Honestly, if you change your oil on a regular basis and don't have too much blowby your engine should look pretty good with any oil you use.PapaSmurf2k3 wrote:Greg, have you heard any benefits to using seafoam in a crankcase that has run primarily synthetic oil? I've always heard that synthetics help keep everything WAY cleaner than conventional oils, but I've never had the valve cover off anything that has run 100% synthetic.
I agree with this... We have a mechanic that has worked at our marina for the past 40 years or so, and he always uses water instead of any of that other stuff... Its always wild to see him walk out to a boat with a bottle of water and dump it straight into the carb!charlieo wrote:Ahh, suspicions confirmed. Clever man, and I appreciate your candor.AZhitman wrote:Actually, it's an affiliate link to Amazon.com for a few places where you can buy Seafoam at a fat discount, and I think NICO makes like $ .03 on each can.
So, shut up and go order some Seafoam.
"Sipping" regular water via vacuum line leads to good results too. Buy water here!
lemme get bored and go do a valve adjustment on my Civic. for at least 100k it's only seen Mobil 1 full.PapaSmurf2k3 wrote:Greg, have you heard any benefits to using seafoam in a crankcase that has run primarily synthetic oil? I've always heard that synthetics help keep everything WAY cleaner than conventional oils, but I've never had the valve cover off anything that has run 100% synthetic.
Yeah, I just saw the clogged jet and thought of this thread thoughAZhitman wrote:Cool story, bro.
You may be right, but there's a few flaws: One, you're assuming causation. Perhaps the SF did its job over time, making the B12 that much more effective... Two, why wouldn't you just clean the jets while they were out? Third, you were using it solely as a fuel system cleaner, not as a decarbonisation agent - that's not SF's claim to fame. BG44K would have been the ideal product for what you did (actually, cleaning the carb jets the RIGHT way would have been ideal).
You make Al Gore cry.AZhitman wrote:HILARIOUS to watch all the smoke whooshing out of the 1.2" exhaust pipe...LOL
BusyBadger wrote:You make Al Gore cry.AZhitman wrote:HILARIOUS to watch all the smoke whooshing out of the 1.2" exhaust pipe...LOL
How come you have in your pic a part of the hose that is on the intake manifold side?? Dont you just unplug the brake booster hose, and then isnt there a little piece inside that you take out?? Its bypassing the check valve? Isnt the check valve the piece thats inside a little bit of your brake hose, at the end of the hose?????novocaine wrote:Aa said im posting up images from my seafoam experiences. this is the first time i've posted images to this board and hopefully the thread starter won't mind. If there are better ways to post images please let me know and i will re-edit my post.
brake booster and vac hose:
vac hose with check valve that you should by-pass as stated by the thread starter (its the white disc in the middle of the hose)
one end of vac hose (the end that is exposed after you by-pass the check valve) this is the end the fluid gets sucked into
other end of hose that goes into engine/manifold
it's pretty hard to keep the engine from stalling once you get going so a helper is always good. enjoy!!
Oh ya lol i know your suppose to give it little sips! My bad for poor choice of words! I read your instrutions very carefully, and will follow it step by step when i do it this weekend! But we are suppose to bypass the check valve! Isnt the check valve the piece thats stuck inside the brake booster hose a little bit?? But its like at the end of the hose??? And your suppose to pull it out???? And then start sea foaming???? And when i start my engine to start the sea foam, do i unplug the hose first or start the engine first???AZhitman wrote:Pretty close.
You don't POUR it into the booster line. Re-read the first post carefully...
You got the rest correct.