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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 09:16 PM
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ok, i changed my oil today and while i was wrenching i decided i might as well do the seafoam into the intake trick...
did it like i've heard to do it dozens of times...

got a nice big nasty cloud when i pulled out of the driveway, it was done totally by the time i got 5 houses down the street....

i guess all the crap i've been doing has cleaned up the insides pretty well
 
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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 09:31 PM
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try feeding 1/3 of a can into your brake booster vacuum line SLOWLY then shut the car off for 5 min. that really got it smoking for me.
 
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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 09:58 PM
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the car eh? wow batty, he's insulting ya since you have a 4 banger. when i did the seafoam with my truck.. i did half a can through the vac line.. only hazed out of my tailpipes for a minute, that was it. that was the first time i did it too.. nice and clean engine.. great success.
 
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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 11:59 PM
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well i've got a whole 'nother can to play with, half went into the intake, half went into the oil...i bought 2 cans...
 
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Old Dec 28, 2008 | 12:06 AM
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throw it in the gas, clean out the fuel system
 
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Old Dec 28, 2008 | 12:08 AM
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i do that all the time. but with actual fuel system cleaner, once a month at the least
 
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Old Dec 28, 2008 | 12:10 AM
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what cleaner do you use, only stuff that shows any difference at all for me is the lucas treatment
 
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Old Dec 28, 2008 | 12:13 AM
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mostly STP
but i checked my injectors when i had my head off and they were beautiful
 
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Old Dec 28, 2008 | 12:48 AM
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ok first of all i hope you're not running seafoam in the oil except for maybe a few minutes before you change the oil. That stuff will thin out your oil and its fine to use in the oil as long as you're going to change the oil afterwards.
second of all, run the seafoam thru the vacum line and then turn it off and let it set for a good hour, then go out and start it up... I guarantee you will get alot more smoke than you did. the first time I did a seafoam treatment I let it set for like 4 hours and nearly smoked out the neighborhood when I started it up.
 
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Old Dec 28, 2008 | 01:48 AM
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I did it to the 99 dak and sucked up the whole can of sea foam and then let it sit for 2 hours, then started it up and smoke out the whole block. the neighbors were pissed...lol
 
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