Could seafoam be that good???

[drewmitch44]

Ive been running seafoam through the carbs by adding it to the gas and i just went out and started it up and it started verry easily. I might not rebuild the carbs if that stuff cleaned out whatever was blocked. Its been a little hard to start when cold so i added seafoam to the gas and ran it for about 20 min or so a couple of times. I just went out there and it started with just a key tap with the choke on. Does that seafoam stuff work that well? I havent used any kind of additive before so i might have just fixed the problem. The other day once i got it running and up to temp, i was choking it every once and a whyle so that the seafoam could maybee clean the choke up. Well today i went out there and primed the ball and lifted the choke button and with the throttle in idle it fired right up with just a tap of the starter. Before i had to lift the fast idle lever and choke it in order for it to start when cold. This time it fired right up and idled great without any hickups like it was doing before. Could it be that easy to clean the carbs? I mean did the seafoam do it for me?

 

[drewmitch44]

Re: Could seafoam be that good???

Im thinking also that maybee it did. I was premixing for 3/4 of the season and its a oil injected motor but i was not sure about the oil injection system. Im wondering if the oil in the gas did something to gum up the carbs? If so it makes sense for the additive to clean that up. Im now running straight gas so i think that ill run the seafoam in the gas all the time. I dont know if thats bad or not but im hoping that someone will let me know if its bad to use seafoam all the time. Im so happy that it seems to be all worked out with just a fuel additive! Thanks for any input!

 

[bgbass.1]

Re: Could seafoam be that good???

I use seafoam in all my small motors outboard, lawnmower snowblower even when i fix a customers motor i add some to gas it does clean your fuel system and it keeps the varnish out with the amount of methenol in gas now its raising heck with the small motors

 

[1730V]

Re: Could seafoam be that good???

I use it in every engine that sits for any period of time. Lawnmowers, weedwhackers, outboards, etc. I've NEVER had a fuel issue.

There is no magic to Sea Foam (chemically) but it sure is cheap insurance of a quick start when needed.

 

[drewmitch44]

Re: Could seafoam be that good???

i noticed that it makes it smoke a lot though. But boy does it run smooth now!! I think i needed to clean out the carbs before but now like i said it starts with a tap of the starter!! I notice more smoke though but thats ok if it runs well and is cleaning. Next tank i wont add as much. Thanks guys im going to get more of this stuff to add to all the motors i own even my truck and wifes car.

 

[1730V]

Re: Could seafoam be that good???

drew,

You've got it. Once cleaned out, a little dose keeps it that way.

I just use a little to keep things up and runnung.

 

[drewmitch44]

Re: Could seafoam be that good???

is that why its smoking a little more though? And thanks a lot. I cant believe how well it works. I bet its cause i was premixing for a long time. I mean the way it cleaned it out not the smoke. Someone told me the seafoam makes it smoke like that a little more. I added more that sudjested on the bottle, not much more but it smokes a little more but wow is it running great and the hickups are gone all together. That stuff is great!! Thanks all!!

 

[bgbass.1]

Re: Could seafoam be that good???

You can buy a spray can of seafoam and after you warm motor take plugs out and spray in each cyl. let sit a couple hours and run it cleans the carbon out of cyl. smokes a lot but it gets less

 

[micel]

Re: Could seafoam be that good???

The spray version of sea foam is called deep creep,I use it every 50-60hrs in my 2-stroke fuel injected outboard and also run lucas fuel lubricant 3oz/10gal.I have not had any fuel related problems in 6+ years and have not lost any compression either!I would okay this with your mechanic or dealer if it is still under warranty.I do not think sea foam would cause a engine to smoke after initial use unless engine had alot of carbon build-up and a chunk of carbon came off combustion chamber and got caught between cylinder wall-piston-ring.This wold show up doing a basic compression test.