Sea Foam Reviews

[F22BPR]

Hi, It's time for my cb's tune up and I heard about Sea Foam treatment a long time ago. I was checking on the web some reviews and results specially on our cars (mine's f22b1 just with an SRI) before try it and I dont know yet if make this product part of it. My priority is the fuel economy, because my car are spending too much gasoline, Looking for performance and engine cleanliness too.

Please post your experience with SF

Thanks.

[F22BPR]

I thought I posted this on the begginers technical,

Please, move it to there, my bad. Thanks

[nusdogg]

I seafoamed my JDM H22A a few months after I did the swap back in '09. I don't know if it really worked or not but it was an easy job.

[F22BPR]

The part that I don't trust is "put it on the crankhole". I think that part is just for oil.

[Leung]

No you can put it in your engine. The thing is you just don't want to leave it in there too long. From what i have read from other threads in the past, you dump it into your engine mix it with some other clean cheap oil, run the engine for a bit and then drain it out for clean fresh good oil.

A lot of people have done it but if you really want, you could do it the old fashion way and use tranny fluid like the old muscle car guys use to.
Tranny oil has a lot of detergents in it so it's just as effective in cleaning gunk from the engine block and passages.

The only thing is i think the seafoam is cheaper than 4 quarts of tranny fluid.

[F22BPR]

The only thing is i think the seafoam is cheaper than 4 quarts of tranny fluid.

Talking about cheap, I heard about people who used just hot water mist to clean carbon deposits and gunk on their engines. Most of them says that the pistons get on the original appereance of cleanliness. But I dont know how to do that.

[dj_ender]

I've used seafoam MANY times, and I love it. if your engine is dirty, it will help. Yes you can put it in the crankcase, an oil change is recommended within 500 miles, although deev said he left it in his car for much longer, and nothing happened.

[Fleetw00d]

I haven't used it in my crankcases because any time I've taken one apart, there is no sludge, just a nice golden color. I ran a couple bottles through my EX a couple weeks ago (3000 miles in a week) and it seems to have helped smooth out the idle and reduce a weak cylinder feeling under uphill acceleration. I've used it in my other vehicles, but haven't noticed anything dramatic. I got he biggest improvement in gas milage by just slowing down. On one trip to FL in July in the EX, I got 34+ for one tank by staying 65 and below and not running the AC. With AC it dropped to 32. If I ran close to 70 with AC, 30-31.

[ibr_adam09]

I've used seafoam MANY times, and I love it. if your engine is dirty, it will help. Yes you can put it in the crankcase, an oil change is recommended within 500 miles, although deev said he left it in his car for much longer, and nothing happened.

I think he also said he went 3k without little to no oil in his h22 before finding out

[benjerman112]

Talking about cheap, I heard about people who used just hot water mist to clean carbon deposits and gunk on their engines. Most of them says that the pistons get on the original appereance of cleanliness. But I dont know how to do that.

My high school shop teacher used to do that I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen.

I've done the seafoam thing a few times I never put it in the oil though.

[F22BPR]

My high school shop teacher used to do that I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen.

I've done the seafoam thing a few times I never put it in the oil though.

I'd like to know how is it. Water vs any chemical? If it's the same effect, I prefer water.

Anyway, I'll try the sea foam treatment tomorrow, and later, the rest of the tune up. So you'll see my review about this product pretty soon.

[F22BPR]

My "Sea Foam" experience.

My "Sea Foam" experience.
(Sorry about my bad english, my first language is a perfect spanish )


PURPOSE

Looking for performance, inside engine cleanliness and fuel economy.

PROCESS

I bought a bottle of Sea Foam from Autozone, cost me like $11 bucks. Then I took a 7oz. plastic cup and poored 1/3 from the bottle on it. With the engine running, I used a little hose like a straw and put it in the intake-to-booster hose. The liquid was sucked slowly from the cup. When the cup was empty, I stopped the engine, close the intake hose, poured 1/3 of the bottle in the gas tank, and poured on the crankshaft less than the reccomended 1/3 on the other spots. Why less? first: to avoid a disaster, second: the engine looks inside the crankshaft very clean to me.

I let it sit exactly 15min by clock. Then I start the engine. There no smoke. I Started to idle the engine and there's no smoke at all. Just an insignificant little.

