Seafoam - Engine Treatment | How-to and is it safe inside your motor?
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- Does seafoam actually work? Is it safe inside your engine? Should you do the full seafoam treatment and how do you do it? My 1994 Bronco 5.8l has 150,000 miles on it and since I’ve owned for a couple weeks now I figured it be a good to demonstrate on how to and the benefits of seafoam!
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your measuring weight ounces which is different than fluid ounces.
U do realize that an Imperial fluid ounce weighs exactly 1 oz., so conversion between volume and weight is not necessary.
@@ChaseGentry each product has different weights that's why alcohol weighs less than water.
@@White_buffalo_4r yeuup..
@@ChaseGentry but in the end it's all close enough
@@White_buffalo_4r You are 100% correct. Two different measurements. Vol/Vol is what should be used (ounce volume to quart volume) ounce weight is not applicable.
A couple months after doing the intake valve cleaner process, I took my truck with 178,000 miles in to get its annual emission test. The mechanic told me he never seen a truck with so many miles have such good emission test results. I use seafoam in the fuel tank, in the crankcase oil, as a intake valve cleaner, and in all my lawn equipment. I have a 1998 Lawn Boy FWD that uses Seafoam and its still running strong. I depend on that lite weight mower to cut my steep lawn, I'm 75.
That’s awesome, how often do you use Seagram for all 3 uses?
Hola lmk
@@kushjedi2217I use Seagrams every time I make a mixed drink- seafoam is engine additive and I refuse to put it in my drink 😂😂😂
Where are you from? We got rid of emissions testing years ago because it was a scam
Will any of this trigger a check engine light ? Removing the intake and spraying. ? I’m a newbie. Thanks
Be super careful. At about 2:50 he shows spraying Seafoam directly into the intake, the red plastic spray straw can easily be pulled right off with that suction and you dont want that being sucked into a valve. You dont need the straw down the throat of the intake, anywhere close and its all going in, an engine is the strongest vacuum machine on the planet. Otherwise perfect stuff.
good looks gonna be cautious of that now
@@whoozy2261 me too lol, dont want a year and a half on an engine swap to go to shit in 5 minutes
I once had a friend have his nitrile gloves get sucked in lol
@@imghaniff LMAO I JUST PICTURED THAT . good thing homie’s hand didn’t get sucked all the way in with the glove 😂😂😂
Ok so what if the straw gets sucked in, it will melt literally causing no damage
Great video. Professional and on point. Nothing worse than having people tell jokes and ramble on. Thank you.
Sea foam is one of the longest running brands in North America. Ive been an Automotive repair Tech for more than 30 years and I have used Sea Foam countless times on customers vehicles with fantastic results. If you are on the fence about putting this in your vehicle , no worries at all. It's totally safe if used correctly as outlined in this video.
Great video by the way !!
Then you are horrible at your job. There is no PEA and will kill the cat
@@SuperBROKEN81 It's never been a problem yet ! Think about ... do you think a company is gonna sell a product that just outright destroys cats ?
@@OnfloorAudio Yes actually. Most of this stuff is snake oil. Seafoam was designed for 2-stroke motors. Motor boats. Again, it has no PEA in it. Even Scotty kilmer who has way more experience than most people on CZcams says not to do it. I'm just a random guy on CZcams.
@@SuperBROKEN81 bro scotty kilmer is a dementia ridden man, wouldn't trust a damn thing he says because he changes opinions every video, super unreliable for information.
@@rjmac3001 He can change his opinions, still a fact that SeaFoam has no PEA. Even in a new car under 2k miles, use SeaFoam and you will see black smoke coming from the exhaust. It's a bullshit product.
Dude, thank you for the awesome, thorough and coherent video! Great job explaining and taking proper video footage step-by-step!
Friend of mine has a 2003 f250 6.0l diesel with around 450,000 miles on it. He always puts seafoam in the crankcase for the last 1,000 miles before an oil change. You would not believe how clean the top of the heads are! They look brand new, it's wild!
Thanks Jeff. Due for an oil change soon. Thinking about doing this with my Honda Odyssey. It has 169,000 miles.
First off, will this work with Honda Fitz ? And do I have to remove some oil first before adding it to the motor?
@@EpochHEROkiDadd to oil but I would do it roughly 100 miles before oil change. I don’t remove any oil, just add.
