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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:29 PM
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What is the hose that connects to the airbox and should it have suction? Just sea foamed my truck yesterday and i poured a little down it but noticed that there was no suction. Truck runs perfectly fine (better after sea foam) so im just wondering.

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I put some of that Sea Foam in with my oil. Is that going to water down my oil? Should i change my oil? Ive put about 30 miles on my truck so far with the sea foam in it. C, I, etc thanks
 

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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 10:06 PM
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do not pour anything in that hose! that is a crank case vent. it vents the block to keep it from building presure and cracking. so basicly you poured sea foam in your oil!
 
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 10:09 PM
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Pouring Seafoam in the oil is no big deal...that's one of the places you can put it...you are alright. But, yeah, like MAJohns said, it is a vent.
 
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 10:15 PM
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Pouring Seafoam in the oil is no big deal...that's one of the places you can put it...

What the hell is Seafoam???
 
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 10:26 PM
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seafoam is an over-rated solvent you put in the gas tank, the oil, and pour it down the throttle body. its supposed to clean the engine, clean injectors, clean valves, remove carbon deposits, etc.

i'd like to pour some on my cracked dash and let it fix that !
 
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 10:32 PM
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sea foam is not over rated. it is amazing. CHECK EDIT AT TOP OF PAGE! NEW QUESTION
 
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 10:55 PM
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it is supposed to draw its own suction (from the air box)
 
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Old Nov 25, 2008 | 12:12 AM
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Your oil should be fine. Just change it when it needs to be changed.

oh and umm.. holes in the truck arnt "mods" they're...****s
 
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Old Nov 25, 2008 | 12:26 AM
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Just sea foamed my truck today too. This stuff works! poured about half the can in throttle body and let it run then shut it off. waited a few minutes then started her back up again WOW I have never seen black smoke come from a gas motor like that. It went to white smoke after a few minutes but what a change in the way my truck runs now I never thought it would make that big of a difference.


getting the sea foam in the vent is no biggie. It is reccomended to put about 1/3 of a pint of it in your oil about an hour before you change it. I did that today too and got alot of extra gunk in the old oil too
Its good stuff
 
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Old Nov 25, 2008 | 12:49 AM
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I tried it and didn't see much white smoke at all.... I was looking forward to the smoke show last year but that was a let down lol. Oh well, guess that mean's I have a clean motor
 
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