has anyone use sea foam to clean out the motor if anyone has does it really work
sea foam
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sea foam is good stuff. makes the car smoke like a mofo till it gets all the seafoam out tho haha.
I seafoamed my car at around 165,000 miles. Yes, there is the huge debate on whether or not it's safe to seafoam a high mileage car because of all the build up inside the engine. I did a ton of reading before I ended up doing it.
It cleaned up my acceleration a lot and fixed my idle a bit. But it also killed my o2 sensor within seconds of driving the car after the huge smoke show. Drive easy for a few minutes then go WOT and redline a few times (at least that's what I read).
If you want it to make the biggest different, use the entire can. 1/3 in the engine (oil filler hole), 1/3 in a vacuum line (brake booster is easy), 1/3 in gas tank. Just be sure to NOT let the engine die. Pour slowly, let it sip it in rather than gulp it down. If it sounds like it's gonna die, stop pouring and hit the gas a little bit and rev it up.
It cleaned up my acceleration a lot and fixed my idle a bit. But it also killed my o2 sensor within seconds of driving the car after the huge smoke show. Drive easy for a few minutes then go WOT and redline a few times (at least that's what I read).
If you want it to make the biggest different, use the entire can. 1/3 in the engine (oil filler hole), 1/3 in a vacuum line (brake booster is easy), 1/3 in gas tank. Just be sure to NOT let the engine die. Pour slowly, let it sip it in rather than gulp it down. If it sounds like it's gonna die, stop pouring and hit the gas a little bit and rev it up.
.that's because it's been discussed in great detail and beaten to death lol any fresh noob should at least search before creating new threads.
We have 20 threads on this:
http://www.clubcivic.com/board/search.php?searchid=2682244
We have 20 threads on this:
http://www.clubcivic.com/board/search.php?searchid=2682244
Where are you for all the intake, exhaust, header, swap threads. I bet there are more of those threads in the past month combined than all sea foam threads ever lol.
lol how much can you talk about a can of cleaner vs a header/exhaust?
Alright i'll retract my post and start a new exhaust thread
Alright i'll retract my post and start a new exhaust thread
seafoam is good s**t, but if you have a vtec motor, DO NOT put it in your oil! it kills you LMAs trust me! they chatter like hell! just suck it through the brake booster vaccume line! thas how i do it and it works great! and yea do it slow! lol it wont want to start after you drown it!
I think you did something wrong. This s**t is tried and true on VTEC, non-VTEC, turbo, non-turbo, whatever.seafoam is good s**t, but if you have a vtec motor, DO NOT put it in your oil! it kills you LMAs trust me! they chatter like hell! just suck it through the brake booster vaccume line! thas how i do it and it works great! and yea do it slow! lol it wont want to start after you drown it!
If you are not changing your oil and plugs after Seafoaming it .... then that's your problem.
i changed the oil afterards! but they never chattered like they did after i did it! i added mabey a half a pop can to the oil.
i wouldnt put that stuff other than my gas tank..... and i still dont think i'd put it in my gas tank...
Twice a year, and still running strong.