@@joshuapillow4569 thanks
On o e of my 6.2 diesel’s I bought. I was using oil BAAAD! I bought enough oil filters and sea foam to do 4 old changes back to back to back to back 3x in one day. Plus added proper amount of sea foam to each oil change after dropping it. And putting new oil filters on as well. By driving on the Highway 200 miles each oil change. Then coming back and dropping the oil filter n added new sea foam each oil change : x in a day. Then on the 4th change in that same day. I also added Lucas oil stabalizer to the 4th oil change. BUT NO MORE SEA FOAM. I stopped the rings from sticking. Hence, no more oil burning. You literally FOR REAL could not sea the oil on the dip stick by the 4th oil change. The motor is still fine today. No more crazy oil being used either. My mechanic buddies didn’t believe me that the oil could not be seen cus it was that clean. It didn’t start turning tan, until. 400 some miles of driving
I refer to SeaFoam as magic juice.
First time i used it was on a jeep with frozen fuel lines. I added a full can to the tank, and within 10 minutes, the seafoam had worked its way through and attacked the ice. It attacks water too, so its an excellent stabilizer. I use it in every engine I own!
A friend of mine that happens to be an engineer and owner of a company that sells his products in Jegs and Summit is a firm believer in Seafoam. He turned me on to it, and it's a great product !
I'm a mechanic and the sea foam company came by my shop and poured water in my gas tank and I started the truck up and it started popping up then he put a can in my gas tank and then we went to lunch in the company truck and when we got back we started up my truck and it ran great no problems with the truck it desolved the water and raised the octane and it ran like it had nitrous in it
How much water did they poured in your gas tank
Stop the cap 🧢
This never happened.
You let someone pour water into your gas tank?
Yeah.. Sure you did.
Appreciate you your video was very informative and I’ve been using seafoam for years and it works
Good stuff. I have been using Seafoam for years. Love it. Good vid, thanks for the info!
Thanks for watching! It’s sure smoothed things out a bit in the ol bronco for sure!
I've been using seafoam 4 years--I'm convinced it treats fuel ⛽️ really well--all my small engines 2&4strokes start and run like new--great product!!
As a car guy I've used Seafoam for decades in every car I've owned. What even cooler about it is that it's great to use in Coleman lanterns and stoves to both clean the generators AND stabilize the white gas (or gasoline) fuel in between uses.
If you're like me and only buy high milage cars, this is essential for them to continue to run for years to come afterwards. every oil change one can of sea foam, half in the engine, the rest in the fuel. run the engine for about 50 miles, and drain the oil. This will flush out any carbon in the engine, and begin to clean it up. Once you start to do this, your engine will run better and better as time goes by. Lifters may clatter at start up, but will quickly pump up and quiet down. it you do this every time to service your engine, it will get better and better. It also works with transmissions!
Thanks! I like my high mileage cars too. Sometimes I can’t justify the time to repair and clean EVERYTHING so this will be a nice alternative
I use Seafoam in the fuel tank but for the crankcase I use Gunk (now Motor Medic) Engine Flush before each oil change. You put it in an only run the engine for 5 to 10 minutes, it breaks up any sludge and oil deposits and then you change the oil right after. I've been using the stuff for decades and it works great, especially if you change your oil at regular intervals as you should.
Sea foam has brought so many engines back to life for me. I recently decided to dump a little in my weed whacker and was shocked at how much it improved. I thought it was good anyway but man was I wrong. Cleans my mower up after winter every year. Thinking of doing all this to my plow truck next weekend
Seafoam cleared out the rough idle from my motorcycle that was laid up for over a year. Good stuff.
My dad ran seafoam through the powerbooster vacuum line. That way you didn't have to disassemble the intake. Works great, keep it running if you do this, don't let it die while treating through vacuum line 🎉
I learned it as split the bottle into thirds. 1/3 into the oil, 1/3 sipped into the brake booster line while running, and the last 1/3 dumped in the booster line to stop the engine....let soak. Drive, giving some good revs. Turn off when smoke stops...change oil in a week seeing the darkest, evilest oil you ever will...enjoy your car
I have had this stuff unstick lifters on an engine with 230000 miles and later on when we rebuilt the engine it was so clean inside. I would recommend doing everything he done in this video at the same time. This stuff works great.
