Sea Foam

BOOMSHAKALAKA

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Is sea foam worth it? I have heard good and bad things about it. Any risks and what is the best way to do it.

 

mransr

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here ya go:

http://forums.stangnet.com/561567-seafoam-teh.html

(BTW the search function is your friend )

 

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streeter69

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I have been using seafoam over 10 years ( I have been a pro mechanic for over 25 years). I have never had a problem with it. I even use it to clean my 44 mag, when I shoot hot loads

The bad thing happen when people do not read instructions and/or cause there own problems with it then blame the product.

 

flstang65

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ooooh good, I was having seafoam thread withdrawals.

 

BurningRubber

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I've used it on my Jeep, Mustang, and beater truck with no i'll results.

I didn't notice any huge improvments but it sure did make for a fun smoke show, I guess it did do its job.

 

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Jbauer

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i've used it on every car i've owned, and my moms car, and a friends car..
The truth is it's in my experience completley useless. It's all placebo effect, for meanyway, and it makes for a nice smoke show. People claim to feel diffrences, etc. but in my experience it's just smoke, and i'm willing to bet you probably won't notice a diffrence either.
Its cheap and easy to use. Go buy it, have some fun with it, then call it a day.

 

SVT32VDOHC

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Does the smoke smell like anything? I'm sure neighbors would HATE that!!!! If I ever used that stuff, it would have to be done at work.

 

myponyrocks

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SVT32VDOHC said:

Does the smoke smell like anything? I'm sure neighbors would HATE that!!!! If I ever used that stuff, it would have to be done at work.

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No smell really, no where near as strong as burnout smell or rich exhaust smell.

 

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FineLineMtrsprts

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I know people who have used it...with no change in performance,driveability or anything...i also know people who have seriusly f'ed up and not followed the directions and has it ruin an engine.

 

BOOMSHAKALAKA

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hmm ok. sounds like only really bad can come from it. doesnt sound like it helps at all. thanks guys! will read up on it further and may decide to do it if i get bored lol

 

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Jbauer

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you've gotta be a real idiot to mess something up with it man. I just shove it in a vaccum line as fast as i can, just making sure it doesnt stall out.. i truly believe it's not possible to hydrolock the engine with this, unless your REALLY jinxed. if your taking ANY sort of preventive measures, i don't see any way possible for you to do any harm.

That being said, i'm pretty confident that seafoam is a useless product. maybe when used a machine it may have some uses, but even then there are products that do the job better, like BG for example. I'd use it in my lawn mower though

 

forum155pl

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streeter69 said:

I have been using seafoam over 10 years ( I have been a pro mechanic for over 25 years). I have never had a problem with it. I even use it to clean my 44 mag, when I shoot hot loads

The bad thing happen when people do not read instructions and/or cause there own problems with it then blame the product.

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thats genious!.. i'm tottaly using that on my guns!

 

SVT32VDOHC

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My car runs good with 79K, made good RWHP Saturday, and runs low 14's spinning the tires like a mad man, so I think I'll stay away from all fuel cleaning products. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

 

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z28forlife

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I think you'll be ok. Alot of people use it and love the stuff.

 

myponyrocks

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I've used over 10 cans on my car (2 while it's been blown) and 0 issues. No huge gains, but no issues.

It's worth the smoke show

 

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Will Smith

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i personally dont believe in this product in being what everyone claims it does... its designeed supposed to clean the carbon from the motor... with that being said i have used it b4... i used to use it about every 10k in my stang up until bout 6 months ago when i tore my motor down...apart from maybe cleaning very very very light carbon or debris out of the intake it doesnt do anything... i still have my pistons out of my vehicle now and to clean them i have to give it numerous baths of seafoam, bg fuel system cleaner, and motorcraft carb cleaner and still had to use a razor blade to remove all the carbon on the pistons... i personally baby the hell out of my car when it comes to maintnences and preventative maint. but to have to soak them bout 10 times and still scrap after the seafoam itself.... well i think u get the drift lol.....

 

Team Ford

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seafoam

 

Stark77

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Be careful driving during the smokeshow - I spent most of the 10 minutes I was driving looking out of the back window and laughing my ass off.

 

04GTMustang

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Stark77 said:

Be careful driving during the smokeshow - I spent most of the 10 minutes I was driving looking out of the back window and laughing my ass off.

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hahahahahahaha thats funny. ive used it a couple times in my car and its some pretty cool stuff. not sure if it has done anything but it is cool for the smoke

 

myponyrocks

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I just had an epiphany (or however the hell you spell it)... if Seafoam does in fact not work... that means we're all ricers doing it just for the smoke show... *gasp*