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Tom25666 · 03-20-2010, 11:22 PM

has anyone run sea foam motor treatment through their system (adding to fuel, crankcase, and vac line)? i've heard good things about it like it's some kind of miracle shit, why have i never heard of it before? lol
does is foul plugs/clog filters? it is supposed to be o2 sensor safe. i saw a video of someone doing a wrx and it was smoking like a sumbitch

lazysk8er2 · 03-20-2010, 11:29 PM

yea ive done it many times i feel that sometimes its just the product burning up rather than doing anything internally.

MadScientist · 03-20-2010, 11:50 PM

Marvel Mystery oil is great also!!!

-Drew

renegade_ewok · 03-21-2010, 12:03 AM

The stuff helps burn out carbon deposits in your motor. Is it a miracle cure for shitty power and old motors? No. It will clean stuff out but that doesn't mean it fixes low compression or bad seals in motors...

yvang07 · 03-21-2010, 12:07 AM

Here's a method of doing it. Hope it helps
How to Seafoam your engine the right way.|| Complete DIY ||: 240SX Forum / 180SX Forum / Silvia Forum: Nissan Forums / Infiniti Forums - NICOclub

CrazyTrance · 03-21-2010, 12:12 AM

DO IT. IT's awesome. Smoke out your neigborhood

SilviaSXT · 03-21-2010, 12:29 AM

It's less harmful to seals than some of the other stuff out there. I wouldn't call it miraculous but it's definitely good. However, just like a good tune up, you aren't making new power, just finding whatever you have lost over time.

wh0aitznic0 · 03-21-2010, 12:55 AM

It; actually fucks up the motor once in a blue moon. Sometimes, teh motor is "heldtogether' by the gunk and shit built up and seafoaming; to remove the gunk loses compression.

I'm just talking out of my ass htough.

ILoveMyRHS13 · 03-21-2010, 12:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wh0aitznic0

I'm just talking out of my ass htough.

You're just drunk.

DxZoo · 03-21-2010, 01:02 AM

Its a pretty good way to clean gunk out your engine. Most people dont put it in their oil though it thins it out i hear. I usually just add through a vacuum line, smokes profusely and occasionally black gunky shit flies out of your exhaust lol.

az_240 · 03-21-2010, 01:24 AM

I've done it before on a few engines. Never had any negative results and seems to clean things out a little. I would not do it often though.

lflkajfj12123 · 03-21-2010, 01:58 AM

o2 sensor safe not so much

plug your o2 sensor while driving with it or be ready to replace it

i think s14db posted pictures of a seafoamed sensor before shit was fugged

also marvel mystery oil is a much better product to freshen the motor up imo

BoostSlideWayz · 03-21-2010, 10:21 AM

I used it in my car.. its mainly just really fun to see the smoke puff out. if your cars really dirty up in that head youll see the smoke like a nasty brown color and then when its not so dirty it just comes out white.

240_fun · 03-21-2010, 10:30 AM

i had black stuff come out the exhaust, so im gonna assume it was cleaning something. No negative side effects and i got to look like an ass driving a car down the road that was smoking like hell. Twas fun

eklips3 · 03-21-2010, 12:30 PM

seafoam did wonders for my car . i poured it through the intake then took it for a test rip afterwards , it accelerated soo much smoother i support seafoam 100% .however i only would use it to clean your intake system.

but NEVER put it in your crankcase. just like people said above it will take away some of the gunk thats actually holding seals in your crank case.

putting it in your gas tank is also questionable. I mean .. you are running premium gas all the time, and primo gas dosent leave behind as much deposits as regular gas.

kushlivin · 03-21-2010, 02:28 PM

So my question to you guys who've done this before, whats the bst way to seafoam my redtop?

racepar1 · 03-21-2010, 02:36 PM

I've heard just as many horror stories about seafoam as I have success stories. I would NEVER reccomend that anyone uses seafoam.

The best way to clean out the crankcase is to simply run diesel oil for a couple oil changes. Diesel oil has a LOT of cleaning additives in it. It works great and there is no chance of damaging anything.

To clean the intake mani I just use throttlebody cleaner. After you clean the throttlebody itself what you do is disconnect a breather hose upstream of the throttlebody. You then start the engine and spray the throttlebody cleaner into the intake, for no more then 10 seconds at a time, and rev the engine. This gets the throttlebody, intake, and helps loosen up the crap on the valves and pistons.

Now the final step in a squeaky clean engine you'll have to pay a mechanic to do. They have injector flush machines that run the engine on a special cleaner, rather then gas. These flushes not only clean out the injectors, but also the valves and tops of pistons as well.

arck001 · 03-21-2010, 02:47 PM

If you're going to use Seafoam, such as through a vacuum hose, I recommend using something to regulate the amount it sucks in. The problem lies when people let the engine suck too much product causing the engine to flood.

