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Old 02-11-2010, 08:14 PM
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seafoam doesn't smoke if you pour it in the gas tank or engine
 
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Old 02-11-2010, 08:39 PM
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I personally don't run any cleaners or additives through the engine at all! Run 89 or 93 octane only! Wifes durango (04) 5.7 Hemi runs great and never had an issue with the engine at all 97,000 on it! Same with my Ram 26,000 and have all oil changes and fluids done by dealer! I would check and research the product and dodge to see what they say about it! With the ethanol in the gas today, that does do a bit of cleaning on it's own! Just my 3 cents!
 

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Well Ive done a little research but not much. Gonna look into it more before I start putting stuff in my gas or oil.

Seafoam I don't think I will use it seems to be for older cars/trucks with high miles.
 
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I do a good Sea Foam treatment about once every 15,000 miles along with a good TB cleaning. In between, every 3,000 miles I run the Lucas "tune up in a bottle"...
 
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Originally Posted by dirtballer
I would not uses seafoam it works to well if you use it to not but it the oil intake or gas tank and just maybe a cap full it will clean all tje gum from the rings and the truck well smoke for ever.
what? i dont understand this at all...
 
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Originally Posted by jusjay727
what? i dont understand this at all...
I read it 4 times and was thinking the same thing...think his keyboard is half dead!
 

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I'm considering using it now sounds like it works. My truck only has 51k miles on it but I'm sure the used car dealer didnt clean it out lol
 
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I have used seafoam forever the best results i have had was pouring small amounts directly into the throtle body while keeping he truck running, only use up about a quarter can then dump the rest evenly into the tank and crankcase. you may experience dark purple smoking exhaust while and a few days after the treatment to the throtle body but no worries, just means its working the way its supposed to.
 
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Old 02-11-2010, 09:20 PM
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I'll tell you something about the injector cleaning capabilities. I have a weed whacker I bought in '96 and it was shot, would barely idle, and if you gave it gas it would just stall. Since I have two newer ones that run just fine, I was gonna toss it, figured I got my $'s worth out of it years ago.
For the halibut, I poured a 50/50 gas seafoam mix in the tank and started it. In about the first minute of running, it went from running rough as hell and fighting to keep it from stalling to running like a top, strong as new.
Because my other two units are bigger/heavier that take the attachments, I use this one most of the time for the grass. I use it now everytime I cut the grass, still runs like a top.

Another plus with Sea Foam is that it's a stabilizer, add some to your gas according to the instructions on the can and put it in your seldom run toys to keep them running in ship shape. I keep seafoam in my chain saws and generators full time...
 


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