So, i think im gunna go seafoam my brothers car.

[JoLLyRoGer]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: JoLLyRoGer

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Please!! WTF does it mean and what the H3LL does seafoam have to do with a car's engine!!

Help me!! I'm a nit-whit!!
JR!

SeaFoam

Ahhh! Thank you kind sir!! :thumbsup:

 

[randay]

I'm gonna seafoam your face!

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
doin it through the throttle body, but if i take off the air intake, the car basically kills itself, so i have to find the brake booster line, or the PCV valve, and now its time to find that online, and not by trial and error

What car are you doing this on?

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
I haven't done the throttle body yet as I've heard/been told that it produces a good bit of smoke.

That's the point

I've done it. Does produce a good bit of smoke, kinda fun

The last time I Seafoamed my car (gas, oil, TB), someone stole it before I changed the oil, and I didn't get it back for nine months. Oops...

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
doin it through the throttle body, but if i take off the air intake, the car basically kills itself, so i have to find the brake booster line, or the PCV valve, and now its time to find that online, and not by trial and error

What car are you doing this on?

98 GMC Jimmy

with the good old 4.3 V6

 

[swtethan]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
doin it through the throttle body, but if i take off the air intake, the car basically kills itself, so i have to find the brake booster line, or the PCV valve, and now its time to find that online, and not by trial and error

What car are you doing this on?

98 GMC Jimmy

with the good old 4.3 V6

you can run the car without the throttle body cover, i have before on my old Sonoma

 

[Kilgor]

Originally posted by: lokiju
FWIW, I've heard some conflicting things about running seafoam through a car, such as it doesn't nothing worth wild or does more harm than good but then again theres those that swear by it.

Anyone ever done it and actually noticed an improvement?

I've used GM top engine cleaner which is the same type of stuff in my 94 Caprice. It idled better and throttle response improved a lot. And yes it does produce a lot of smoke.

 

[dirtboy]

About as much smoke that came from your fleet after it got crashed.

 

[ElFenix]

so where might i purchase this fine product (or similar)?

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
so where might i purchase this fine product (or similar)?

O'Reilly Auto Parts, if you have them there. Not sure about NAPA. I think I've even seen it at Wal-Mart.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: ElFenix
so where might i purchase this fine product (or similar)?

O'Reilly Auto Parts, if you have them there. Not sure about NAPA. I think I've even seen it at Wal-Mart.

i didnt see it at Wal-Mart, but NAPA had it.

and fwiw, i just dumped it down the throttle body when the car was off, opened the manifold a lil with my hand on the side, and let it drip in, did this a few times, and then let it sit, then started it up.

lemme tell you, it was a bitch to get started, but well, when it did start, i think the mosquitos died, cuz i almost did.

its still smokin after a few minutes of 2.5k rpm, but its a LOT less than it was, figure ill let it sit for an hour or so and start it back up before my bro leaves.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

You're supposed to pour it in while the engine is running. Typical keep feeding it in until it dies. let it sit for 15 minutes, start it up and take it for a spirited drive. I did it on my old trans am and when I was driving around it was just bealching out smoke for 15 minutes.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
You're supposed to pour it in while the engine is running. Typical keep feeding it in until it dies. let it sit for 15 minutes, start it up and take it for a spirited drive. I did it on my old trans am and when I was driving around it was just bealching out smoke for 15 minutes.

i couldnt take the air box off without it basically dieing on me.

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
You're supposed to pour it in while the engine is running. Typical keep feeding it in until it dies. let it sit for 15 minutes, start it up and take it for a spirited drive. I did it on my old trans am and when I was driving around it was just bealching out smoke for 15 minutes.

i couldnt take the air box off without it basically dieing on me.

It's a two man job. You need someone out there revving the while you're under the hood.

 

[Rumpltzer]

Originally posted by: BD2003

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
You're supposed to pour it in while the engine is running. Typical keep feeding it in until it dies. let it sit for 15 minutes, start it up and take it for a spirited drive. I did it on my old trans am and when I was driving around it was just bealching out smoke for 15 minutes.

i couldnt take the air box off without it basically dieing on me.

It's a two man job. You need someone out there revving the while you're under the hood.

I think it's a two hand job... the throttle cable leads right there to the throttle body.

