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Seafoam in the crankcase
To clean lifters i have to put the seafoam in the crankcase...should i put in the whole bottle?...and how long should i leave it in their for....
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02-15-2009, 02:31 PM
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the way i understand Seafoam is that you put 1/3 bottle in gas tank, 1/3 in vacuume lines while running (be careful not to kill the car with it, use a small cup helps do it slowly. after turn car off let sit 30 min. and try and start it up. it will be hard to start and will smoke horribly for like 5 min. they said push gas to floor if it wont start. also they says to run it hard after.
the crackcase part goes in the oil, 1/3 of the bottle, do not leave in for more than 100. (change your oil replaceing it with cheapy close to what you always use and a new filter. run it for 100 miles or less. change your newly put in oil, which will now be nasty and full of gunk, replace with normal oil you use and a new filter.) this will run the vacuum, gas and crankcase seafoam all at once and get it all done. CAUTION! i have heard that seafoam should be used with caution on old/high mileage engines as the carbon buildup and sucn in the engine is what keeps it from leaking. removing this buildup could cause random speraticle oil leak. EDIT: i myself have never run Seafoam i have a bottle and while doing research to see how its used i came across these ideas of how to do it and the problems. my car is an 1984 with original non rebuilt engine with 110k on it. im iffie about running it through my crank case. if anyone has opinions post some! Hope this help if anyone has any corrections please tell! |
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02-15-2009, 10:45 PM
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02-16-2009, 05:08 AM
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I'm just going to throw this out there...could there be foreign material blocking a passage? Have you done all the preliminary checks, like inspecting the stuff in the oil filter, inspecting the magnet on the drain plug (ours has one), etc?
I say that because no motor flushing will remove solid foreign material, and if that is the cause then there could be more serious problems. |
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02-16-2009, 07:17 AM
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ya it really doesn't seem to be to dirty...i'm gonna assume a lifter is broken
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02-16-2009, 10:37 AM
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