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Seafoam will not save an engine with a clogged PCV system. Seafoam is not an additive, but a cleaner. It is also not like those "engine flush" gimmicks that can destroy an older engine.
Seafoam should be used as part of your maint schedule. I use 500 miles before every oil change on my Volvo, Geo, and my Chevy. This is added 1/3 to the fuel tank, 1/3 to the engine oil, and the last 1/3 gets sucked through a vacuum line with the engine running. After it's all in, shut the engine off, wait 5 minutes, restart and go for a ride. 500 miles later, change the oil.
This will not clean gobs of engine sludge from a heavily gunked up engine, but it will keep carbon deposits from the valves, ring grooves, and other internals of the engine and when you do this regularly, the engine stays a lot cleaner.
My Geo Metro has a Suzuki 1.0L 3 cylinder engine that notorious for burning up exhaust valves, but the regular Seafoam treatments will prevent that. Well, stainless steel exhaust valves are also a bonus.
Seafoam should be used as part of your maint schedule. I use 500 miles before every oil change on my Volvo, Geo, and my Chevy. This is added 1/3 to the fuel tank, 1/3 to the engine oil, and the last 1/3 gets sucked through a vacuum line with the engine running. After it's all in, shut the engine off, wait 5 minutes, restart and go for a ride. 500 miles later, change the oil.
This will not clean gobs of engine sludge from a heavily gunked up engine, but it will keep carbon deposits from the valves, ring grooves, and other internals of the engine and when you do this regularly, the engine stays a lot cleaner.
My Geo Metro has a Suzuki 1.0L 3 cylinder engine that notorious for burning up exhaust valves, but the regular Seafoam treatments will prevent that. Well, stainless steel exhaust valves are also a bonus.
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I've used seafoam for years in everything I own. In my 2 strokes, (weedeater, 4 wheeler and snowcat), I use it in the gas to keep it fresh, like Stabil. For mower, snowblower,Tahoe, boat, and my S80, i use it in the gas, and through a vacuum line. Once in a while in my oil before a change. On the S80 I pull the brake booster hose from the intake mainfold. Put a small funnel on it and pour 6oz or so slowly and shut the motor off for 10-15 mins. It will smoke like a son of a gun when you start it up. But it sure does a good job of cleaning the injectors and carbon deposits. Anytime I get idle fluctuation it clears it up right away.
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04-09-2007 05:22 AM