My preference is the lucas upper cylinder lube and injector cleaner stuff. Makes a massive difference in my car vs other brands. Supposed to get 29ish highway on my 09 impala with it and a 1600 mile trip we got 34. Prior we got 24. It goes down to about 20/21 run a medium sized bottle and it jumps back up. Then trickles back down.
Seafoam did work very well on my outlook. Had picked up from a buy here pay here and it had been sitting a while. 2 cans in gas and one in oil plus a spray blend of it into the intake and it smoked out our neighborhood and down the road about a half mile. Ran pretty good after.
There's a general rule also that the more smoke there is the more gummed up and dirty the motor is the less smoke the cleaner the motor I've been using seafoam since the 80s when I was a teenager always have trusted that product
Added bonus, it pisses off liberals.
@@Steve-yu5pf Added bonus, it's not "roll coaling" either. It's simply getting rid of buildup in your engine.
That makes a ton of sense lol. Used it in my old mk4 Jetta and you couldn't see the lawn after. Then I used it in my 2017 Passat and barely anything came out
That must explain why all my old 50's-'70's cars I own never smoked like that after cleaning with seafoam... they must stay pretty clean being drove daily. Sweet.
@@Steve-yu5pf Typical divisionist rhetoric. You are being played by a political party that plans to strip your rights. I just hope most of you figure that out before it's too late.
Liquid ounces should be measured with a measuring cup. Ounces measured by weight are different than liquid ounces. Probably not a big deal as I usually go heavy on whatever dosage they recommend and add it about 500 miles before I change the oil. Just make sure you don't overfill the crankcase. Use a good quality oil filter once you change your oil. A good quality air filter changed regularly is also a must. I run a high mileage full synthetic oil rated for 20k miles and change it every 10k. I also add an oil stabilizer with every other oil change. I do the crankcase treatment about every 40k on the cycle when I haven't added the stabilizer, and add fuel treatment/injector cleaner when I do the crankcase treatment. My last vehicle had over 300k miles on it before I "retired" her. When I last changed the timing chain and replaced the valve cover and oil pan gaskets, the engine looked super clean inside. I would've kept driving her but unfortunately, the manufacturers don't build the stuff attached to the chassis (interior, plastic components etc) to last more than about 12 years before it all starts to fall apart.
You don’t have to measure it the stronger is the faster to clean your system out. I know I’ve done it for 45 years if you go by what the manufacturer state measuring it is going to be a slower process.
I follow a similar maintenance schedule. I have 512K on my 2007 Nissan Titan SE
1 ounce of water is 1 ounce of weight
It’s close enough! FFS
I can't stand when some people explain stuff terribly but you're to the point and sweet you explained real good good job
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many thanks for the explanation on that system sounds like a winner to me!!
Awesome, My bro just got me on to this last week! He's been doing it for years on all his rigs. No measuring needed, one in the gas, one in the crankcase good to go! That was on my 98 Expedition. He does his Land cruiser, BMW, GM. I've seriously already noticed a difference.
Yea man this stuff is great! I too have always used it through all my fuel systems. Its been a while since I’ve had a vehicle with over a 100k so hadn’t had the opportunity to use it in the crank case. But man on this truck it made a very noticeable difference in starting, idle vibration, overall engine noise, and mileage. Love it
Sure you have, but only in your bank account.
Just look at why Scotty kilmer says not to use this stuff. It's junk and can kill your cat.
SuperBroken1. I would bet you never even used seafoam. You are just repeating stuff that u heard on utube without using ur brain to form an opinion.... who knows Scotty could be getting paid to put a company.
My point is try something and make up ur own thoughts b4 spreading more garbage online.
I used it twice. Both times there were positive results
@@SuperBROKEN81 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thank you!!! Being one of those ladies who changes her own oil, I found this very easy to do and feel good about being able to do this myself!!!
Unique lady 🎉
You go girl!!! Love it
I have a special woman like that, she gets down and dirty in the garage with me.... I love it
She's not that unique. Still desperate for attention like the rest of them.
😊 me too! And a lot more!
Been using on my 1992 outboard motor every year ..Still fishin ! Works great. Engine starts every time. Good for winterizing (fogging) too.
Just don't use it in the newer outboards with direct fuel inject plugs the injectors it's oil-based
Good stuff! especially for some of the newer cars with GDI engines.
