View Poll Results: Sea Foam or Water?
Seafoam Motor Treatment
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Nothing. (Keeping in mind that its a 2007 with 60K)
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Seafoam...or water?
02-22-12, 10:43 PM
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[QUOTE=White350;7037524]Using seafoam has nothing to do with the injectors or manifold it helps break up the carbon on top of the valves and pistons
you must be on a good one,
you pour seafoam in 3 different locations crank case gas and vacuum on the intake manifold ..
you do realize removing carbon on top of pistons isnt healthy let alone having enough carbon buildup on top of the piston to be having problems?
the reason i mentioned it doesnt work well with direct injection on the 250 is the injectors arent before the valves like the 350 which has a set of injectors on the manifold genius . You also do realize also seafoam is a injector cleaner , with a car with 60k miles that shouldnt be a problem at the mement i been a ASE cert on performance/and electrical and transmission for over 18 years and you come on here saying the most non helpful post . And thats the reason why i directed the person towards the carbon buildup tsb which is all due to the EGR system , and also suggested as simple as a sparkplug change
you must be on a good one,
you pour seafoam in 3 different locations crank case gas and vacuum on the intake manifold ..
you do realize removing carbon on top of pistons isnt healthy let alone having enough carbon buildup on top of the piston to be having problems?
the reason i mentioned it doesnt work well with direct injection on the 250 is the injectors arent before the valves like the 350 which has a set of injectors on the manifold genius . You also do realize also seafoam is a injector cleaner , with a car with 60k miles that shouldnt be a problem at the mement i been a ASE cert on performance/and electrical and transmission for over 18 years and you come on here saying the most non helpful post . And thats the reason why i directed the person towards the carbon buildup tsb which is all due to the EGR system , and also suggested as simple as a sparkplug change
02-22-12, 10:44 PM
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I have not done this on my IS250 since its still considerably new (only 11000 miles), but I have done it to my previous hondas/nissans. Therefore don't take my word for it, and do some research first before attempting this. I am not resposible for any damage done to you or your car. Sorry.
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02-23-12, 03:22 PM
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I just wanna get the Top-Engine Clean done through the TSB L-SB-0029-10, but my dealer will not acknowledge my problem.
So i figured the next best thing was to sea foam it myself..?
So i figured the next best thing was to sea foam it myself..?
02-23-12, 03:37 PM
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Yep, you are right
Using seafoam has nothing to do with the injectors or manifold it helps break up the carbon on top of the valves and pistons
you must be on a good one,
you pour seafoam in 3 different locations crank case gas and vacuum on the intake manifold ..
you do realize removing carbon on top of pistons isnt healthy let alone having enough carbon buildup on top of the piston to be having problems?
the reason i mentioned it doesnt work well with direct injection on the 250 is the injectors arent before the valves like the 350 which has a set of injectors on the manifold genius . You also do realize also seafoam is a injector cleaner , with a car with 60k miles that shouldnt be a problem at the mement i been a ASE cert on performance/and electrical and transmission for over 18 years and you come on here saying the most non helpful post . And thats the reason why i directed the person towards the carbon buildup tsb which is all due to the EGR system , and also suggested as simple as a sparkplug change
you must be on a good one,
you pour seafoam in 3 different locations crank case gas and vacuum on the intake manifold ..
you do realize removing carbon on top of pistons isnt healthy let alone having enough carbon buildup on top of the piston to be having problems?
the reason i mentioned it doesnt work well with direct injection on the 250 is the injectors arent before the valves like the 350 which has a set of injectors on the manifold genius . You also do realize also seafoam is a injector cleaner , with a car with 60k miles that shouldnt be a problem at the mement i been a ASE cert on performance/and electrical and transmission for over 18 years and you come on here saying the most non helpful post . And thats the reason why i directed the person towards the carbon buildup tsb which is all due to the EGR system , and also suggested as simple as a sparkplug change
02-23-12, 03:59 PM
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FYI if people are looking to pick up some seafoam, O'Reilly is having a sale buy 2 get 1 free...
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/cu...512V3D02152012
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/cu...512V3D02152012
02-23-12, 05:56 PM
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So do you tell them that your engine shaking/idling rough or do you just tell them to do the TSB... Because most of the time if u tell them to just do it they will not do it.... I just stick to one service advisor and bug them till they did mine
02-28-12, 08:58 PM
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No, because I didn't even know it was a common problem before i looked it up. I've tried like 3 times already on separate occasions, and then finally i told him about the TSB and he said if he couldn't find t he codes, his manager wouldn't allow.
02-29-12, 06:07 AM
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Obviously you dont want to pour gallons of water into the engine. You use the brake booster hose (or similar) and feed water in little by little on a fully warmed up engine. The water evaporates from the internal heat and effectively steam cleans the valves. Adding alcohol to the mix works better as the temperature of evaporation on alcohol os lower than water, and the fact that alcohol is combustable.
Using seafoam has nothing to do with the injectors or manifold it helps break up the carbon on top of the valves and pistons
Water has been used in piston engines for the last 60 years! it works great at reducing knock and cleaning the carbon
I would use the seafoam, works good we do it on alot of mazda's on their 100,000 km services
water only really works well when the motor is under heavy load, ive seen rx7's with a huge amount of track time that run water injection+ lots of boost making 500+whp, when the motors come apart they look new inside no carbon what so ever its really neat thing to see
Water has been used in piston engines for the last 60 years! it works great at reducing knock and cleaning the carbon
I would use the seafoam, works good we do it on alot of mazda's on their 100,000 km services
water only really works well when the motor is under heavy load, ive seen rx7's with a huge amount of track time that run water injection+ lots of boost making 500+whp, when the motors come apart they look new inside no carbon what so ever its really neat thing to see
interesting. Never knew
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