I went on a road trip the other day from Dallas Ga to Fort Lauderdale FL (moving back hopefully in 2 years), the only thing I was iffy about was my front tires which were alittle worn and time to change.

It drove down fine and the day we were leaving to come back to Ga while pulling Walmart in Ft Lauderdale (Oakland & 441) I hear a loud boop from my front left wheel area so I checked to make sure my emergency brakes were released but they were so I figure that was it. So starting to drive on the Turnpike I felt it pulling to the right and had a slight wabble, about 3/4 way up there I pulled in the gas station to fill up and inspect the front wheel and found nothing out of the ordinary so I continued home.
Alittle further up we ran into some slow excorted construction equiptment and driving @ 10 mph I really felt how bad it had gotten.

When I got home in the garage I started to inspect the wheel further to find a buldge on the tire so I figure the metal strands in the tires broke which caused the buldge but thank God it didn't blowout with me.

I went to Goodyear Gemni and purchase 2 285/75/16 E SA and they were beautiful, I fell in LOVE. My speedo was finially accurate but the steering felt hard to control now (I guess that would be what is considered wandering) so next day I tightened my steering box and that cured about 98% of it because its not what it used to be so I'm looking to purchase a steering stablizer for it to attempt to 100% cure it.

I saw some moisture around my steering pump and alittle on some parts of the hose but I can't find where the leak is coming from, its not dripping but it just moise around the pump. Have anyone ever had this?

I was also following the seafoam thread and went and purchase 2 cans yesterday and added it to my tank, oil and vaccum line, expecting the smoke to come out of my exhaus it didn't and accutally it stopped the little bit it had and smelled alot better that it used to.

I called Seafoam this morning and spoke to a tech and he said that adding it to the oil is good but I have to monitor the oil because it cleans all the old gunk out so I will check and change the oil either today or tomorrow and that the lack of smoke is normal if the engine is pretty clean.

After adding the seafoam I drove it and it felt alittle more responsive and smoother acceleration.

So I'm happy so far and will purchase the Goodyear SA for my rears soon.

 

It's not terribly uncommon for metal parts to condense a little when the weathers cool and the humidity is high. The fluid in the power steering system is ATF, which should be slick, greasy and redish. If you moisture is clear, then it's probably just condensation.

 

Technically not ATF, but honestly, its pretty much just ATF lol. No smoke from a seafoaming means the engine ws pretty clean as the tech told you. What it does is wash off a lot of the carbon buildup from the EGR and junk on the valves and after itw ashes it off it burns up the oily junky mess that was once slathered on the walls of the intake side of your motor. The more oily mess it cleans off, the more it smokes. What makes the engines run better is the intake valves being cleaned off allowing a better seal between the valve and valve seat, and on a small scale some more airflow if the gunk was packed onto the back of the valve. So you get a more responsive motor with a lil more power. All in all a great product. If you could find more vacuum lines going directly to the intake you can suck some in through those lines to try to get to more of the cylinders, especially with the V10. Seems like just using the brake booster vacuum hose it would only clena out a few cylinders and possibly not get to a few at all. Gotta look at the intake setup and where the hoses run better though. Havnt done a seafom on my truck yet, might do it this weekend.

 

Thanks for the info. I changed the oil this evening and boy was it black, I mean really really black. So I guess the Seafoam did its job. I will search for another vacuum line to see if I can get all cylinders.

 

Thanks for the info. I changed the oil this evening and boy was it black, I mean really really black. So I guess the Seafoam did its job. I will search for another vacuum line to see if I can get all cylinders.

 

The brake booster hose sits pretty much right on the top of the intake manifold. I think it's a good place to use the seafoam.

And a picture for fun:

 

Havent looked the V10 manifold over well honestly, most V8's wont feed all the cylinders with the brake booster hose in my experience. Sounds like it should be pretty easy to do my truck, makes me want to do this this weekend even more now lol.

I was just thinking, since this stuff cleans out the carbon gunk so well, I bet it would clean out the IAC motor pretty well. I have had some hard starts and one random stall while idling, makes me think the IAC may be getting weak. May haev to try that as well.