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Luke Woessner 01-20-2017 10:40 PM

Experiences with Seafoam Spray?
 
Does anyone have any experience using Seafoam spray on a 2.4L N/A I5 from the 96' 850? (Base Model) I've heard mixed reviews on it as a product (mostly positive) from car to car and wanted to know if anyone had any information to share.
Thanks!
-Luke

mt6127 01-21-2017 08:17 PM

Luke,

what problem are you trying to solve? The only concern I've heard is on how the spray gets into the intake - if you are going to suck in the spray via an upstream vacuum line, you will risk messing up the MAF. A better deal would be to use CRC MAF cleaner on the MAF then use carb cleaner products on the idle air valve. There's also a great recent post on how to clean your throttle body as well.

Luke Woessner 01-21-2017 08:58 PM

Just doing a full tune up and wanted to know if this is something anyone would recommend on a 130K Mile N/A engine.

mt6127 01-22-2017 11:52 PM

I'd start by inspecting the throttle body just to see how clean it looks. If the car has been getting regular air filter changes it should be fine.

rspi 02-13-2017 11:01 AM

These engines don't do well with Seafoam. I have gotten a few calls about people having massive oil leaks post a Seafoam treatment. Not sure if it is crankcase add or vacuum ingesting. You can let the system suck it in through the vacuum tree.



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