seafoam
#6
My truck was running a little rough after I start it up in the morning and being cold. My throttle response was a little sluggish. I put 1/3 in the fuel tank, 1/3 in the vacuum hose by master cylinder and 1/3 in with the oil. After that my truck ran smoother on first start up and noticed a 1-2mpg gain. My acceleration is better then before. I normally use lucas fuel injector additive once in a while too just to help keep it clean. I notice my truck runs better on Chevron gas then 76 or other places like rotten robbie, arco etc...just my .02cents
#8
Yea probably won't see many changes. I am the second owner of my truck and I don't know how well the orig owner treated my truck, how long he went before changing the oil and so on. The main thing is that my truck runs a lot smoother and more efficent then before. I just wanted to try it since it's only $10 a can and it wouldn't hurt anything.
#15
Mine has almost 200k on it, I just did it the other day and wasn't really impressed. The engine ran absolutely great before, But I thought it would help since It had so many miles, I didn't notice any difference at all really. It didn't even smoke that much when I did it either. I just figured it didn't have as much carbon as I thought it would have.
#18
#20
#21
Member
iTrader: (9)
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Fresno, CA
Posts: 1,584
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
It does wonders IF your engine needs to be cleaned. If you run alot of cheap gas, and short trips, and low rpm, you can build up some good amount of carbon.
I do it once a year on all my vehicles. Hell it completely stopped the pinging on my 3.0 flex. Those ALWAYS ping...
I do it once a year on all my vehicles. Hell it completely stopped the pinging on my 3.0 flex. Those ALWAYS ping...
#22
They probably just want your money.. But it wouldn't a bad idea.
Its not quiet the same, the kind they wanted to do for you involves running detergents through the oil prior to an oil change to really scrub all the crud out of the oil passages.
Seafoam does the same thing, but in the intake and the combustion chamber, burning out carbon deposits and cleaning fuel injectors and just making your engine all squeaky clean on the inside.
You can buy it at most parts stores, autozone or what not. Its like 8 bucks a can now tho.
Its not quiet the same, the kind they wanted to do for you involves running detergents through the oil prior to an oil change to really scrub all the crud out of the oil passages.
Seafoam does the same thing, but in the intake and the combustion chamber, burning out carbon deposits and cleaning fuel injectors and just making your engine all squeaky clean on the inside.
You can buy it at most parts stores, autozone or what not. Its like 8 bucks a can now tho.
#24
#25