I have always used it for keeping the fuel system clean and in the off season for a fuel stabilizer. For probably 25 or more years I never needed to clean my carbs because it keeps them free of dirt and varnish. I swear by it for those reasons alone. I have used it before oil changes also to clean the engine out good.
I use Seafoam in every internal combination engine I own. My 02 Silverado has 289,000 miles on it and it gets Seafoam in the tank and crankcase every oil change. I buy it by the case. The i side of my engine is spotless. A few yrs back I changed valve cover gaskets and there was 0 sludge of any kind built up in my motor. I couldn't believe how clean it was. Keep making the good stuff Seafoam!!👍😎
I hope you’re putting the seafoam in your crank case shortly before an oil change and not after. If you do it after, you’re adding solvents to your oil and also changing the viscosity which will create a lot bigger problems than sludge later on.
"Internal combination engine"
Yep this guy knows what hes talking about lmfao
If it's the 5.3 you don't have to put it in it's great for the tank but it doesn't need it in the crankcase it's hands down the best v8 to ever exist even better than the 350 I've seen many as a mechanic make it to 500k miles plus with 6k mile oil change intervals
@@badazz2969 I think you’re mistaken. The reason you don’t need it in the crankcase is due to the constant flow of fresh new oil into it due to the leaks coming from every nook and cranny on that piece of trash engine.
@@austincoombs3674 yes I know they all leak oil big whoop I don't give a shit if it leaks I care about power and reliability which the 5.3 more than delivers
Fluid ounces and dry ounces are different. Fluid ounces measures volume where ounces measures weight.
Yeah, don't measure it by weight. Maybe he shouldn't do how to videos on this.
One fluid ounce weighs one oz
@@IuItim that depends on the fluid... water and milk, for example aren't the same wieght. A gallon of water is 8.3lbs and a gallon of milk is 8.6. They aren't going to wiegh the same at the oz level either.
And this is another example of why the imperial system is stupid
@@greebuh more or less.. you’d have to have a scale that weighs the to hundredth of a gram to even be aware of it
Yes. Awesome, thorough video! Great job 👏
I've been using this stuff for years in my '86 Toyota Van with EFI, usually 1 can in the tank about every 3rd or 4th fill up, so about 1000 - 1200 miles, and it keeps the injectors in great shape. The engine is pushing 190,000 miles now, and still starts and runs great and consistently gets 24-28 mpg. (not bad for a little 2.2 liter engine dragging a 3450 lb. van around!). Seafoam is one of the very few 'fix-it-in-a-can' solutions, that actually does what it says!😉👍
5sfe most reliable engine of all time
@@sosbabe2804 The vans actually have the 3YE engine, which is a pushrod style engine that was used in the older Toyota forklifts. They just changed the head and set them up with EFI for the vans, and yes, they are bulletproof, as long as you don't overheat them or run them out of oil!🙂
Did you change Oil after using the intake type Seafoam? Because it will release junk on your system after cleaning process. Somebody said that in another video but I think he has a GDI engine that's why.
@@raidenm.c.1486 I've never done the intake treatment actually. It stays pretty clean for the most part.
I USE SEAFOAM AND NOTICED THAT MY OIL GOT DIRTY REALLY FAST. GOOD STUFF.!!!!
I used to do small package delivery with a couple of Prius. The older one about a year ago started to develop a timing chain rattle which I knew would be either a worn/stretched chain or a gummed up timing chain tensioner. I started adding sea foam to the oil at each change after about three changes the timing chain rattle is gone and the engine runs as smooth as silk. That car now has 490,000 miles on it. I recently started it after sitting in my garage not running for 10 months, it fired right up with none of the shuddering and shaking you get in a Prius that hasn't run for a while. Scotty Kilmer says it's crap so that's a good enough reason to me to use it.
Bro, great way to wreck your engine.
@@hobsdigree2 Well my personal experience says otherwise and since you apparently don't have any experiences of your own to report.....I'll just ignore you.
Seafoam has nothing to do with the timing chain bud!
@@brucedale4465 Sea foam used in the oil cleans deposits, including deposits in the hydraulic timing chain tensioner allowing it to apply the correct tension to the chain.
The timing chain rattling is the first indication of a broken timing chain guide. Ask anyone that has a 22re or a 22r engine and they will tell you the same thing.