This is the proper inexpensive way to do it.

arck001 · 03-21-2010, 02:53 PM

SimpleS14 · 03-21-2010, 03:19 PM

I never heard of Mystery Oil until reading this thread. Is this a solution I can pour into my gas tank and during an oil change?

FRpilot · 03-21-2010, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wh0aitznic0

It; actually fucks up the motor once in a blue moon. Sometimes, teh motor is "heldtogether' by the gunk and shit built up and seafoaming; to remove the gunk loses compression.

i think i've heard (read) that too.. when trying to diagnose my smog problems a while back.

i was considering seafoam, but i was worried i would clean out all the "bad" things that were actually helping hold compression on my old ass beat to hell high mileage motor.

Tom25666 · 03-21-2010, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yvang07

Here's a method of doing it. Hope it helps
How to Seafoam your engine the right way.|| Complete DIY ||: 240SX Forum / 180SX Forum / Silvia Forum: Nissan Forums / Infiniti Forums - NICOclub

yeah that was the thread i saw that said put 1/3 of the bottle in the fuel tank, 1/3 in the crankcase, and 1/3 in the vac line

it does mention that you will have to change the oil though

D.Adams · 03-21-2010, 06:17 PM

i sea foam my car once a year just to make sure everything is copasetic

Synergy · 03-21-2010, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eklips3

seafoam did wonders for my car . i poured it through the intake then took it for a test rip afterwards , it accelerated soo much smoother i support seafoam 100% .however i only would use it to clean your intake system.

but NEVER put it in your crankcase. just like people said above it will take away some of the gunk thats actually holding seals in your crank case.

putting it in your gas tank is also questionable. I mean .. you are running premium gas all the time, and primo gas dosent leave behind as much deposits as regular gas.

You sir are incorrect. Only difference between premium gas and regular is the octane rating. Dont belive what you have heard about less deposits its marketing.

Impact Black · 03-21-2010, 06:36 PM

I use seafoam right before every oil change. 2 cans One in the gas tank, half in the crankcase, and the other half in the vac system.

I've been using sea foam for a few years now, pops showed it to me while working on the S30 we have, really good stuff.

Ztouring04 · 03-21-2010, 07:08 PM

i just did it on my 240 like 2 days ago.....seems like it helped...smoked out the entire block tho ...lolol

kushlivin · 03-21-2010, 08:16 PM

so 2 cans or one?

mazersx · 03-21-2010, 08:22 PM

Good stuff!! Help restore lost power

lazysk8er2 · 03-21-2010, 08:22 PM

0725091654-01.flv video by lazysk8er2 - Photobucket

this is when we seafoamed my friends turbo volvo smoked up the whole neighborhood.

Bigsyke · 03-22-2010, 07:41 PM

I dont know why you guys like bending rods.

A bottle of Redline S-1 will do the exact same thing, safely and more effectively because it contains around 30-45% PEA.

Seafoam doesnt last long enough to clean, its more of a shock treatment. Water or ATF have been proven more effective. Water will kill your O2 in 2 seconds however.

03-21-2010, 12:12 AM	#6
CrazyTrance Zilvia Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tucson, AZ Age: 37 Posts: 274 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	DO IT. IT's awesome. Smoke out your neigborhood __________________ 450sx.com

03-21-2010, 10:21 AM	#13
BoostSlideWayz Nissanaholic! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Lebec Age: 35 Posts: 1,686 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	I used it in my car.. its mainly just really fun to see the smoke puff out. if your cars really dirty up in that head youll see the smoke like a nasty brown color and then when its not so dirty it just comes out white. __________________ 1994 toyota supra...... n-a D= 1992 nissan 240sx KA24E-T fully Built =D

03-21-2010, 12:30 PM	#15
eklips3 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Calgary Canada Age: 35 Posts: 626 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	seafoam did wonders for my car . i poured it through the intake then took it for a test rip afterwards , it accelerated soo much smoother i support seafoam 100% .however i only would use it to clean your intake system. but NEVER put it in your crankcase. just like people said above it will take away some of the gunk thats actually holding seals in your crank case. putting it in your gas tank is also questionable. I mean .. you are running premium gas all the time, and primo gas dosent leave behind as much deposits as regular gas. __________________ 1992 240sx (RB20. 362whp@16psi)

03-21-2010, 03:19 PM	#20
SimpleS14 Post Whore! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Philly Age: 42 Posts: 9,185 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: SimpleS14 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I never heard of Mystery Oil until reading this thread. Is this a solution I can pour into my gas tank and during an oil change? __________________ *Goals are dreams with a deadline.* L.H.O.O.Q.

