Kendall Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 No way to say. I have never pulled an engine right after I used it. I remember on the old carb cars you used to do this. For what its worth it fixed a sticking lifter on K-dawgs car←It was well worth the 4 or 5 bucks. I could hear the difference right away and is still running good/quietly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashif Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 I seriously suggest you do an oil change if you put it in the crankcase....its not good for anything in your car to leave it in there←Yeah I am going to do and oil change about two weeks from now.You guys should have seen the car this morning. When I left house today, I still had the stuff in my intake manifold. I turn out of our apartment complex and stop at a stoplight. While I was waiting a HUGE cloud of smoke started to accumulate. As I pulled away I left the whole intersection in a cloud of smoke. But I did feel a little embarassed, people must of been thinking that the car was about to blow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0r Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 where can i buy the hose i need? any old autoparts store?did anyone with a speedtuning ECU notice any better mileage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96 t5 wagon Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 did 2 cans this weekend (gas tank & vac tree) and have seen a big improvment in gas milage and accel--def worth it B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0r Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 can i buy the hose i need at any old auto parts store? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billr99 Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 can i buy the hose i need at any old auto parts store?←Oh sure. Its a 4mm or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97volvo855t5 Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 Did the Seafoam in the vac tree this morning, and I can honestly say, that I could not see the any of the houses on my street for almost 5 minutes.I replaced all of the brake pads, two front rotors (painted them too :-]), and the fluid (ATE Super Blue). Also done besides Seafoam was a new Red Top battery. When my wife drove it, she asked what I had done to make it faster, not stop better. When doing the Seafoam, (by the way, it sucks it up quick) I noticed that there was smoke coming from the turbo, but I need to change one of the rubber hoses, so I'm thinking that Seafoam "may" be able to pinpoint large vacuum leaks. Would like to see if anyone else had a similar situation with a known old rubber hose.Overall, would do it again, although I think that some or most of the smoke you see is the Seafoam itself, but it seemed to make a big difference.BTY 97 855 T5 w/94,000 miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay13 Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 Just so everyone knows Here is a sheet that has all the various rubber elbows out there with the Volvo part number that goes with them. The drawings are not to scale so look at the sizes on both ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashif Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 When I introduced the seafoam into the intake manifold, I just used the vacuum tube going to the PCV flame trap (on a Naturally Aspirated engine). Worked perfectly for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0r Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 i'll be trying this for sure later this week once i'm done with school. sounds like a cheap thing to do for some pretty good results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0r Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 well, i tried it this afternoon. my 14 year old brother was the person revving the engine while it was being sucked up, heh. the first time he let the engine die, so i had to restart it and after it was all said and done i only sucked in maybe 1/4 of a can so it didn't do much, the engine seemed to sound better, but it could've just been me thinking that. i'll try it agian this weekend.on another note, i lost the stupid nub that goes on the vacuum tree. are these cheap? right now i have the hose i used, only it's tied.. heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che'_Moderator Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 well, i tried it this afternoon. my 14 year old brother was the person revving the engine while it was being sucked up, heh. the first time he let the engine die, so i had to restart it and after it was all said and done i only sucked in maybe 1/4 of a can so it didn't do much, the engine seemed to sound better, but it could've just been me thinking that. i'll try it agian this weekend.on another note, i lost the stupid nub that goes on the vacuum tree. are these cheap? right now i have the hose i used, only it's tied.. heh.←I say again, do not rev the engine while doing this. I have done 4 cars in the past week with different methods. You get much better results not revving the engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0r Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 when i didn't rev the engine, it totally died on me. now i gotta clear the stupid CEL.i'm going to try to keep it 1000 or 1500, but that's quite hard, heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plan_B Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 I say again, do not rev the engine while doing this. I have done 4 cars in the past week with different methods. You get much better results not revving the engine←Did you just put it in the gas tank in any of your cars? :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PriReb03 Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 So I bought a can of SeaFoam a coupla weeks ago from AutoZone, with the intention of using it with the trusty and knowledgable help of Sean(White850T5). I told my dad about this wonder-cure, and he, being old and wise , is not convinced that this stuff actually works. So I called over to Volvo of Richardson down here in Dallas for a "professional opinion", and the guy there said he had never even heard of the stuff, but told me to bring it in and show him what its all about. I'm going in tomorrow to get my gas tank looked at because of the recall notice on 850's, so I figure I'll show him this thread on VS while I'm there to give him a little insight into what this stuff is. I'll report back on what all goes on, if anything goes on. Right now my idle is getting rougher by the year, and I've almost completed Stage 0, and want to have the car back to as good as new before the summer is out...but don't want SeaFoam to mess things up... <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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