Nice looking ride.
Going try this out on my 1996 OBS 5.8L 187K, it runs good now.
went from 15.3mpg to 19.6 mpg in my 2006 suburban with 196,000 on it. only had to fill up once driving from Detroit to northern Minnesota.
Ive been a powersports mechanic for a few years now and this stuff works wonders on air cooled single and twin cylinder engines. Ive never been brave enough to use it on road vehicles due to potential exhaust deposits. I just use lucas oil instead
@@robertpierce7193 i have no idea. Ive never used seafoam in road vehicles. From what little i know of bmw, engine tick probably means the repairs will exceed the value of the car
@@robertpierce7193 0W-40 Mobil 1
@@robertpierce7193 yes, it will clean hydraulic lifters and stop the tick.
Good job
I have been using seafoam products since the early 90s. It is an excellent product. I've used it too stabilize fuel, clean varnish out of carburetors, and carbon out of combustion chambers on vehicles and lawn and garden equipment. I love it.
I come across this video for the first time ever,! & I'm curious to know more about it but my ("ONE BIGGEST QUESTION") is
WHY ARE THEY NOT USING THIS STUFF AT ARE LOCAL OIL CHANGE...??
@@johnlarett9891 typically because it’s an added expense that the shop would have to charge the customer and the customer usually wants it as cheap as possible. Sea foam is usually readily available at most auto parts stores, Walmart, and even in some gas station/truck stops
Awesome video - thanks man!
You are awesome!! Thank you for a definitely useful video. I jus bought it and now thanks to your help I will be putting it on my Chevy van😊
Nice video, I got a kick out of the scale too! I had no idea about the intake use. My neighbors will love seeing the smoke!
Rosie O'Donnell gargles Seafoam every morning.
Thank you for the awesome tips this is going to be the first time I used this , but I’m gonna use it today thanks again
I bet the neighbors love that! I usually go out in the country and do this,then take it on the interstate but not in high gear. Then change the oil. Haven't tried it in the crank case yet. Not so sure about that yet!
Bought a 05 Tacoma and it felt a little sluggish and would vibrate a little. Ran seafoam in my tank for approx two months straight and the truck runs like new. This is by far the best fuel treatment out there. I hear Lucas brand is a close second, but based on my experience, I’ll be a lifetime customer of seafoam. Not the cheapest but quality stuff.
Blow it up
It's a FORD junk it
Lucas is best in oil treatment i’v found and sea foam in fuel system… just my opinion but been using them for years with incredible results
@@jaykatcher1769 agreed
@@roberthidalgo3105I used 4 oz of Seafoam in my Honda Element at the beginning of my oil change several months ago. What I did notice was before I put it in my engine was slightly shaking. After I had it in for a couple of months I noticed that the engine purrs like a kitten, no more shaking whatsoever.
Great video very educational I'm going to try this application on my 2006 Town and country that I just purchased and hopefully I'm going to get good results thanks again for this wonderful video
It really works well. been using it for years now on all my cars. Trans am was losing power especially top end, 1 intake clean up power restored. Cleaned it twice, my other cars only once but I add it to oil and gas tank approximately every 5k miles. They run nice and smooth:)
The absolute best thing you can do for your high mileage Windsor is to replace the timing chain and sprockets, regardless of how well it runs. You need to dial in that valve timing for optimum performance. I drove my Ford 302 70 miles and shut it off. It was running perfectly. When I tried to restart it, all it did was backfire. Had to get towed and have the timing chain replaced. Do this before it screws you.
Similar in my dodge 318, they used nylon coated timing gears back in the 80s... double rollers never let you down
Sea Foam has been a wonder on smaller engines too. My old Gravely lawn mower was running rough even after replacing filters and giving a new plug. I used it on the intake and fuel and now it runs like it's 20 years newer. Also, you can use way more than what the bottle says on a small engine and it won't hurt it.
I was wondering just this. Thank you for your comment. Is it pretty much the same process? Put some in the gas tank some into the oil and some into the intake?
