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[vze3rmtv]

Hi Can anyone tell me anything about seafoam carbon cleaner.I read it does a great job cleaning corbon build up.I just need to know a little more about this before I try it

[prasamin]

Hi Can anyone tell me anything about seafoam carbon cleaner.I read it does a great job cleaning corbon build up.I just need to know a little more about this before I try it

welcome to VS...please put your car in the signature and your location in your profile...that will help in the future...as far as the seafoam goes, i don't know.....

[Brickster151]

Uhhhhh

Seafoam is NOT for detailing!

It's a product you either put in your gastank or suck up thru a vacuum line while the car is running, and it burns up all the carbon deposits in the engine.

Move it back to maitenence [where I assume it was posted]

[ontheheel]

sorry, it was in announcements

[Slater]

Uhhhhh

Seafoam is NOT for detailing!

It's a product you either put in your gastank or suck up thru a vacuum line while the car is running, and it burns up all the carbon deposits in the engine.

Move it back to maitenence [where I assume it was posted]

Seafoam is a great top end product. Personally, I always remove and clean as much of the top end myself as possible. The TB, intake tract, intake manifold, PCV, etc. The clean the injectors myself in an ultrasonic cleaner using an electric injector pulser and pressurized cleaner I made.

THEN put everyting back together and use seafoam to clean up the remaining carbon deposits and sludge. The end product is a much cleaner top end because you cut the amount of crud that Seafoam and similar products have to cut through tremendously.

Then to prevent future build up, use fully synthetic oil and a quality injector cleaner every oil change. I recommend Gumout Regane. It's very effective and a bargain at the price.

- Slater

[BeachRat]

Then to prevent future build up, use fully synthetic oil and a quality injector cleaner every oil change. I recommend Gumout Regane. It's very effective and a bargain at the price.

- Slater

Some fuel injector cleaners tend to just eat away at the injector nozzle rather than simply clear it out, I assume this stuff doesn't do that!?

[Slater]

Then to prevent future build up, use fully synthetic oil and a quality injector cleaner every oil change. I recommend Gumout Regane. It's very effective and a bargain at the price.

- Slater

Some fuel injector cleaners tend to just eat away at the injector nozzle rather than simply clear it out, I assume this stuff doesn't do that!?

I've been using it for years and have never had a problem. Since that's also what I use to clean the injectors manually, I can see the effects right before my eyes instead of buried inside the intake manifold.

I can't speak for other cleaners but Gumout's stuff is always pretty good. Before they came out with Regane I used to use their concentrated injector cleaner in the silver bottle - that's not bad either but definitely not as good as Regane.

- Slater

[Chris_R]

I've heard of people (GM Master mechanic actually told me this) using a quart of tranny fluid, sucked in thru a vacuum port while the engine was running, will clean the top end as well.

I'd imagine that an oil change would be in order immediately afterwards.

Anyone tried this?

-Chris

[WhiteT5]

I've heard of people (GM Master mechanic actually told me this) using a quart of tranny fluid, sucked in thru a vacuum port while the engine was running, will clean the top end as well.

I'd imagine that an oil change would be in order immediately afterwards.

Anyone tried this?

-Chris

No, but tranny fluid does have some pretty good cleaning properties. I did the seafoam thing a couple weeks ago. Make sure you don't do it in a tight space. It makes a ridiculous amount of smoke and it stinks. All I did was take off one of the vacuum tree caps and hook about a 25 cm length of 4mm diameter hose and sucked it directly from the can. Make sure you keep the RPM's up though, as the engine will act like it's going to die.

Edited by White850T5, 22 February 2005 - 09:31 PM.

[Matts 850 GLT]

I've heard of people (GM Master mechanic actually told me this) using a quart of tranny fluid, sucked in thru a vacuum port while the engine was running, will clean the top end as well.

I'd imagine that an oil change would be in order immediately afterwards.

Anyone tried this?

-Chris

Hi

I used atf every other oil change to clean out a Mercedes diesel van when I lived in Romania. We'd put 5 litres in and run the motor 1/2 hour at idle and then drain and refill with motor oil. Couldn't get diesel oil back then. You'd be surprised how black it was when it came out.

Matt

[KLS]

Lot's of folks have good results with Seafoam in the intake. Be ready for lots of smoke.

Automatic transmission fluid has been an old-timer's solution for cleaning everything except their dog. I think any light oil would do the job and just about everything would work better. ATF contains no detergents. They aren't needed in the clean environment of a transmission. Here is a list of what ATF does contain:

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Dispersants                   Sludge & varnish control
Antioxidants                Prohibit oxidation
Antiwear                 Planetary gear, bushing, thrust washer protection
Friction modifier        Modify clutch plate and band friction
Corrosion inhibitor      Prevent corrosion and rust
Seal swell agent       Prevent loss of fluid via seals
Viscosity Improver     Reduce rate of change of viscosity
Pour Point Depressant    Improve low temperature fluidity
Foam inhibitor               Foam control
Red dye                        Identification

http://www.lubrizol.com/ATF/default.asp