week or so later.

 

Just curious, why did you put any in the crankcase??? I've never seen any sludge inside the crankcase of a motor that used synthetic oil??? From my own personal observations, synthetic oil actually cleaned my crankcase on it's own over the miles... I took apart my 88 125K miles IROC's motor that had run synthetic for the 63K miles I owned it and not a single bit of sludge in there... I had a rocker cover off early when I owned it around 65K miles because of a gasket leak and saw a little bit of sludge in the heads, but not a trace at 125K miles, only slight discoloration of the rocker arms themselves, from what I'm thinking was heat related...

I use seafoam in my cars, but I've only put it though the gas tank so far... I might do the combustion chamber treatment on my Northstar Caddy soon though, those things are notorious for carbon loading, although I do drive it pretty hard so I might not be as susceptable...

 

...figured it couldn't hurt... The oil that came out at the change (>3,000 miles since the last one) was B-L-A-C-K, so apparently it cleaned *something*. My car only has 55,000 miles, and I purchased it ~3 years ago with 37k on the clock. The owner before me only put 5,000 miles on it in 5 years of ownership. Who knows how often (or even if) an oil change was ever done by that guy.

Anyway...if I'm going to do an annual "Seafoaming" from now on, I'll probably skip the crankcase treatment. I more or less just did it out of curiosity, and my suspicions were confirmed when I saw the oil at the change.

 

OK, call me crazy, but I just added about 1/4 can very slowly in through the brake booster, then the rest in my gas tank that was just over half full. I waited about 20 minutes and started her up. Little smoke, not too bad. Went for a drive. Maybe it was psychological, but I felt an immediate improvement in the response of the car.

 

Sounds like Seafoam does great on the engine, I wonder if their other product Bug B Gone works on Rice burners?

 

My `91 is 500 miles away from its next scheduled oil change when she turns 100k.
At what mileage point should I add 1/3 a can of seafoam in the crankcase before the oil change? 300 miles?

 

after reading 6 pages on this thread, convinced me, think I will try it

 

I filled up with premium at a different gas station than usual and found that I had an occasional hesitation from then on even after a couple of tanks from my usual fill up spot.

After spotting this thread a few weeks ago I put in a can of seafoam in a full tank of gas and ran it. It seems to me that the occasional hesitation is gone.

Just my experience.

 

so driving your car hard reduces carbon buildup? hmmmmm