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Old Aug 28, 2005 | 11:09 AM
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i ran to des moines last nite with my truck 5.4 motor and i think i noticed a big diff in my gas milage..i sucked a 1/2 can of seafoam through my brake booster..plus i added another to my gas tank....its getting alot better mpg then what it was....would it hurt to suck another can through the brake booster again cause we only did 1/2 can..my truck runs soo much better too..what about changing spark plugs should i cahnge them since i ran the seafoam through the injectors?? thanks for the help guys...alan
 
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Old Aug 28, 2005 | 06:02 PM
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what was your milage, waht is your milage, how many miles on the motor, what year?
 
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Old Aug 28, 2005 | 09:18 PM
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What usually takes little over half a tank to get to des moines from fort dodge!! It only took a quarter tank to get there last night!!! I have a 1997 Ford F150 with 86,00 miles on it!!
 
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Old Aug 28, 2005 | 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ALAN_50501
hi guys

i ran to des moines last nite with my truck 5.4 motor and i think i noticed a big diff in my gas milage..i sucked a 1/2 can of seafoam through my brake booster..plus i added another to my gas tank....its getting alot better mpg then what it was....would it hurt to suck another can through the brake booster again cause we only did 1/2 can..my truck runs soo much better too..what about changing spark plugs should i cahnge them since i ran the seafoam through the injectors?? thanks for the help guys...alan
Please explain the process or point me to a link to the process of "sucking seafoam through the brake booster"
 
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Old Aug 28, 2005 | 11:19 PM
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I think those guys over at F150online do it.

ON EDIT: did a search over there for seafoam......12 pages! here's one
http://f150online.com/forums/showthr...hlight=seafoam
 

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Old Aug 29, 2005 | 05:21 PM
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Interesting product that seafoam is. I wonder what the long term affects are? anyone?
 
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