@@marte1a256 Buy both the liquid can and the pressurized can of Seafoam. Pour double what the can says into the gas tank and then run the engine up to temp. Then spray the pressure can into the intake and it'll make a whole bunch of smoke do this a few times. I didn't put any Seafoam in the oil, I use Marvel Mystery Oil as an additive into the oil instead. After the tank of Seafoam runs out, I'll do a run with MMO in the gas for good measure. Project Farm did something similar with how it'll smoke from the intake czcams.com/video/agAWXnT4-EQ/video.html
@@ZachComa thanks. Will do on all my kids’ dirt bikes and quads and our lawn tractors
Works great on 2 cycle engines..weed eaters and blowers..chin saws any of it..
Thanks brother I used it on a 2010mini cooper and is running amazing 👍🏽
Those N14 motors are notorious for carbon buildup.
Great info. Thanks !
I've used this product for years and didn't know you could put it the Block , Thanks
Great content 👌 👏 👍 😌 everything on point
Best treatment ever made ......
Love the truck man.. thanks for the good guided info also.
This specific video definitely convinced myself that the SEAFOAM treatment is helpful and not harmful. The logical explanation of truthfulness has finally found me 🤣🤣🤣SFFTW🚀🚀🚀🚀
I use this stuff in my car to ..
I pour 1 can in the tank, 4ozs in the motor oil, about 500miles before a oil change. Sea foam works great.
This isn’t her bf but says to change 100-300 on can just figured I’d let ya know but I’ve heard of people keeping it in right after there oil changes and nothing happened that ik so idk😂
We use Seafoam in our Fire Apparatus, Great stuff, have not seen the aerosol clean but thank you we will look for it.
Very informative well made video. Thank you.
I use it in my Mercedes glk350. My mileage was around 15-16 miles per gallon. Now I'm getting an average of 19 mpg, so it's definitely worth it to me. I pour one of the fuel injector cleaners into my tank twice per week.
If you are doing that every week, you are using waaaaaay too much. Just one bottle should do it for every 3,000 miles
Damn how much are you driving a week that’s 20$ a week
You'll be replacing the fuel pump by over using this stuff in your tank, it dries out the o-rings and seals in the fuel pump.
@NegativeOriginality A solvent very temporarily appears to lubricate but in the long run it is a solvent which devolves and erodes....how else do you think it cleans carbon residue?
@NegativeOriginality If gas is MORE of a solvent then how is it 16 gallons of gas per week is not cleaning fuel deposits and carbon but yet diluting the 16 gallons of gas with 16 ounces of a "lesser" solvent supposed to clean it? It is a solvent and overuse as with overuse of these other "fuel treatments" will kill your fuel pump. Use sparingly.
Seafoam is Great....used to use that wayyyyy back and was very satisfied with it!! We also used to use Marvel Mystery Oil for our carburetored older cars an trucks! 😁 Miss the Old Days! ❤️ when we could do our own work on our vehicles!!
What? You getting too old?
@@davidson46100 feels it ☹️
@@davidson46100 you sure are. Ole Grey beard.
Thanks. Going to try this on my 2009 Honda Fit. Has 200K miles. Super dependable car.
I'm glad I came across your video it helped me alot. Thanks I was worry doing it on my ford truck.
I've used high mileage sea foam and works great but I really love using the Lucas brand as well and they're products tend to work smooth as silk in my 1994 K1500 !!!
Dafuq ... ?? I took the short bus to skool , but even I know liquid ounces are different then solid ounces in weight.
Cant believe this guy is pimping us this hard. And hes good at it. Ill watch more of his vids , now, to see how he pimps us next. !!
Respect from the coats of Maine. y'all !!
Well done.
Excellent presentation.
I have used seafoam in probably over 20 vehicles and never once has a problem. I had an old 05 silverado, 4.8 with 400k miles. Put a whole can in the engine oil, ( was gonna change the oil the next day ) and forgot it in there for a month. Changed my oil and the oil was so dark and had so much crap in it. Put a can in the fuel tank and filled the oil back up and man it ran so much smoother and had noticeably more power. Me and my roomate did the 3 seafoam treatment on his 500k mile f-150 and it ran quite a bit better. Still purring along years later. They recommend measuring out in oz to how much fuel you have in the tank. I literally just dump a whole can in with 3/4 of a tank of fuel and drive it a bit hard. Have never had any knocking, pinging, detonation. nothing. Just smoother and better running after.
I have been using this in my lawn equipment for 10yrs +. It works most 96% of the time on slow starting issues. All the time when I used it as a year end fuel stabilizer. Some of my trimmers & blowers may not get touched for 2yrs. Fires right up within 6 pulls. My 10hp generator had 5 gallons of 2019 reg gas. Bi-yearly test runs since, 1st pull.
