How to get the Gunk Out of my Engine.

[NC325iC]

sea foam can go basically anywhere you want to put it, dont know how it can do that but they say it can

[NC325iC]

Go to Napa autoparts, buy your self two bottles of sea foam. Put half in your crankcase, suck the other half through your vacuum line. Then repeat with the second bottle. Then change your oil and filter.

why doesnt he just do one bottle to each area

[88325isboy]

Just put a quart of tranny fluid in the engine oil and run it a for 100 miles then drain and put fresh oil in

[RobertK]

ATF has properties similar to brake fluid. Most hydraulic fluids tend to be corrosive. I'm not to sure if I would want something like that touching the internals of my engine.

My ex-roomate did this to his old 86 Porche 924 and it's never ran straight since.

[e30Matt]

ATF has properties similar to brake fluid. Most hydraulic fluids tend to be corrosive. I'm not to sure if I would want something like that touching the internals of my engine.

My ex-roomate did this to his old 86 Porche 924 and it's never ran straight since.

Well, brake fluid runs through metal lines in many cars into metal calipers with metal pistons. You bleed it through metal bleed screws. Where's the problem?

[yozsi]

Well, brake fluid runs through metal lines in many cars into metal calipers with metal pistons. You bleed it through metal bleed screws. Where's the problem?

tranny is alum and steel too???

[RobertK]

I believe that hydraulic fluid is corrosive to certain metals. Most of the hardware in a brake system is brass for a reason even the bleed valve is brass.

When my ex-roomy finally decided to get rid of his Porsche it was because his uncle (who is a very experienced mechanic) said that his injectors were fucked and his so were his rings most likely because he put ATF in his gas tank. Something one of his stupid ass redneck buddies told him to do.

Check out some links I've read on the subject:

http://www.aaroncake.net/rx-7/atftrick.htm

Read Myth #12:

http://www.quakerstate.com/pages/carcare/whattoknow.asp

[Axxe]

Seriously, go buy some Rotella 15W40 heavy truck oil. Lots of detergent for cleaning out carbon deposits and sludge. Run it every other oil change, you'll notice a difference right away. The pickup I owned for three months in the summer was dog slow, did an oil change with the high detergent oil, and bingo, fuel effeciency rose and power increased big time.

[yozsi]

nooo atf in the fuel? omg lol that will kill the seals in the injectors.

[RobertK]

I'm starting to think about going the SeaFoam route. I've read and heard alot of people swear by it.