Seafoam

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Okay, so I Seafoamed my Vios today and did an oil change. Well, when Seafoaming a car, you're suppose to drive it like you stole it. So that what I did. However, before that, you have to rev your engine and idle to let most of the carbon build up out (seen as heavy smoke). So I revved and idled for 15-20 minutes, all the while thinking that my crappy tank (I had a lower mileage after the 2nd bar went off) is just getting crappier. Then I went to go to my place (an hour or so away) to change my oil (Gotta drive around with the Seafoam in). I was accelerating hard, doing jack rabbit starts until I got on the freeway. That's where I kept on flooring it every other minute (or less). I would floor it in 3rd all the way up to around 5k rpm (up to 65 mph). Then I would ease off and let it fall to 55 mph (in 5th), and drive at 55 mph for half a minute. Then I would drop it back to 3rd and repeat the process. I did this all the way back to my place (again, a little more than an hour away from my mom's). Changed my oil, and did some laundry. Then we ate dinner, and started to drive back to my mom's. I decided to fill up once I only had a quarter tank of gas left. Again, I was thinking, man, this has got to be the lowest mpg I'll ever get. So, I calculated my mpg, and got 39.615 mpg!!! I thought I did it wrong, so I recalculated everything again; 375 miles divided by 9.466 gallons (I put in 2.001 gallons prior to Seafoaming since I was already at half tank, so when I filled up just now, I added 7.465 gallons). I just find that crazy.

Anyway, back to the Seafoam. With 42k miles on the odometer, and hypermiling driving habits, I got a ton of carbon build up. I tried to take pics, but it's hard when you have to set the timer on the camera, run to the car and rev it in time before the shutter opens. I'll post some pics in a few. Gotta take care of some things first.

Here are the pics. This was nothing. I had the entire lot overhang area filled with smoke.









Now, I've been told that the smoke doesn't necessarily show how much carbon build up a car has, but I think Seafoam works seeing how I was able to get that kind of gas mileage from driving like a mad man.

[doctordoom]

haha yeah it smokes because of the seafoam

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Yeah, the burning of it. hehe. Smelled like the oil I used to lube my R/C's back in the day.

Anyone here Seafoamed their Fit?

[stevet47]

I need to seafoam my wife's v6 ranger. She doesn't understand the concept of shifting after 2500rpm (and she wonders why she complains about it being soo slow). It's got 60k miles on it, so I am sure there is a TON of carbon buildup in there!

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by stevet47

I need to seafoam my wife's v6 ranger. She doesn't understand the concept of shifting after 2500rpm (and she wonders why she complains about it being soo slow). It's got 60k miles on it, so I am sure there is a TON of carbon buildup in there!

Yeah, that would be a good idea. I always shift between 2000-2500 rpm for best fuel efficiency (unless I need to be really moving fast). Let me know how the results are after.

[bkrell]

Yep, smoke is the seafoam. If you want to look for carbon, look for wet, black liquid dripping out of the tailpipe. All cars build up carbon on their piston crowns sooner or later.

[JPGC]

I used to do it on my Cobra every 20k miles or so, then I would change the oil, oil filter, air filter, fuel filter, and plugs. I was crazy with the maintanance, lol. I would use the Seafoam in my gas tank, oil, and through the vacuum lines into the intake mani. Worked great for me though I would let the car sit for about an hour, crank it up, allow it to idle up warm, then take off down the road full throttle. My neighbors would always think I broke my car because I would cover my neighborhood with white smoke, lol.