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Old 12-05-11, 05:36 PM
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Default Valve lifters and seafoam

One of my valve lifters tap and i was told that seafoam or marvel mystery oil can help. i was told seafoam is better and then i was told i cant use it on an older car. can and should i use it on my 1992? i just want the lifters to stop tapping ? ( i know i could google this but i prefer asking you guys on here)
Old 12-05-11, 07:15 PM
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I've used seafoam on my 96 and other cars, it should be fine
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Post your questions in the proper forum please.
Old 12-05-11, 08:25 PM
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seafoam will not help maybe a product called camshield which is a zddp zinc additive however most likely someone had a head off and did not note the proper orentation of the shims on the buckets.
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Originally Posted by O. L. T.
Post your questions in the proper forum please.
what do you mean proper forum? im semi new and still learning to get around on this site.
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There's a sticky already about using Seafoam. Hint; look up.
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