: Seafoam
PaducahGalaxy 05-30-2007, 08:43 PM Have you ever tried "Seafoam" in your Titan?
I had an '02 Slivy (which I sold for the Titan) but did a treatment in the brake booster around 70K miles and it did a world of good. I tried it on my Titan last weekend and (after 8500K Miles) and it seems to have been a benefit. The smoke that the was cleaned out was amazing and the pick-up seems to be more responsive!?
I own an '07 SE Big Tow 4X4 Crew Cab (Galaxy Black) and tow 5K# 2-3 days/week.
KING TITAN 05-31-2007, 05:19 PM I used it in my gas wthout noticing a change. This my be a dumb question but what is a brake booster?
PaducahGalaxy 05-31-2007, 05:35 PM The brake booster is on the firewall round black "cannsiter" w/a vaccum line out of the left side. Pinch the clamp to remove the hose and the suction will draw the seafoam out of the bottle into the engine. The seafoam cleans out the carbon and deposits.
KING TITAN 05-31-2007, 06:21 PM I'll try it thanx.
sinnerFA 05-31-2007, 08:05 PM I use it on my VW.... I do the following....
Put 1 can in fuel, 1 can into crankcase, and 1/2 can through vaccum line and let the smoke screen begin! Run gas through 'till next fillup and then I change the oil and repeat once a year....
Here is a good write-up but it for VW/Audi's.... I can also be funneled into he TB....
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62927
Big Ti 06-20-2007, 06:18 PM I run it through the oil and the fuel tank everytime I buy a used VW or other car. Dunno why, just something I've always done. Seems to help.
SeaFoam is good stuff, not snake oil bs like some companies peddle. It's been arund pretty much forever. Its used to decarb engines. My Titan is new so I don't think it needs seafoam yet, but I do use it in my outboard engine.
I buy the spray kind (SeaFoam Deep Creep) and spray into the carb. You should see the crap that comes out in the exhaust. I also fog my outboard with it before I store for winter. This basically involves spraying it in the carb until the engine cuts out and then spraying a little in each cylinder through the spark plug holes. The SeaFoam that comes in a can is also a good fuel stabilizer. I also use that in my outboard gas tanks.
Use it per the directions. It's good stuff.
italyguy01 07-09-2007, 06:21 PM BE EXTREMELY CAREFULL TO ONLY PUT IN A TINY BIT AT A TIME,
Most shops will use an I.V. Type dropper to do this by vacuum. TOO MUCH CAN AND WILL HYDRO-LOCK your engine and cause major damage.
not steal this thread but u guys need to try...
http://www.bgprod.com/home.html
this stuff is good too... just like the seafoam product...
baseballfanz 07-26-2007, 11:26 AM From reading most peoples stated a lot of smokes and all that coming out the exhaust. I pour a can in this morning at fill up, drove to work and all seems normal, no smokes.
Nonpoint 08-25-2007, 09:30 AM From reading most peoples stated a lot of smokes and all that coming out the exhaust. I pour a can in this morning at fill up, drove to work and all seems normal, no smokes.
just did this to my truck last weekend and i have 25k on my truck and it smoked like it was a diesel on propane ... the look on my neighbors faces was priceless
ziggy101 08-25-2007, 10:05 AM From reading most peoples stated a lot of smokes and all that coming out the exhaust. I pour a can in this morning at fill up, drove to work and all seems normal, no smokes.
It only smokes when u suck into the engine via the vacuum line. It doesn't smoke when you add it to the gass tank.
Titan-man 08-25-2007, 03:07 PM Very correct. For some reason I was at a seminar when Sea Foam first came out back in the late 70's. Was developed by a guy in his backyard. Very good stuff. My car was the test car and I can tell you it is a great product. You can even run your car on it if you had to. Pure petroleum product.
QShip 08-26-2007, 07:05 PM I use 4oz of Sea Foam and 4oz of Marvel's Mystery Oil once a month in the fuel tank.
I used to use it in my 1991 Q45 via the vacuum line to clean out the carbon.
wurk4fordboughttitan 09-10-2007, 10:29 PM For the most part, unless you use off-brand gasoline or take lots of short trips in cold weather, carbon deposits on the intake valves is almost unheard of with the levels of fuel additives currently required by the government. I've seen hundreds of engines pulled in the last few years with nothing but discoloration on the face of the valves. The surface was still as smooth as day 1.
A simple fuel additive like Gumout Regain, Redline SI-2, or Techron every 7K-10K will more than suffice.
Please don't get me started on oil additives. Gasoline is refined and dumped into our tanks. Add what you want. Motor oil is formulated by really smart guys called chemists that know alot more about what their doing than the guy buying a bottle of some oil additive on a shelf at Walmart. Don't screw with perfection.
Krodad 09-10-2007, 11:00 PM Please don't get me started on oil additives. Gasoline is refined and dumped into our tanks. Add what you want. Motor oil is formulated by really smart guys called chemists that know alot more about what their doing than the guy buying a bottle of some oil additive on a shelf at Walmart. Don't screw with perfection.
Very well said!
wurk4fordboughttitan 09-11-2007, 12:12 AM Krodad doesn't post much, but when he does, it's golden. :D
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