? about sea foam
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? about sea foam
going 2 sea foam the whole tuck as in the crankcase, fuel tank, and the vacuum line. Also going 2 change the oil today too. is it better to sea foam the truck before a oil change or after?? i have herd to sea foam the truck 100 miles before a oil change but i just want to know whats best 4 the truck...
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It's best not to leave Sea Foam in your oil. Do the application, leaving it in long enough to soak and then running it long enough to burn out all the carbon. Once the smoke has stopped, change the oil. It's simply a matter of the oil making it through the cycle from pan to head and back before the application is complete. Leaving it in the oil will do nothing but decrease the oil viscosity.
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Originally Posted by blackbetty
dumb question here....whats sea-foam??
Originally Posted by Msl747
Do I need to change the Oil if I only run it through the vacuum line and the gas tank?
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Replace the spark plugs? I haven't heard of that one yet. Either way the sea foam is getting into the combustion chamber whether by gas or a vacuum line right? So therefore wouldn't adding it the gas make a person want to change the plugs? This is going to be my project for this coming Tuesday. Because 14-15 mpg sucks.
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^^^^^^^ If you didn't see allot of smoke that isn't a bad thing, that just means that your engine didn't have allot of carbon, 5.0's are the worst for carbon build up, they smoke til the cows come home.
I would recomend changing your oil if you vaccum line it. If you do it heavy some COULD slip past the rings and into the crankcase, at least it did on my bonneville. You should also change the plugs because they are more likely to foul after a heavy application, especially if you had allot of smoke (carbon burn off)
I would recomend changing your oil if you vaccum line it. If you do it heavy some COULD slip past the rings and into the crankcase, at least it did on my bonneville. You should also change the plugs because they are more likely to foul after a heavy application, especially if you had allot of smoke (carbon burn off)
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Originally Posted by graygooseranger
I would recomend changing your oil if you vaccum line it. If you do it heavy some COULD slip past the rings and into the crankcase, at least it did on my bonneville. You should also change the plugs because they are more likely to foul after a heavy application, especially if you had allot of smoke (carbon burn off)
If you add it through the brake booster line, it is impossible to do anything other than give it "gulps" of SeaFoam at once. If you tried to suck in enough to soak the piston, it would stall the engine.
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