I saw videos on you tube where I feel sorry for the atmosphere, but my car made at all the process less smoke than a cigarette.

I ran my car like 15 min around and there's no smoke on it. maybe, everything was too clean.

RESULTS

I feel the car a bit more powerful than before, 100 or 200 higher rpm's.
I'll edit this info soon when get done the oil change and get noticed of the Gas Mileage. Stay tuned for my conclusion.

Thanks

[agol]

have you ever thought about using LUCAS treatment instead?

[dj_ender]

My "Sea Foam" experience.
(Sorry about my bad english, my first language is a perfect spanish )


PURPOSE

Looking for performance, inside engine cleanliness and fuel economy.

PROCESS

I bought a bottle of Sea Foam from Autozone, cost me like $11 bucks. Then I took a 7oz. plastic cup and poored 1/3 from the bottle on it. With the engine running, I used a little hose like a straw and put it in the intake-to-booster hose. The liquid was sucked slowly from the cup. When the cup was empty, I stopped the engine, close the intake hose, poured 1/3 of the bottle in the gas tank, and poured on the crankshaft less than the reccomended 1/3 on the other spots. Why less? first: to avoid a disaster, second: the engine looks inside the crankshaft very clean to me.

I let it sit exactly 15min by clock. Then I start the engine. There no smoke. I Started to idle the engine and there's no smoke at all. Just an insignificant little.

I saw videos on you tube where I feel sorry for the atmosphere, but my car made at all the process less smoke than a cigarette.

I ran my car like 15 min around and there's no smoke on it. maybe, everything was too clean.

RESULTS

I feel the car a bit more powerful than before, 100 or 200 higher rpm's.
I'll edit this info soon when get done the oil change and get noticed of the Gas Mileage. Stay tuned for my conclusion.

Thanks

You didn't see smoke because you did it wrong. when applying the first 1/3 have the cars rpms at 2500. After all of the liquid is sucked up, allow the car to return to a regular idle. Then, while the car is at idle, suck up enough liquid to kill the car, it usually takes another 1/3. Do this fast enough by putting the straw, or whatever your using, all the way down into the liquid. Now you let it sit and soak. Letting it soak the way you did it doesn't allow the chambers to retain seafoam in it to soak. Then after 15 minutes, start your car, if you did it right it will be hard to start your car. After it starts keep your rpms high, and rev it high, I usually stay around 4k. Again, if you did it right you will see that huge white cloud like on youtube. Personally i think its a waste to place it into the crankcase, I know they say to do it. I personally only put it in the intake, and the gas tank.

[nate'sCB7]

My "Sea Foam" experience.
(Sorry about my bad english, my first language is a perfect spanish )


PURPOSE

Looking for performance, inside engine cleanliness and fuel economy.

PROCESS

I bought a bottle of Sea Foam from Autozone, cost me like $11 bucks. Then I took a 7oz. plastic cup and poored 1/3 from the bottle on it. With the engine running, I used a little hose like a straw and put it in the intake-to-booster hose. The liquid was sucked slowly from the cup. When the cup was empty, I stopped the engine, close the intake hose, poured 1/3 of the bottle in the gas tank, and poured on the crankshaft less than the reccomended 1/3 on the other spots. Why less? first: to avoid a disaster, second: the engine looks inside the crankshaft very clean to me.

I let it sit exactly 15min by clock. Then I start the engine. There no smoke. I Started to idle the engine and there's no smoke at all. Just an insignificant little.

I saw videos on you tube where I feel sorry for the atmosphere, but my car made at all the process less smoke than a cigarette.

I ran my car like 15 min around and there's no smoke on it. maybe, everything was too clean.

RESULTS

I feel the car a bit more powerful than before, 100 or 200 higher rpm's.
I'll edit this info soon when get done the oil change and get noticed of the Gas Mileage. Stay tuned for my conclusion.

Thanks

Did you turn your car off immediately after you pourd in the sea foam?
-when the sea foam is first put in the car should idle for a short few minutes to allow it to circulate.

After it sat for 15 minutes and your started it back up, did you just let the car idle?
-After the the sea foam has set for the recommended time the car should be started and Revved until no more smoke is visible. Then go for about a 10 minute drive with a bit of a lead foot to burn off the remaining sea foam left in the engine.