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I've used it a few times in a number of vehicles and it doesn't seem to make any difference. Maybe I just have been lucky enough to not have dirth fuel systems. When you say "runs like new", can you give more details. What does it do differently now that it did not do before?
I ask because I'm just wondering what is so special about the stuff. I just so happened to use a can yesterday on my Taurus. I smelled the stuff and it has a strong acetone smell just not as strong as straight. I'm taking a wild guess that the stuff is a combo of mineral spirits and acetone. If that's true we could make our own for pennies. Similar thing with BG44K. That stuff smells and feels like straight mineral spirits.
I ask because I'm just wondering what is so special about the stuff. I just so happened to use a can yesterday on my Taurus. I smelled the stuff and it has a strong acetone smell just not as strong as straight. I'm taking a wild guess that the stuff is a combo of mineral spirits and acetone. If that's true we could make our own for pennies. Similar thing with BG44K. That stuff smells and feels like straight mineral spirits.
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The instructions are on the can. You can use it in the gas tank and/or through a vacuum line. I put half a can into a half full gas tank and the other half through a vacuum line. You do this while the engine is running and then turn it off, let it set 5 minutes and then restart. I did this yesterday on the wife's Taurus. It smoked all the way home from the mall after restarting it. That's apparently a sign that it's working. BTW, a can is $5.66 at Walmart.
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Whoa, don't let the engine suck it in. You could hydrolock it that way. And i only asked where he used it because it seems that people see the most improvement when used through the intake. But he might want to change his fuel filter if he did happen to use some in the tank. Cheap and easy replacement.
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It gets sucked into the plenum along with all the air. What is hydrolock and how would it get hydrolocked doing that?
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The instructions are on the can. You can use it in the gas tank and/or through a vacuum line. I put half a can into a half full gas tank and the other half through a vacuum line. You do this while the engine is running and then turn it off, let it set 5 minutes and then restart. I did this yesterday on the wife's Taurus. It smoked all the way home from the mall after restarting it. That's apparently a sign that it's working. BTW, a can is $5.66 at Walmart.
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Seafoam is great stuff. But I will warn you about running it through a vacuum line. If you do that, don't run it straight through. Mix it with something else to thin it down. I know of a guy who ran it through straight and it cleaned to good. Turned the cylinder walls and piston's white and caused it to lose compression.
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Qman, liquids are incompressible. When you let the engine suck it in, it's too much liquid at once. Cylinder pressure will build up and eventually bend a rod, break a piston, and so on. That's why it say's to slowly pour it in, like with a funnel. You pour it in as necessary, trying not to stall out the engine.
Dmoore, good deal. But factory idle is slightly lower, about 650. Might want to check for a small vacuum leak. Every bit counts with today's gas prices.
Dmoore, good deal. But factory idle is slightly lower, about 650. Might want to check for a small vacuum leak. Every bit counts with today's gas prices.
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haha, i knew it! Be right back.
Okay, best i can do right now.(post# 22) Gotta go out to lunch.
http://fullsizebronco.com/forum/show...seafoam&page=2
Okay, best i can do right now.(post# 22) Gotta go out to lunch.
http://fullsizebronco.com/forum/show...seafoam&page=2