Is there something very special about this Jimmy that prevents the removal of the air cleaner while running? I mean, why does it die? My 1987 S10 ran about the same with or without it, and I took it off while running dozens of times.



edit: I said "hand job"!

 

[XZeroII]

I remember doing it a few years ago. Loads of fun.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: Rumpltzer

Originally posted by: BD2003

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
You're supposed to pour it in while the engine is running. Typical keep feeding it in until it dies. let it sit for 15 minutes, start it up and take it for a spirited drive. I did it on my old trans am and when I was driving around it was just bealching out smoke for 15 minutes.

i couldnt take the air box off without it basically dieing on me.

It's a two man job. You need someone out there revving the while you're under the hood.

I think it's a two hand job... the throttle cable leads right there to the throttle body.

Is there something very special about this Jimmy that prevents the removal of the air cleaner while running? I mean, why does it die? My 1987 S10 ran about the same with or without it, and I took it off while running dozens of times.



edit: I said "hand job"!

three hands

i had to remove the air filter tube from the throttle body, hold it out of the way, hold the throttle open enough, and i also had to pour in the seafoam.

i got it to work anyways, but i am not sure why it died, it may have been because it has no way to sense the amount of air flowing into the throttle body (MAF is on the piping im asuming) so it couldnt compensate air to fuel ratio.

 

[OrganizedChaos]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: Rumpltzer

Originally posted by: BD2003

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
You're supposed to pour it in while the engine is running. Typical keep feeding it in until it dies. let it sit for 15 minutes, start it up and take it for a spirited drive. I did it on my old trans am and when I was driving around it was just bealching out smoke for 15 minutes.

i couldnt take the air box off without it basically dieing on me.

It's a two man job. You need someone out there revving the while you're under the hood.

I think it's a two hand job... the throttle cable leads right there to the throttle body.

Is there something very special about this Jimmy that prevents the removal of the air cleaner while running? I mean, why does it die? My 1987 S10 ran about the same with or without it, and I took it off while running dozens of times.



edit: I said "hand job"!

three hands

i had to remove the air filter tube from the throttle body, hold it out of the way, hold the throttle open enough, and i also had to pour in the seafoam.

i got it to work anyways, but i am not sure why it died, it may have been because it has no way to sense the amount of air flowing into the throttle body (MAF is on the piping im asuming) so it couldnt compensate air to fuel ratio.

new cars don't have vacuum lines anymore?

fed the seafoam right into the vacuum tree on my explorer.

 

[Heisenberg]

I used GM top engine cleaner on my Jeep a while back (right into the throttle body). It poured smoke for a good 15 minutes, but the idle did seem to smooth out a bit.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: BD2003

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
You're supposed to pour it in while the engine is running. Typical keep feeding it in until it dies. let it sit for 15 minutes, start it up and take it for a spirited drive. I did it on my old trans am and when I was driving around it was just bealching out smoke for 15 minutes.

i couldnt take the air box off without it basically dieing on me.

It's a two man job. You need someone out there revving the while you're under the hood.

um, why don't you just pull on the throttle?

 

[amicold]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
i wonder how much smoke will be puring out

Probably a lot, my car looked like Uncle Buck's. It's a 2000 Malibu.

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: BD2003

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
You're supposed to pour it in while the engine is running. Typical keep feeding it in until it dies. let it sit for 15 minutes, start it up and take it for a spirited drive. I did it on my old trans am and when I was driving around it was just bealching out smoke for 15 minutes.

i couldnt take the air box off without it basically dieing on me.

It's a two man job. You need someone out there revving the while you're under the hood.

um, why don't you just pull on the throttle?

Because as another poster said, I don't have three hands.

I start the engine. Then I pull the hose out. The only way to keep it running at that point is to keep the throttle open, so one of my hands has to be keep tension on the throttle cable. At that point, its damn near impossible for me to hold the bottle, and snake the hose in with one free hand. The hose is short, the hole is small, and spillage = bad. I'd have to have a third hand.

 

[danzigrules]

I just pull the line off the brake booster, start the car, pour in the seafoam a little at a time. Shut off the car, put brake booster line back on, Let it sit for 15-30 minutes, and then take off down the highway, until it stops smoking.

All done with one person