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Old 02-11-06, 01:47 AM
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I found this today online for those of you who haven't seen Seafoam in action: http://videos.streetfire.net/hottest...3DB1B41C75.htm

I had similar results with my GS400 with 115k on the clock.
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Where do you put this seamfoam stuff in???

I hope you dont gotta take the intake pipe off by the throttle body and put it in there...
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Multiple places. You can put it in the gas tank, crankcase (oil), and suck it in the intake to clean the combustion chambers.

They used it entirely incorrectly.
Search for Seafoam, and find the post I made regarding it.
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My car won't stay on if the intake is off the throttle body at all, no matter how much gas i give it.

Where did these guys put their seafoam to make it cloud like that.

I think thats the only way i'd be convinced its working if it smokes that bad.
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Originally Posted by Xeeeeeem
My car won't stay on if the intake is off the throttle body at all, no matter how much gas i give it.

Where did these guys put their seafoam to make it cloud like that.

I think thats the only way i'd be convinced its working if it smokes that bad.
Any vacuum port on the intake manifold. What kind of car do you have?
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make sure u have the maf plugged in, sometimes the ecu juss kills the motor when it doesnt recieve a maf signal.
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If you have a 3L dump out 1/4 of a can, if you have a 4L+ use 1/3 of a can into a container
Take your brake booster line off the brake booster side & put your finger on the end so it's not a vacuum leak & the engine will run.

Drop the line in the cup & take your finger off.
If it doesn't instantly die, CUT IT OFF.
Wait EXACTLY the specified time & re-crank the engine.
After that you'll want to let it iddle a few min for the smoke to die down.



Then drive it around, and before it all burns off, drive the B like you stole it for abit.
Repeate that sevearl times and you'll get a combustion chamber as pretty as mine!








See my seafoam post
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=185227
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Did it on my 92 SC300 w/ 190k on it... looked just like that. Also did it on a friends 95 corolla with 127k on it... his looked worse than mine.

Did it on my 99 Expedition... no smoke whatsoever
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Originally Posted by nicola
Any vacuum port on the intake manifold. What kind of car do you have?
95 gs 300. I don't unplug the MAF sensor. just loosen up the the ring that goes around the throtle body and took that off. It just doesnt stay on AT ALL
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Originally Posted by Xeeeeeem
95 gs 300. I don't unplug the MAF sensor. just loosen up the the ring that goes around the throtle body and took that off. It just doesnt stay on AT ALL
You really need a vacuum line for this. Loosening the throttle body intake gasket is too much air loss.
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what about the seals? I mean like we've all heard stories where there's some carbon or gunk that actually helps hold a seal. If the seafoam gets rid of this, leaking could occur. This is my only concern right now before I do this. I got 2500 miles left before an oil change, so i'm researching on this before I do it.

Would seals prove to be a problem with seafoam?
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Seafoam is the most highly used and widely acclaimed product on the market with millions of good praises. Don't over think it, just use it.
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