Would it be a good idea to run a can of seafoam in the gas tank of my '97 3.0, 88,000 miles?
It runs great, but would this be good preventative maintenence to do now and then? Any ideas?
Beaned

 

Beaned,

Hey! From Petaluma, I used to live on the old west side.

I never ran Seafoam through my gas tank, did a decarbon on my A'Star through the vacuum system a couple of times.

I run that Techron stuff in my tank from time to time. I use Chevron gas 99% of the time to keep that going.

Good preventative maintenance would be to do a good tune up. Plugs, wires, cap and rotor (unless you have DIS), O2 sensors etc. A search would prove good results for maintenence.

I had a '95 and it ran swell, not a lot of power but I wasn't bracket racing either, hauling 1 to 5 kids to various events.

Have fun

Aaron

 

beaned,
Seafoam is overpriced for what's in the can...too much marketing hype on can label

Berryman B12 is far more concentrated and has stronger ingredients...acetone, benzene, toulene...
and 1/3 the price on sale....
these are both more of a carbon deposit solvent....best use is for intake valve tulips, combustion chamber deposits and ring pack carbon deposits....

in through the throttle body thru an 1/8" tube at 2k rpm, whole can into hot engine....let soak for 1>2 hours.....then out to freeway for 20 mile hard run

best for fuel injectors
use one of the poly ether amine products such as Gumout Regane or Large Engine Fuel Injector Cleaner, or Chevron Techron Concentrate, no weaky straight Techron
Redline makes a super strong PEA product but also super expensive
full bottle 20oz into 10 gals in tank
do twice if plugged injector problem to try and clear

only do every once 5>10k miles as preventative maint.

 

Throw in a can of SEAFOAM it will help any older engine,So it cost a couple of bucks more than some of the others..........I use it and dont mine the price.......makes my aero purrrrrrrr

 

If you plan on burning anything with benzene in it, you better be wearing a gas mask when you fire her up. Preventative maint. with benzene will give your kids a couple extra fingers. Brief exposure (5-10 minutes) to very high levels of benzene in air (10,000-20,000 ppm) can result in death. Lower levels (700-3,000 ppm) can cause drowsiness, dizziness, rapid heart rate, headaches, tremors, confusion, and unconsciousness. In most cases, people will stop feeling these effects when they are no longer exposed and begin to breathe fresh air. Long-term exposure to benzene can cause cancer of the blood-forming organs. This condition is called leukemia. Exposure to benzene has been associated with development of a particular type of leukemia called acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The Department of Health and Human Services has determined that benzene is a known carcinogen (can cause cancer). Both the International Agency for Cancer Research and the EPA have determined that benzene is carcinogenic to humans. Do us all a favor and leave the products with benzene in them on the shelf.

 

most gasoline in the US has benzene as a refinery component and as an additive by the oil companies...usually dumped in at the fuel depot but can be added at refinery before pipeline
we have some of the highest benzene levels in gas here in the NW compliments of a lax EPA

most hydrocarbons have been linked medically to cancer, genetic altering infant defects and other long term debilitating diseases

i wear chemical proof rated long gloves when i handle any of these produces and don't lay under the exhaust tip when using....

 

I know this is not a popular opinion here but I have never seen enough carbon in a modern engine to fill a pencil with.

Maybe you guys should drive your vehicles a bit harder.

Ken

 

My 91 has consistently knocked when warmed up and under load. I've tried Techron in a couple of half tanks of gas, but it has not seemed to help. I've dumped a can of Seafoam into another half-tank, and a quarter tank later, it's still knocking under the same conditions. I've also sprayed Gumout and Seafoam into the air intake, and that hasn't helped either.

Today, I tried a more direct cleaning with Gumout Regane. I pulled one of the vacuum lines and carefully dipped it into the bottle to pull the fluid directly into the intake manifold. It did not look like it was doing much if I just let the hose "sip" the stuff. But when I dunked the hose into the fluid, the engine sucked a big slug of liquid and started to stumble. I shut the engine off so the stuff can soak in and do some work.

Later, it was very hard to start, and it ran rough and spewed a lot of smoke before clearing up and smoothig out. I did it again to finish the rest of the fluid, with the same results. So I don't know if all the smoke is stuff being cleaned out or just a high concentration of the fluid being burned. Anyway, I chased it with a mixture of isopropyl alcohol and water, "sipped" in through the hose. My next trip into Sunland should tell me whether this did any good.

Throughout all this, the EEC said nothing.