Seafoam? Any other brands do the same thing?

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sohc90adel
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I live in Puerto Rico and cant seem to find seafoam. I was wondering if anyone know another product that can take out the carbon deposits that run all through my gas guzzler. help!


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there's something called BG12. You can also use just plain water (Id suggest distilled water) but pour it in sloooooooooooowwwww.

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You can also just dump in a quart of Dexron/Mercon III automatic transmission fluid

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sohc90adel
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im getting diffrent things to do everyday, im confused

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UTWarrenG wrote:You can also just dump in a quart of Dexron/Mercon III automatic transmission fluid


I thought auto trans fluid was for removing slude from the crank case?

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seafoam, bg12 sounds good, but anymore?

water and atf are not going to happen i need backed up info. i cant trust water and atf not to harm my car.

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YOU CAN RUN DIESEL IN THE OIL TO DO A LITTLE CLEANSING.... I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND RUNNING IT FOR LONGER THAN A TANK OF GAS THOUGH.

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b12 chemtool ?... or something like that, forgot

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why not just get seafoam?


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