I have been using Seafoam for the past 5 years on a 2000 Chevy Express van 4.3 v6 with 190k miles. I only use because 1 lifter doesn't fully pump up it really taps loud, and after adding 2 ounces of Seafoam the lifter pumps up & is completely silent. The engine runs perfect until the next oil change. Can't recommend this product enough, it has saved me thousands $$ 👍
After adding seafoam to what? The oil? The gas? The air intake? I have a lifter tick as well.
@@Chris-gl3vh engine oil per instructions on can
Was a motorcycle shop by my old store. Bugged the guy for months to help with some carb issues I had. He said 90% of his carbs would clean and run perfect after using seafoam. Thought he was messing with me. Worked so well after one tank. I have now been using it ever since. In oil, fuel, snow blowers cleaning. Best stabilizer as well. It is truly the most magical vehicle product out there.
A petroleum distillate will handle most carbs that are in use. (Won't fix or help a barn find that's been sitting with fuel in the bowl for years). Seafoam a good cocktail. Marvel mystery oil is about tranny fluid...lots of smoke but not much help except to rejuvenate seals. One can lasts me years.
Carb cleaners from STP or others is OK too.
For mowers and small bikes, I just spray cleaner in the intake throat every spring after the motor is hot.
I wouldn't put it in the oil as on a bike the oil is also the clutch oil and bath (wet clutches)...but in a car, sure.
Overall, thoroughly done. Thanks.
Good advice on how to use but you left out 2 pretty important things. 1st never use Seafoam if you have an oil leak or oil burning, when the cleaner removes the deposits of carbon it will make the leak/burning worse. 2nd thing is that seafoam isn't really meant to be used on newer vehicles, do to the amount of carbon it blows out, it can seriously damage your catalytic converters. Seafoam is decent stuff but should really only be used on older or higher mileage engines and mainly as a last resort. Almost 20 years of being a mechanic has shown me allot. Otherwise good vid bro keep them coming.
I keep hearing reference to older vehicles and am never sure what years qualify as older. I have a 97 firebird, v6 3800 series 2 (3.8), i dont consider this car old as far as mechanics go. But does this fall into that catagory your referring too and is it generally the same for other mechanics? Its fuel injected, has all disc brakes, obd2, has enough computers and sensors to drive me nuts. So even compared to my previous 1990 Jeep Comanche, my car may be old but in my mind in the category of newer in the context of this video and your comment
@@chrislovesdetailing generally I tell people, if your car is older than 2010 that's what would be considered as an older model. However I agree 100% with your statement about a 97 not being old per say. A good way to look at it is, that the newer the vehicle the more emissions crap car manufacturers put in the vehicles and with that the more cats and emissions stuff a vehicle has the more likely it is for a vehicle to have adverse effects from products like Seafoam. Your car should be fine as long as it doesn't leak or burn oil before hand. Since vehicles started using direct injection, it's kind of the point that I wouldn't recommend using a cleaner unless a last resort.
@@chrislovesdetailing also I can't speak to what other mechanics would say or do, I'm basing my statement off of my own experience over the years.
Appreciate it, experience is worth more than anything to me. Ive been chasing an electrical problem, low volts making an the precat o2 not function right and causing -10 to -15 long term fuel trim. Managed to just fix, improve and now confirm battery and charging system is great, but i must have a poor ground that works but restricts effective and consistent min current to sensors. So i consider my car in the new category because of these kinds if issues but definitely not as bad as the post 2010 cars that are more computer than car lol
@@chrislovesdetailing if your numbers where - then your car is running rich and the ECU is trying to compensate by trimming the fuel. I'm not sure if you've done this yet but take a good thermal gun and measure the temperature before and after the cats ( if you still got them ) if temperature is hotter on the pre cat side then cats clogging up, also the voltage on the o2s should be going up and down on the pre cat sensors and stay pretty steady on the post cat O2 sensor at around half a volt. Have you cleaned the MAF sensor?
