High mileage + Seafoam?
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High mileage + Seafoam?
I was planning on doing a seafoam treatment on my '95 SC300 w/ 184,000 miles on it. It's never been done on it before and I was wondering if it'd be dangerous at all.. for example, a big *** piece of carbon buildup comes loose and all hell breaks loose.
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Originally Posted by JspecSC3
I did it to my 93 SC300 which has over 245k miles on the motor. I pulled out the EGR's vacuum hose and I let her have it. I think it should be safe for you. Just do sips at a time and keep your RPMs at midrange.
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Originally Posted by LocknRoll
dont wanna thread jack, but hows your car running with 245k on the motor? i love to hear about how these otors last so long.
they're just cool like that
and jspec, thanks for the info. did you notice a big difference after doing it? i'll do it once it gets nicer out, its been too damn cold in ohio.
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There has been one negative report of hundreds on seafoam use. That was from an suv owner than sucked an entire pint of seafoam up at one time & hydrolocked his engine. Idiot...
Carbon doesn't come in chunks. It's a thin layer than can wipe off with about any solvent if wiped hard enough. It's not going to fly out & kill anything.
Find my post on Seafoam in the ES forum & refference that. If you put it in your intake a couple of times, expect better throttle transision. If you flush your oil with (anything) expect a noticeably smoother idle.
That's how you apply it.
If you're still skeptical, find my old ToyotaNation threads on Seafoam & Seafoam in general & count the dozen<s> of people that went nuts over it once it started steam rolling.
Carbon doesn't come in chunks. It's a thin layer than can wipe off with about any solvent if wiped hard enough. It's not going to fly out & kill anything.
Find my post on Seafoam in the ES forum & refference that. If you put it in your intake a couple of times, expect better throttle transision. If you flush your oil with (anything) expect a noticeably smoother idle.
That's how you apply it.
If you're still skeptical, find my old ToyotaNation threads on Seafoam & Seafoam in general & count the dozen<s> of people that went nuts over it once it started steam rolling.
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thanks for all the info, i did my first seafoam treatment for my sc300 earlier tonight, was a lot more simple than i had even thought. i probably should've put in more through the brake booster. it smoked for about 3-4 minutes then after a drive around it all stopped, i changed the oil and that was the end of it. i only felt a small difference, idle feels a little better, but it seems like a good bang for the buck procedure. i think i'm gonna keep doing it before each oil change. it cant do any harm, right?
my only complaint was it was smoking so much after i had started my car back up that when i backed out and turned backwards out of the garage i forgot there was a giant ****ing yellow pole there and scraped my front bumper!.. i'm gonna try to buff it out tomorrow though. i feel like a moron now. =/
my only complaint was it was smoking so much after i had started my car back up that when i backed out and turned backwards out of the garage i forgot there was a giant ****ing yellow pole there and scraped my front bumper!.. i'm gonna try to buff it out tomorrow though. i feel like a moron now. =/
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