Posted on 12/12/2012 7:03:46 PM PST by Randy Larsen
I just heard of this product and wonder if it works.
I think we might need some of this stuff.
You forgot to tell him to change the air in his tires.
>> Don’t overuse it. It will eat seals
No wonder boaters like it. Those seals can be a PITA.
Instead of SeaFoam why didn’t they call it PolarBear?
I have a 4HP Evinrude that belongs to my son. It hasn’t been run in 3-4 years. I wonder if Seafoam can help get it started.
It works very well without being as harsh as some products. I have used it in older motors like my ‘72 Honda 750. I use Berryman Chemtool for modern injected motors.
Total waste of time if you don’t install new hubcap gaskets.
I never had it happen to me but I have been cautioned by experienced mechanics not to clean varnish and gunk from the engines of high mileage vehicles because the gunk can actually help keep worn engine parts more or less in place.
If you are wanting to clean varnish and gunk from rockers, etc, you can add 1/2 pint of Seafoam to the oil (5 quarts), drive 100 miles and change the oil. Note the color of the oil on the dipstick when you first add the Seafoam and how much darker it is 100 miles later when you drain the oil.
From everything I've read, don't drive the vehicle more than 100 miles with 1/2 pint of Seafoam in 5 quarts of oil.
>> I have a lot of small equipment like weed eaters, generators, wood splitters, ect. that sit alot and get gummed up with bad gas.
It’s that ethanol (thanks, EPA!) that’s getting you. Ethanol is hard on rubber pieces and absorbs water like there’s no tomorrow.
Here’s a couple other things to try:
1) Sta-Bil. Designed to protect against the bad effects of ethanol in small engines that store gas.
2) If you have access to aviation gas, use that in your small engines. (Airport nearby? Pilot friend?) Av gas has no ethanol. I have heard that marine gas has little or no ethanol but I have no direct experience with it. Av gas works GREAT in small engines.
3) Religiously dump out your gas after using your small engine tools, especially if you use them infrequently.
I used it and it krenzled my ferndocks......
That makes sense. Maybe adding it to the oil and running it for a few minutes then shutting it down for a day or so would give it time to dissolve the chunks. Or starting and stopping over several days.
If an engine was neglected and old it would probably need a special time table to work without causing damage.
I use it in my old VW Bug to keep the carb clean. Works really well, especially after the last carb went bad from build-up. Just dump a whole can into the gas tank and she runs like a charm.
Gas at the nearby marinas is midgrade without ethanol.
Gas at the nearby marinas is midgrade without ethanol.
Never used “Seafom” but I use LUCAS additive to my diesel fuel and the LUCAS “Oil” additive when I do an oil change. You will see an increase in mileage when you use both LUCAS additives.
>> Gas at the nearby marinas is midgrade without ethanol.
Well there you go! That ought to do the trick.
Before ethanol, you could get away with leaving gas in small engines for an off-season or two. Not anymore.
I used to use Seafoam as a fuel treatment when we were spending a lot of time below freezing, and it worked well.
I’ve never heard anything negative about it.
No, but we once had a 1965 seafoam green VW Beatle.
When I was a kid playing with model airplanes, I remember the MEK my brother brought home from work smelled like lacquer thinner, but it cleaned my brushes WAY quicker and dried my hands out much more.
My kid used this on an old truck and screwed it up. He sucked about a whole bottle into the engine via the vacuum hose. The engine ran for awhile then cut out, thankfully in front of a garage which he had to pay to drain it.
Stuff works good - just not the whole bottle at once....
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