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anyone ever used it? bad/good results....

and how exactly did you use it? i've heard it is pretty amazing stuff and really cleans any carbon build in the motor. i dont have any issues with my motor just want to do a good tune up and thought about doing this also. thanks fellas
 

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Always had good experiences.....except one, But then again a BMW is a picky european POS
 

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Ok, you all wanna know about Seafoam. Seafoam is this stuff that is used to dissolve carbon deposits in your combustion chambers and will do the same on the IRMC's pretty well. I was sceptacle at first, but then I used it and WOW, what a difference on my 96 Cobra. It can be bought at most autoparts stores. People say to put it in the gas, but then it's just like injector cleaner and doesn't do shit barely. I was told to use the PCV valve to suck it into the motor, so that's what I did.

Step 1: with the motor off, simply pull the PCV hose out of the DRIVER-side valve cover, but leave it connected to the manifold.

Step 2: Open the bottle of Seafoam (the fluid, not the aerosol spray kind) and put the end of the PCV hose into the can, while keeping the can as upright as possible at first. You'll need 2 people, one to hold the can, one inside the car.

Step 3: Start the motor for about 12 seconds. This will suck all the contents out of the bottle into the motor. The can-holder should signal to the person in the car to turn-off the motor as soon as the can is empty. The faster you turn it off, the better. You'll notice that the motor will nearly die when it sucks in the Seafoam, this is normal. Seriously, it'll work fine after the process is done.

Step 4: Let the car sit for 30 minutes with the engine off.

Step 5: MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN A VEEERY WELL VENTILATED AREA. This will cause quite a smoke-show. Start the motor, let it idle for about 30 seconds. The engine will be sluggish and want to die, but will usually stay running. After 30 seconds or so, raise the RPM to about 2800 and hold it there until you feel the motor start to rev more freely (usually about 20-40 seconds). This step makes lots of smoke. That is all the dissolved carbon blowing out.

Step 6: Take the car out for a spin. Go WOT as soon as possible. This should clear the remaining contaminates.

Step 7: Drive the car around at different speeds and RPM's until it feels like the car is running like normal. After 10-15 of driving, you should notice a large increase in power, more smoothness in revs, and an all-round better running motor. After 74,000 miles I did this, and it felt like the engine had gained 20 horsepower, even though it was probably just underpowered with carbon before.


A can of Seafoam is about $4-5 and the can looks old-school. It has ornate style writing and kinda resembles an old shaving-cream can. Ask the store people, they'll know. It should be by the injector cleaners, etc.

Try it. You won't be dissapointed. PM me if you have questions/comments. Oh, enjoy going 007 smokescreen style on people behind you!

Here is another write-up to clean out the IMRCs and runners manually as well.
http://www.svtmustangcobraclub.com/m...C_Cleaning.pdf
 
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BAM! sweet write up! one ?....when you say pull the pcv hose, do i leave the valve in the valve cover and just suck the foam through the hose only?
 

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yessir! Thats how itsh be done.. That was for a 4v but it should be the same. If you wanna be safe ya could use a tiny less than the whole can. But I forsee no problems if you follow that.

But really. I didnt sit in my driveway for too long and went driving. HA! Pulled out of my driveway and some guy in a BMW came flying up on me. He had to stop dead in the middle of the road because he couldnt see shit after I started to move lol. And I couldnt see him. Theme song for goldeneye started playing in my head..

Then I just got stupid looks the rest of the time lol. Kinda that look ya give to a ricer thats loud as crap but goes no where, and smokes while doing it.
 
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^hahaha, dude i seen a couple videos and DAM! smokes like fn crazy...i'll make my wife drive it till all the carbon blows out, lol!







cause i'm a shitty hubby
 

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I wonder if this would trash your catalytic converts from all the excessive carbon? That makes sense that the car would want to die at first. The O2 Sensors would be screaming for mercy. I would like to try this but I wouldn't want to toast my smog system.
 
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i have no cats...xpipe catless!

but the 02 sensor concerns me?!?!
 

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I wonder if this would trash your catalytic converts from all the excessive carbon? That makes sense that the car would want to die at first. The O2 Sensors would be screaming for mercy. I would like to try this but I wouldn't want to toast my smog system.

The car wants to die at first because you just sucked a whole can of liquid into the engine...... o_O

Youll be fine tony...
 

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Yea it's Notta big deal if you have old set of 02's thow them in to be safe
 

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Seafoam just worries me.. I've thought about doing it, but it just seems unadvisable lol. Maybe when I'm planning on rebuilding my engine i'll run some through just for fun.
 

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[video=youtube_share;U5YjQWvoAAw]http://youtu.be/U5YjQWvoAAw[/video]

The guys video Discription:
tried running seafoam through the car, apparently seafoam doesnt reccomend doing that to higher mileage cars w/ cats/o2 sensors...results of this were pieces of build up in the engine broke off and glogged up the cats and ruined all the o2 sensors..

http://youtu.be/U5YjQWvoAAw


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So looks like if you got no cats and an extra set of O2 Sensors have at it.
 

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