Sea Foam

[kevinssf]

Any of you guys use sea foam before? I'm thinking about using it and wondering what results you guys have come up with by using this.

here's a link for those who don't know what sea foam is...
http://www.seafoamsales.com/motorTuneUpTechGas.htm

[robrecht]

Originally posted by kevinssf
Any of you guys use sea foam before? I'm thinking about using it and wondering what results you guys have come up with by using this.

here's a link for those who don't know what sea foam is...
http://www.seafoamsales.com/motorTuneUpTechGas.htm

Are you thinking of putting it in your gas tank or sucking it into your intake manifold or doing a piston soak? I've done all three on another car with good results. If you're just sucking it into the intake manifold, I think water probably works just as well or maybe even better some say. As a piston soak, I've seen quantifiable improvement in bringing compression back to stock on a carboned-up engine. I believe it may help in your gas tank, as a shock treatment to help clean injectors, but I think it's probably better to use a good detergent gasonline, eg, Shell V-Power, on a regular or constant basis ... but I'm too cheap to do so myself.

[rocky]

Used it on my truck (155k) via gas tank and it smoothed the idle and acceleration,
Then tried it in inlet without anything spectacular happening

[kevinssf]

Originally posted by robrecht
Are you thinking of putting it in your gas tank or sucking it into your intake manifold or doing a piston soak? I've done all three on another car with good results. If you're just sucking it into the intake manifold, I think water probably works just as well or maybe even better some say. As a piston soak, I've seen quantifiable improvement in bringing compression back to stock on a carboned-up engine. I believe it may help in your gas tank, as a shock treatment to help clean injectors, but I think it's probably better to use a good detergent gasonline, eg, Shell V-Power, on a regular or constant basis ... but I'm too cheap to do so myself.

water in the intake manifold?
If I'm correct, by cleaning the intake manifold you mean adding sea foam to the break booster line right? My friend did it to his prelude a few days ago, adding it to the brea booster line and gas tank. Afterwards he said while he was driving, the car felt like it wasn't even turned on.

how do i do a piston soak?

[robrecht]

Originally posted by kevinssf


water in the intake manifold?
If I'm correct, by cleaning the intake manifold you mean adding sea foam to the break booster line right? My friend did it to his prelude a few days ago, adding it to the brea booster line and gas tank. Afterwards he said while he was driving, the car felt like it wasn't even turned on.

how do i do a piston soak?

Yes, through any of a number of vacuum lines. I think the theory is that since water doesn't burn or compress it actually has more bombastic force to break off carbon as opposed to a solvent that burns off quickly but makes a lot of impressive smoke. Of course, not too much water so as to avoid hydrolock. Piston soak (with the engine still in the car) is accomplished by adding it through the spark plug holes and letting it sit for a few hours or overnight and dissolve the carbon that way.

[kevinssf]

[robrecht]

Originally posted by kevinssf

Sorry, I've never done this on a Pilot and I'm out of town until the middle of next week. If no one else chimes in the meantime, I'll take a look then.

[rlapid]

here's my favorite seafoam

[krygny]

Amazing stuff. Pour it in the intake. Pour it in the crankcase. Pour it in the gas tank. This stuff does EVERYTHING!!

[robrecht]

Originally posted by krygny
Amazing stuff. Pour it in the intake. Pour it in the crankcase. Pour it in the gas tank. This stuff does EVERYTHING!!

You can also soak your head in it as a cure for baldness and/or ignorance--overnight soak for best results.

Worked great for me--I learned that it doesn't cure baldness.

[macphanatic]

Just think what it will do if put in your tires.

[ctobio]

Funny thing though- Seafoam is no snake oil, and I'm a big skeptic.

I have a '97 Honda Passport just sitting in my driveway for no good reason. It sat for 3 months waiting for me to replace a power steering hose. The car ran a bit rough when I finally fired her up. So, I dumped some seafoam in the tank in a fairly high concentration, and deep-creeped the intake, and damned if it doesn't idle a bit smoother now and growl a little less.

I have yet to Seafoam my Passat, but I use it in my small engines as well when I give them a little cleaning.

[kevinssf]

anyone able to answer my brake booster line question? thanks

[ctobio]

Originally posted by kevinssf
anyone able to answer my brake booster line question? thanks

The hose that runs to the drum behind the master cylinder? That's the brake booster line.

If you're going to do a seafoam this way, here's what I recommend:

Disconnect the line at the brake booster. Stick a tee in that line. Take a length of hose and stick it one one end of the tee. Take another length of hose and stick it on the other end of the tee.

Take a clean, clear plasic bottle and put in 6 oz of seafoam in it. Now, dip one end of the tee hose in the bottle. The other end of the tee that's not in the brake booster line is open to the air. Basically, this allows you to slowly siphon seafoam from the bottle.

Try to keep the RPMs at around 2000 when you do this, and shut off the car as soon as you're done siphoning. Wait about 30 minutes, then drive it like yo stole it. It'll look like you're mosquito fogging when you drive. Once the white smoke is done, you're done.

[kevinssf]

Originally posted by ctobio


The hose that runs to the drum behind the master cylinder? That's the brake booster line.

If you're going to do a seafoam this way, here's what I recommend:

Disconnect the line at the brake booster. Stick a tee in that line. Take a length of hose and stick it one one end of the tee. Take another length of hose and stick it on the other end of the tee.

Take a clean, clear plasic bottle and put in 6 oz of seafoam in it. Now, dip one end of the tee hose in the bottle. The other end of the tee that's not in the brake booster line is open to the air. Basically, this allows you to slowly siphon seafoam from the bottle.

Try to keep the RPMs at around 2000 when you do this, and shut off the car as soon as you're done siphoning. Wait about 30 minutes, then drive it like yo stole it. It'll look like you're mosquito fogging when you drive. Once the white smoke is done, you're done.

So I went ahead and took a shot of the pilot's own engine bay...
the brake booster is the big, black saucer shaped object behind the brake fluid holder against the driver’s side firewall right?

an extra pic for additional clarity...