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Old 01-29-2015, 04:24 PM
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They do have a spray version but I think its more geared towards fogging the cylinders than cleaning.
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I'm guessing this would also be a beneficial treatment to do prior to changing plugs? I believe my plugs are still original, just about to roll 85,000 on my truck and it sometimes skips around 50 mph when feathering the gas. No codes thrown yet but I do believe i'll be replacing plugs and coil packs in the spring. Anyone think seafoaming prior to plug extraction would be beneficial?
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Originally Posted by bwFX42006
I'm guessing this would also be a beneficial treatment to do prior to changing plugs? I believe my plugs are still original, just about to roll 85,000 on my truck and it sometimes skips around 50 mph when feathering the gas. No codes thrown yet but I do believe i'll be replacing plugs and coil packs in the spring. Anyone think seafoaming prior to plug extraction would be beneficial?
I've heard people doing it and it does help, do some research I'm pretty sure someone has done it
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I have run seafoam in all my vehicles. Great stuff.
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Originally Posted by bwFX42006
I'm guessing this would also be a beneficial treatment to do prior to changing plugs? I believe my plugs are still original, just about to roll 85,000 on my truck and it sometimes skips around 50 mph when feathering the gas. No codes thrown yet but I do believe i'll be replacing plugs and coil packs in the spring. Anyone think seafoaming prior to plug extraction would be beneficial?
I had a similar issue with my truck at 70k. I unhooked battery, pulled the TB and MAF off for a cleaning, got rid of my K&N air filter, did the pedal recalibration, and added a can of seafoam to an empty tank, and filled it up with premium. Problem solved. Truck runs beautifully now.
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I looked into this a few weeks ago. I discovered that the brake booster hose is attached to the intake in a way that the sea foam will not enter all cylinders. The bottom line is, using that hose will only clean some cylinders.

I found a nipple on the passenger side of the throttle body with a rubber cap over it. I was going to pour sea foam into that, but I wasn't getting any vacuum. Can anyone recommend a location that feeds ALL cylinders?
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Save yourself a few bucks and drizzle in some cold water through the brake booster vacuum line. You will get the same result as using seafoam. All your doing is introducing a cold liquid into your hot valve train resulting in a steaming effect which at best results in, maybe breaking loose some carbon deposits off of the intake valves and combustion chambers resulting in said deposits being ingested through your engine resulting in scored cylinder walls and increased oil consumption. Personally I think it's all a bad idea, just my 2 penny's.

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So you would suggest running it in the gas tank only i'm assuming?
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Originally Posted by bwFX42006
So you would suggest running it in the gas tank only i'm assuming?
I suggest not putting anything in your tank except for fuel.
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Originally Posted by Doug06fx4screw
I suggest not putting anything in your tank except for fuel.
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