Seafoam? [ Archive] - GasSavers.org - Helping You Save at the Pump

I went and got sometoday. Of course then I start reading up on it and see the negative posts. Anyone have any negatives about seafoam? Or should I just do it and hope for the best.

I don't think it's going hurt anything, but everything I've read says to use Auto-RX and to skip the seafoam.

:confused: Okay, I'll bite...what is it?

Here is a Honda-tech link to explain it:

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1502112

i use seafoam before every spark plug change. it cleans everything out very nicely and i have NEVER seen anything bad happen from using it.

one guy said he blew his head gasket and tried blaming it on sea foam but it was on its way out anyway with oil found in the coolant before hand...

seafoam is good. I did it on my previous car and it went with no problems.

I seafoam my cars at least once a year, usually right before emissions. 1/3 in the gas tank, 1/3 in the crankcase, and 1/3 in the vacuum line. Change the oil after a few hundred miles (I usually time this right before an oil change).

This past year, I also poured (slowly) 20 oz. of water into my throttle body.

I hear from others that have used it that it tends to clean out stuff from the gas tank and clog the fuel filter pretty quick.

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Then change the fuel filter after a couple weeks of running seafoam.

where do you get some?

Any autoparts store, I believe.

I've used Seafoam a number of times on different vehicles and always had good results.

The way I see it, the cleaner the engine the better!

I used seafoam on my old VX at 110k and there was a HUGE smoke screen of white smoke. lol. More smoke than I would have expected. But after I ran it all out and changed the oil it ran smoother than it did before. The idle was improved, the acceleration was improved, and I'm pretty sure FE went up a bit, but I don't have my records any more since I sold the car.

In my opinion Seafoam is definately worth it, especially on older cars.