Thanks for showing how much smoke comes out after the hot soak. When ever I do a side job tune-up I use Seafoam. The clouds of smoke can be alarming to the customer, so it's nice to be able to show them what will happen during the Seafoam process. I feed my Seaform into the engine via the vacuum line of the brake booster. I get 8-12 ounces into the engine before the smoke begins. I shut off engine and let it sit for 30 minutes then take the vehicle out for a quick spin and burn / blow out all the smoke and carbon. I then proceeded with a full tune replacing cap, rotor, wires, plugs, fuel and air filters. Customer's love the tune-up but the excessive smoke freaks them out.
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I freaked the first time I used it too. Not because of the smoke itself, but because I thought it would screw up my O2 sensors and catalytic converter. It did neither. It didn't even throw an Check Engine light, which I thought for sure it would do! Just be sure the engine is warm so cat will burn the stuff off!
this is the only way ive ever used it.
Thanks for the video Man , never try this on the intake hose . Lesson learned.
Very informative, thank you.
I've ran it though fuel, I take, oil, and even the vacuum lines and to date no issue's from it, I straight up stand by Seafoam
Kept getting misfire on my mustang V6 2014 . This clear it up
Seafoam is an amazing product. I have used it for years on all of my vehicles
Well done. Thanks. Going to use the information in this video o my 2019 Chevy Spark (20400+ miles)
Ya I have been using these products in gas tank and throttle for some time now
Love it
7.5 liquid ounces is different than 7.5 ounces of weight. Fluid ounce is a unit of volume, so it must be measured in a container of known volume e.g. a measuring cup. Dry ounce is a measure of weight, so it must be measured using a balance or scale.
IKR..a common measuring cup would be more accurate.It looked pretty genius though. LOL
Thanks bro you were a big help 👍
Works great on my diesel 73 idles great
I think they were talking about liquid ounces per quart of oil rather than "weight" ounces, which is what you measured with the scale. Probably not too far off, though, so not a big deal. Thanks for doing this one! :)
Just putting this out there he said add to every tank of gas bottle say every “3000” miles for best results and to only run In oil 100-300 can clean to much and blow ‘em but great video man!!
The can says you can put in before or after oil change and at least every oil change but best results every fill up.
Thanks again for the valuable information 🎉
This video did help
Thank you!
It also improves the seal of the rubber seals inside your oil and fuel systems!
Where did you get that from rocket scientist, it's a solvent and solvents will destroy seals. Maybe it's time for you to take your meds and go back to sleep and stop putting information on here you know nothing about.
After it soaks your supposed to take it on a spirited drive.
Hell yeah trying it this weekend, thanks.
Seafoam works great ! and you got some fantastic smoke for that seafoam sesh... the more smoke the better brother
hey chase thanks for the info and oz is a oz lol make a big difference so many experts in this world today have a great day and thanks again for the great info on how to use seafoam right
I use it all the time. It's a great product. I had several service lights on and after using seafoam the service lights are out.
Are you a real person
Bullshit
Awesome video! Did you notice a difference from the first treatment? If so, where did you notice the most difference?
I poured a whole bottle in my 97 ford explorer tank of gas. It works. Just pour it in man.
@@cheavismartin1186 Idk bro i didn’t understand him,
Should u just pour it in the gas or do both also the intake?
@@01Elantraaa its two different sections of the motor, so doing the gas and intake same time wont hurt, you have what goes through the injectors for the gas that burns, and then the cleaning of carb build up on intake. What goes in gas doesn’t smoke out the pipe like that, the smoke is from it running through intake. You’re all good bud 💯👍🏼 youll come out with it running like new all at once!
@@tristanharris8849 ty ik now
Every spring I run 15ml per L of fuel in my 1978 KZ650 B2. It improves every aspect of the fuel system y the end of the tank. Wonderful if used per the directions. P.S. I'm sure your neighbour's love you.
Great Content!
Thankyou!
Nice video, BUT, you should've used a measuring cup for the crankcase application....not a scale! Liquid ounces are different than "weighted" ounces.
One liquid ounce actually weighs one ounce.
Only if it's water- the specific gravity (density in relation to water) of different fluids is different. You can calculate it if you know what the weight of a fluid ounce is of a given fluid is but that's more math than is necessary.
@@lisacyr8860 hahah is this bill Nye the science, Guy undercover?
The more the better
Wasn't the crankcase amount supposed to be measured by volume rather than weight?
Recommended 1 pint for every 4-5 qts capacity not rocket science
Thanks! Very good video. Informative. etc.