I don't know if y'all remember, but I was asking about Seafoam a while back
(actually I just wanted to know what the directions meant when they said
load up the engine). I did go ahead and spray about half the can into my
running engine (off-topic Mazda 4cyl van) through the PCV port in the intake
manifold. Turned it off. Let it set for 5 minutes and restarted it. You
guessed it.........naw, it didn't blow up!!! My wife was hoping the same
thing!! Plenty of white/gray smoke for a while but soon subsided. Here's the
interesting part.... I took it for the annual safety/emissions test the next
week. Keep in mind we ride this thing hard and put it away wet!!! No
tune-up, no nothing. All I did was run that Seafoam through it. It got
BETTER emissions (HC's) than it had 3 years ago. Does de-carbonising really
make that kind of difference in an engine? I was just hoping to stop the
pinging (it has!!) Has anyone else tried this stuff as a top-end cleaner?
Tim in Ft Worth '50 Chev dlx
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Schorn, Tim
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 8:43 AM
> To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [oletrucks] De-carbonizing with Seafoam
>
> Hi Guys!
> My question about this product has to do with the directions given for
> it's use. One of it's many uses is de-carbonizing the valve/combustion
> chamber area of your engine. So, the instructions say spray it into the
> intake "until the engine loads up". What is meant by loading up the
> engine? Will it sound differently? Lug down? What? At the point you have
> run the engine at increased idle to avoid stalling until it loads up, you
> are supposed to shut it off for 5 minutes and then restart, at which time
> mosquito-killing-quality smoke will come out of the exhaust pipe for
> several minutes. Any clues?
>
> As always thanks in ADvance for the help!!
>
> Tim in Ft Worth '50 Chev 1/2t dlx
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