The Rover lives! Believe in the sea foam

[lendaddy]

Some of you may recall my previous thread about my '95 RangeRover dieing a slow death (dropping a cylinder when warm at low loads). Well I gave her one last try. Changed the oil and did the "sea foam through the intake" trick. She runs great! I have been holding off optimism for about a week thinking it would come back to haunt me, but I now feel comforible saying she's back in business! For those with crazy mileage vehicles running poorly, do the normal tune-up stuff, then try this. Hell, it's cheap and it certainly worked for me.

If the old girl lives through the winter I will be elated

[kach22i]

Originally posted by lendaddy
and did the "sea foam through the intake" trick.

What is that process/product?

Sorry, this is new to me.

[lendaddy]

It's just one of the "de-carbon" liquids out there that they tell you to put in the gas tank. But instead you disconnect a vacuum line from your intake and connect a tube dropped in the bottle. You then let about half a pint or so get sucked in. Then you shut her off for a while (to let it soak in I guess) when you start her back up she'll smoke like a ***** for a few minutes while it burns the crap off. Then you're done. Sounds like bunk, worked like a charm.

[RickM]

Very cool trick....never heard of it either.

I'm going to try it on Dad's Carrera GT right now......

[Simon S]

i've been curious about this proceedure..
glad to hear positive things about it.

cleaning injectors?

[Simon S]

glad to hear your 'family member' is back in action lendaddy.

[oldE]

People used to use automatic transmission fluid in much the same way. The theory is the stuff dissolves/loosens carbon build-up around the valves which might be allowing blow-by.
In the early 70s, a buddy of mine bought a 350 Nova from a fellow who had feather-footed it through it's first year. Proud new (and may I say young) owner took it out to see what it would do and was rewarded with nasty noises from the combustion chambers. A mechanic friend poured 1/2 a can of ATF down the carb throat until it stalled, waited a bit while he changed the plugs, and started it up. That car blew carbon flakes for a couple of miles after that. No other problems. Cheap "de-coking" as they used to call it.
Les

[notfarnow]

I've heard of ATF being used in diesels... but never in gas cars. Good to know.

Lendady, I know the feeling... a fellow diesel freak recommended "LubroMoly Diesel Purge" as a miracle cure for all that ails my daily driver. I was sceptical, but wow... it actually transformed the car. Better mileage, more power, less smoke and easier starts. Now and then you do come across great products like this. Thanks for the "sea foam" tip... I assume that's the product's name?

[osidak]

Got a can of diesel purge waiting to go through my TDI.

[kang]

You can find more than you care to read about seafoam here:

http://www.yotatech.com/showthread.php?t=35112

It's also discussed on "Bob is the oil guy." Do a search (sometimes it's "sea foam" and sometimes it's "seafoam") and a bunch of threads will come up. Lots of cleaners are discussed here.

http://theoildrop.server101.com/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi

[ronin]

Originally posted by RickM
Very cool trick....never heard of it either.

I'm going to try it on Dad's Carrera GT right now......

lmao! please apprise of the results

[TimT]

Seafoams major ingredient is IPA, or isopropyl alchohol. Nothing to exotic..