Seafoam

[Gadea]

Has anybody here seafoamed their cars? Is it worthy? Share your experiences, results, opinions. Of course, E30 experiences preferrably, others welcome too.

[M5wanaB]

This is R3V, who hasn't Seafoam'd their car? We do it just to put up a good smoke cloud and sit back and laugh.


but on a more serious note. I run a little in my oil every now and again, a couple hundred miles before the oil change. I run some in the gas every few thousand miles and suck about a pint through the intake once, usually just when I buy a car.

[alpinee30m50]

Used it on the m50, smoothed out the idle a bit and made it ran a little smoother, nothing huge but noticeable. And the smoke show was fun too :D

[ak-]

Works.

[bryant.cw]

works. I put a bottle in a 1/4 tank of gas, 1/2 bottle in oil, 1/2 bottle in intake, change oil couple hundred miles later.

[Gadea]

mmmmhhh...interesting. I never did it. I actually thought you only had to let it suck it through the intake.

[BDK]

+2, used it when I first bought my cab...
helped out alot with the idle...
that and replaced all hoses, filters and pressure regulator...
starts like a BMW should now,
just reach in the window and turn the key,
no throttle input needed...

[caliGreen]

will it be smoking till it is all gone.. in gastank/motor/intake? cause i dont wanna be puffing clouds all day

[M5wanaB]

only smokes when you suck it through the intake and let it sit. The longer you let it sit the more smoke you get. Only lasts about 2 min. at wide open throttle.

[dnova89]

I used it on my e30 and civic, helped on both cars. Used it on my friend's miata and it killed his o2 sensor haha.

[bryant.cw]

run it on a warmed up engine.

[xLegendOZWest]

i used it and saw about a 100 psi jump in compression.... (carbon stuck valves ftw)

[craiggroves91]

I should probably do it. My car has 195,000 miles and i bought it recently.
Is there anything that should be worried about while doing it?

[caliGreen]

i used it and saw about a 100 psi jump in compression.... (carbon stuck valves ftw)

yeah that i what i was hoping for.. or maybe i need a valve adjustment. Click click click click is what i hear.

[bryant.cw]

Make sure you don't leave a whole bunch of it in the intake manifold (rubber parts). I had it blow in my wife's 318ti a few years ago, and popped one of the tubes off its clamp; no damage though. I usually just loosen up one of the manifold boots close to the aluminum part and slide a small hose in there. Let it suck it up slowly till you see some smoke out the exhaust, wait a little bit and keep smoking, then choke it out by letting it drink freely. You might need to blip the throttle to get it to take a big gulp and die from being too rich.

Wait 10 or 20 to fire it up and drive the piss out of it.