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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 10:19 AM
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Anyone use SeaFoam?

On the bottle, the directions include this:

"Be sure exhaust is well ventilated. Fumes will be extreme for a short time."


Oh really?





 
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 10:24 AM
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That almost makes me want to use seafoam on my cars now!
 
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 11:16 AM
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wasn't sure if seafoam was good for diesels. Sucked it thru vacuum line on a tbi suburban and results similar to yours . . . just fogging for skeeters, folks
 
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 12:10 PM
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It does what it says it will, with a few ahh "side effects"
 
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 12:46 PM
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Well heck, at least they warned you, haha. But I cant say I have ever seen that caused by sea foam before, but then I have never used it in a diesel before, I usualy use dieselkleen.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 12:53 PM
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I smoke out my whole street when I use it in my Lightning. It's worse than what you see in my autocross sig pic

If you really wanna see it blow, put the engine under load by opening up the throttle to about 3/4 from a dead stop.

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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 02:01 PM
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Well heck, at least they warned you, haha. But I cant say I have ever seen that caused by sea foam before, but then I have never used it in a diesel before, I usualy use dieselkleen.

That is a V10 Excursion in those pictures. Not a diesel. AND, I've actually seen a few cars smoke even more. If you get a high mileage car that rarely sees WOT, (think grandma's buick) it will smoke like mad with the seafoam.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 02:19 PM
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Well heck, at least they warned you, haha. But I cant say I have ever seen that caused by sea foam before, but then I have never used it in a diesel before, I usualy use dieselkleen.
On the can, it says to drain the fuel bowl, fill the fuel bowl with sea foam, then start, and run.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by gr8scott72
That is a V10 Excursion in those pictures. Not a diesel. AND, I've actually seen a few cars smoke even more. If you get a high mileage car that rarely sees WOT, (think grandma's buick) it will smoke like mad with the seafoam.
Thats wild, none of my vehicles ever smoked with sea foam. As a matter of fact, I have about 140K on my V-10 and didnt smoke with it. Now I just put it in my fuel tank just before a fill up. I did help a buddy pull it through the vacuum lines on a blazer once with a 350 TBI, that smoked like a big dog.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 05:07 PM
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Thats wild, none of my vehicles ever smoked with sea foam. As a matter of fact, I have about 140K on my V-10 and didnt smoke with it. Now I just put it in my fuel tank just before a fill up. I did help a buddy pull it through the vacuum lines on a blazer once with a 350 TBI, that smoked like a big dog.
Yeah, it won't smoke thru the gas tank, only pulled thru a vacuum line.

I used the brake booster line. Seemed to be a good one to feed all the cylinders.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 05:41 PM
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I've done pretty much every car I've owned at one time or another, as said higher mileage cars smoke a lot more usually. The dirtier your motor, the more it smokes it seems. I have noticed cars driven harder smoke less as well. The worst I ever saw was my buddies 99 crown vic ex cop car, that thing smoked out a whole city block BAD and left a trail of smoke for about a half mile when he took it for a ride. He never used the stuff and thought I ruined his motor or something lol.

The stuff works, and works damn well though.
 
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How long does it to stop smoking?
 
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How long does it to stop smoking?
about a week...
 
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 07:34 PM
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How long does it to stop smoking?
I did it yesterday. Let it idle for about 10 minutes. (That's when I took the pictures.) Then I went for a short drive. (Around 2 miles maybe.) During that drive I could see a very small amount of smoke when I got on it hard. Today, when we went somewhere, right as I cranked it up, it smoked just a little, like one good puff and hasn't smoked anymore.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 08:28 PM
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I must have done something wrong when I did mine... it didn't smoke like, barely any at all.
 
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