seafoaming

[CB7Junkie]

what is seafoaming and what does it do???

[Ralphie]

this is the way i always did it
When Added to Fuel Tank

* Cleans fuel injectors and carburetor jets
* Cleans carbon as you drive
* Lubricates upper cylinders
* De-ices and removes moisture
* Diesel full conditioner and anti gel
* Stabilizes fuel

One pint treats 8-25 gallons of fuel (average 1 ounce per gallon).

Carbon Cleaner Treatment:

This is a standard maintenance cleaning that Honda does on vehicles. Its normally called a carbon treatment / top-end treatment. Its a great way to help clean the carbon & gunk from inside your motor. It goes all the way through the intake manifold to the exhaust. Cleaning valves , ports and more on the way. This treatment will usually run you $50 dollars at Honda or other shops. (We highly recommend Honda as they will be more likely to do it right)

You can do this at home for $5 dollars. The only problem is finding the product to do this. There are quite a few of them out , but the problem is people get confused about what your asking. The one product that I found years ago that works great is SeaFoam. You can find it at Napa Autoparts. This product resembles and performs exactly like Honda's carbon service. You can maybe try other places / products , but just make sure its meant to go in the intake manifold & will remove carbon.

Usage:

Follow these simple directions.

Prep:

1. First, Make sure to use the whole can.
2. You will be using this on two sides of the intake manifold.
3. It might be easier to work with the cleaner if you pour it into a small cup.
4. Perform this on a warm engine.
5. When revving the car make sure your in a well ventilated open area.
6. Do not use on motors with over 150k on them.

Directions:

1. Disconnect one of the hoses leading to the intake manifold, towards the throttle body or directly into the throttle body if you can easily do that.
2. Use a little more than half of the can on the first side.
3. Have someone throttling the car when it needs it , and just keep giving it gulps of the stuff. (get the tube into the liquid) If you have the correct part or tubing setup so you can just flow in the right amount the whole time...then you already know what to do. If not just watch it and try to get it in there efficiently, but don't take forever.
4. Now pull a hose towards the middle / rear of the intake manifold. This will now get more liquid to the other side of the motor. (the main concern is that your not just dumping it all on one side , as the liquid will not be acting the same as air.)
5. Once its about all used, dump in enough to shut off the motor, then wait for 5 minutes.
6. Now restart car , and rev the motor. Going for a drive wont really allow for what you need to do safely. High Revving and quick WOT (Wide Open Throttle) depresses. Then letting the car settle some , then quick presses. Change it up make it a little random. This should get the engine to rock back and forth a bit. This also helps shake things out a bit.
7. Then turn car off, Reset your ECU and your ready to go.

[Ralphie]

pulled from this thread: http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthre...hlight=seafoam

Search man, that little button on top to the right....it works wonders when you need info....but yea im about to do this soon!

[CB7Junkie]

thanks man. very helpful.

[Ralphie]

no problemo

[b-bomb]

I did it to my car and a friends car and it works great and is real easy to do.
Basically it gets rid of all the carbon build up and any other grime in the engine and flushes it out. Overall your car will run smoother, idle better, accelerate faster (depending on how bad it was before), and gas mileage will be better. Its totally worth it at $6 a can.

# Park car in a well-ventilated area.
# Start car and run until it reaches closed loop (generally 5-10 minutes, and above 160°).
# Open hood.
# Unplug PCV valve
# Place end of hose into a shallow cup containing 1/3 of a bottle of Seafoam Motor Treatment. Allow it to suck liquid out until the engine starts to idle noticeably lower; then remove the hose from the cup. Do not pour enough to stall the engine yet.
# Repeat the above until between 1/3 and 1/2 of the liquid has been used.
# Now let enough of the liquid be sucked in until it stalls the engine.
# Turn off ignition.
# Replace PCV hose.
# Pour the remaining 2/3-1/2 of seafoam into crankcase (through the oil filler tube).
# Pour other full bottle of seafoam liquid into gas tank.
After doing all this it will be kinda hard to start back up but it will I promise. You'll get a nice white cloud of smoke out of the exhaust so don't worry when you see that. As soon you get it started, take it for a "spirited" drive getting it into the higher rpm range for a bit. Just take it on the highway and have fun for at least 15-20 minutes. I personally went and drove 15 miles on the highway after topping the gas of with some 91 octane. Get some miles on the car over the next week or so and then change your oil and it'll be gtg.

[qbodsyt]

since we've got yet another thread going about it, i'll not search too strenuously and just ask.......why not over 150k? i've got 240k on mine, and wouldn't mind doing this come spring. is this just an overly cautious recommendation from Honda, or is there a pretty valid reason not to? thanks guys

[CB7Junkie]

will it hurt to do it on a car with over 150,000 miles on it???

[Ralphie]

Well CPMike did it on his cb with 200k and it hurt nothing but no one will guarentee that it wont hurt it...

i would say its safe to do, shouldnt hurt anything really as long as you FOLLOW directions.

[b-bomb]

I did it to my car with over 215k miles and and didn't hurt anything. That's interesting I had never heard that before.

[MyHonnaCB7]

i used this on my car at about 230,000 miles and my car started an idle surge and i cant figure out how to stop it, besides retarding the timing so much that car would barely run.

[Maple50175]

Okay Im sick of all these threads on Seafoam. Christ.

[F22HB]

i used this on my car at about 230,000 miles and my car started an idle surge and i cant figure out how to stop it, besides retarding the timing so much that car would barely run.

Did you try the fixing erratic idle diy? Your ivac may have some of that stuff in it or somthing.

[MyHonnaCB7]

actually i planned on doin alot of things once i get out of school tomorrow. ill try the fitv, the iacv, and the egrv to c if any of those r the problems. hopefully ill fix it.

[slowguy7]

Try not to do it next to your nieghbor house window or cops give you a citation for poluting like myself.500 dollar down the drain haha.