03-21-2010, 06:17 PM	#23
D.Adams Post Whore! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lake Havasu City Arizona Age: 41 Posts: 2,587 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	i sea foam my car once a year just to make sure everything is copasetic __________________ “About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.” ―Herbert Hoover The build http://zilvia.net/f/builds-builds-on...u-city-az.html Owner of NVS Fabrications

03-20-2010, 11:50 PM	#3
MadScientist Zilvia.net Advertiser Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NOLA Age: 48 Posts: 1,972 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Marvel Mystery oil is great also!!! -Drew

03-21-2010, 12:03 AM	#4
renegade_ewok Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: NYC Age: 37 Posts: 450 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	The stuff helps burn out carbon deposits in your motor. Is it a miracle cure for shitty power and old motors? No. It will clean stuff out but that doesn't mean it fixes low compression or bad seals in motors...

03-21-2010, 12:07 AM	#5
yvang07 Zilvia Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Minnesota :/ Posts: 254 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	Here's a method of doing it. Hope it helps How to Seafoam your engine the right way.\|\| Complete DIY \|\|: 240SX Forum / 180SX Forum / Silvia Forum: Nissan Forums / Infiniti Forums - NICOclub

03-21-2010, 12:29 AM	#7
SilviaSXT Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Florida Age: 42 Posts: 17 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	It's less harmful to seals than some of the other stuff out there. I wouldn't call it miraculous but it's definitely good. However, just like a good tune up, you aren't making new power, just finding whatever you have lost over time.

03-21-2010, 01:02 AM	#10
DxZoo Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: michigan Posts: 39 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Its a pretty good way to clean gunk out your engine. Most people dont put it in their oil though it thins it out i hear. I usually just add through a vacuum line, smokes profusely and occasionally black gunky shit flies out of your exhaust lol.

03-21-2010, 01:24 AM	#11
az_240 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phx Posts: 3,097 Trader Rating: (41) Feedback Score: 41 reviews	I've done it before on a few engines. Never had any negative results and seems to clean things out a little. I would not do it often though.

03-21-2010, 01:58 AM	#12
lflkajfj12123 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: 　　　　　　　　 Posts: 8,483 Trader Rating: (20) Feedback Score: 20 reviews	o2 sensor safe not so much plug your o2 sensor while driving with it or be ready to replace it i think s14db posted pictures of a seafoamed sensor before shit was fugged also marvel mystery oil is a much better product to freshen the motor up imo

03-21-2010, 10:30 AM	#14
240_fun Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pennington Age: 35 Posts: 129 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	i had black stuff come out the exhaust, so im gonna assume it was cleaning something. No negative side effects and i got to look like an ass driving a car down the road that was smoking like hell. Twas fun

03-21-2010, 02:36 PM	#17
racepar1 Post Whore! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Simi Valley, CA Age: 42 Posts: 9,006 Trader Rating: (106) Rides Gallery: racepar1 Feedback Score: 106 reviews	I've heard just as many horror stories about seafoam as I have success stories. I would NEVER reccomend that anyone uses seafoam. The best way to clean out the crankcase is to simply run diesel oil for a couple oil changes. Diesel oil has a LOT of cleaning additives in it. It works great and there is no chance of damaging anything. To clean the intake mani I just use throttlebody cleaner. After you clean the throttlebody itself what you do is disconnect a breather hose upstream of the throttlebody. You then start the engine and spray the throttlebody cleaner into the intake, for no more then 10 seconds at a time, and rev the engine. This gets the throttlebody, intake, and helps loosen up the crap on the valves and pistons. Now the final step in a squeaky clean engine you'll have to pay a mechanic to do. They have injector flush machines that run the engine on a special cleaner, rather then gas. These flushes not only clean out the injectors, but also the valves and tops of pistons as well.

03-21-2010, 02:47 PM	#18
arck001 Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: San Diego, Ca Posts: 74 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	If you're going to use Seafoam, such as through a vacuum hose, I recommend using something to regulate the amount it sucks in. The problem lies when people let the engine suck too much product causing the engine to flood. This is the proper inexpensive way to do it.

03-21-2010, 02:53 PM	#19
arck001 Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: San Diego, Ca Posts: 74 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews

03-21-2010, 06:36 PM	#25
Impact Black Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 469 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I use seafoam right before every oil change. 2 cans One in the gas tank, half in the crankcase, and the other half in the vac system. I've been using sea foam for a few years now, pops showed it to me while working on the S30 we have, really good stuff.

03-21-2010, 07:08 PM	#26
Ztouring04 Join Date: May 2009 Location: florida Posts: 38 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i just did it on my 240 like 2 days ago.....seems like it helped...smoked out the entire block tho ...lolol

03-21-2010, 08:22 PM	#28
mazersx Banned from the Marketplace Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: SoCAL 818/626/714 Posts: 1,904 Trader Rating: (32) Feedback Score: 32 reviews	Good stuff!! Help restore lost power

03-22-2010, 07:41 PM	#30
Bigsyke Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: NA Age: 40 Posts: 1,342 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I dont know why you guys like bending rods. A bottle of Redline S-1 will do the exact same thing, safely and more effectively because it contains around 30-45% PEA. Seafoam doesnt last long enough to clean, its more of a shock treatment. Water or ATF have been proven more effective. Water will kill your O2 in 2 seconds however.