How to Use Sea Foam Video

[AJ]

Great How to Video...for gas and diesel engines, small engines, etc...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6187290865726229173

[Dave A.]

Gotta love those smoke clouds. LOL!!!

[ABUSEDDOG]

Has seafoam done any sort of comparative before and after teardown pics, to help validate claims?

[thor20]

I put seafoam through my last car, an 85 Camry, and it smoked for over an hour after running the stuff through the brake booster. It did run better after it was done with.

[Crocket]

Hmmmm, seems like a pretty tall order Arch. I'm not a chemist, but I'd hazard a guess that to be good at any one of those claims you'd have to modify the make up of the fluid to different specs? I've never used the stuff personally, but my first impression (and my BS meter) tell me it's too good to be true. Anybody else have any personal experience with this stuff? Any before and after results?

Sonny

[rexgo]

After seeing where he put it - I thought he was going to drink some too.

[Tire Shredder]

I've heard BS all over the place and it certainly looks like snake oil...

BUT I did try it once, on my dad's pickup truck. I approached it very skeptically and said "meh, it's $8...give it a shot". You can raise the BS flag if you like, but all I can say is that it did effect the trucks engine in only very positive ways. I had my mother go for a ride in the truck, without telling her anything and she said "what did you do to the truck? it runs so much smoother!". again, no hint, no description just an ubiased point of view. I can say it worked.

[Crocket]

After seeing where he put it - I thought he was going to drink some too.

LOL


I've heard BS all over the place and it certainly looks like snake oil...

BUT I did try it once, on my dad's pickup truck. I approached it very skeptically and said "meh, it's $8...give it a shot". You can raise the BS flag if you like, but all I can say is that it did effect the trucks engine in only very positive ways. I had my mother go for a ride in the truck, without telling her anything and she said "what did you do to the truck? it runs so much smoother!". again, no hint, no description just an ubiased point of view. I can say it worked.

Interesting. Where in the truck did you add the stuff? The video shows like half a dozen?


Sonny

[AJ]

As a 15+ yr user of Marvel Mystery Oil, I can believe some of the claims in regards to keeping the crankcase clean(er).

If you make the car run richer its going to smoke, not sure if pouring in SeaFoam is going to disolve yrs of carbon buildup or not??

I generally have used Marvel in the crankcase to top off and at oil changes adding a pint.

My ole '72 Cheby Pickup C20 350 I used it in the crankcase and fuel tank religously, now at over 200k miles on the original engine...

Soom peeps have used SeaFoam on the list and I that the video was well done...

[Tire Shredder]

when I did it I put 3/4 of it through the vacuum hose on the intake manifold for the brake booster very slowly...let it sit and restarted, driving it hard. I dumped the last bit in the gas tank. I did not add any to the oil pan as I did not want to contaminate it, nor change the oil. I noticed an improvement immediately after the smoke stopped. I did not notice any change over time while the tank of treated fuel was being burnt.

It felt like a completely different vehicle at low throttle.SO much more torque and much smoother. the transmission was not hunting for gears anymore. (1990 pick up, 22RE 115,000km) it should be noted that the truck ran quite well before I did the treatment....but it definitely made an improvement. After a few months it felt like it had before treatment again.

I believe it's splitting hairs...it's far more important to spend money on quality oils, change your oil often, buy quality gas, keep the air filter in check etc. etc. than buying additives. the best money to spend is to keep engines clean and not expect magic out of an additive to fix something broken.

I don't put any stock in products like "slick 50" or fuel additives that clean your injectors very well (I think removing them is the only way to do it properly). and I don't particularly like the idea of putting "cleaners" in oil because well...to clean oil and carbon the additive will negativley effect the same stuff it suspended in...oil. I don't want the "cleaner" diluting, cutting and "cleaning" my oil that is the life blood of the engine. And we all know how sensitive bearings are to oil quality. Water's actually a pretty decent lubricant. But put it in your crankcase and let me know how it runs. I want oil in the place where oil is supposed to be, not other shit.

seafoam did something positive to the engine I used it on.

[sowsley]

I think it may clean crud off of the O2 sensor, which might make a difference. I've had good luck with it, but I agree with Arch, use good quality oil, Marvel Mystery oil, and good high detergent gasoline, (I like Chevron) and you will keep your engine running well. But if you have inherited or bought a car that isn't running well, Seafoam isn't a bad place to start, after you check timing, plugs, distributor cap, vacuum leaks, etc.

[Tire Shredder]

i'm not convinced it's good for the 02 sensor or cat. that crud it's removing (if it's removing it) has to go somewhere. to say it doesn't stick to the cat or 02 is probably a little optimistic. This is mainly the reason I haven't used it again.

[Crocket]

As a 15+ yr user of Marvel Mystery Oil, I can believe some of the claims in regards to keeping the crankcase clean(er).

If you make the car run richer its going to smoke, not sure if pouring in SeaFoam is going to disolve yrs of carbon buildup or not??

I generally have used Marvel in the crankcase to top off and at oil changes adding a pint.

My ole '72 Cheby Pickup C20 350 I used it in the crankcase and fuel tank religously, now at over 200k miles on the original engine...

Soom peeps have used SeaFoam on the list and I that the video was well done...


Hi Arch,

I hope I did not sound too negative in my previous posts. I'm sure it does work (to some degree). I suppose I'm just getting less trusting as I get older. At any rate, thanks for posting the video link, you never know when it may come in handy :-)

Sonny

[supergregotti]

Am I easily amused, or is this funny?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsCvqSojvuQ&feature=related

[Dave A.]

Am I easily amused, or is this funny?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsCvqSojvuQ&feature=related


Hillbilly smoke bomb. :laugh: LOL!!

Check this one out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_sja4Jvw_o&feature=related

[Dave A.]

Here's a phone conversation with a guy named Jim at Seafoam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZyz-np6tDI&feature=related Mr. Jim says that it's gum & varnish in the carbon deposits that soak up the seafoam and cause the smoke. I definitely have some doubts about that statement.