Re: Engine Blow By?
In defense of Sea Foam I have to admit, I've been running old MTBE gas with Sea Foam in it mixed at 50:1 in my Honda 4 stroke Lawn Mower for 3 years now. Still have 15 gals left and the mower starts first pull every time. It makes a little oil now but the thing is about 10 years old and gets used every Saturday. Heck, I'm afraid to put fresh gas in it. LOL...
For real though, Your probably right, the problem that was seen with tight tolerance aircraft engines probably wouldn't occur in a marine or run of the mill auto engine. I probably wouldn't put it in a Bentley but that old Ford 302 might like it.
The debri breaking and being pushed through oil or with the oil vs. being burned up or to a small amount that isn't harmful is my concern. I've used seafoam in the past and have had a 75% or better sucess rate at feeling, hearing, and seeing the engine in better running condition. Seems like the liquid is thin enough to move around when needed.
Now the Rislone I haven't used yet for engine treatment and after reading about the bearings being spun on 2 aircraft engines really does concern me.
I'm sure in auto application the Rislone engine treatment probably does a great job cleaning the heads & rings but considering it's a marine engine at much higher RPM's I have a feeling it wasn't designed for the marine application.
At least with Seafoam it says right on the bottle that it can & is designed to put into a Marine engine which makes me feel alot better.
My Dad swears by Seafoam and I can see how a strong cleaner could clean out the inside of an engine or at least reduce it which is a win either way in my eyes.
The seafoam made a big difference on my snowblower last winter.
In defense of Sea Foam I have to admit, I've been running old MTBE gas with Sea Foam in it mixed at 50:1 in my Honda 4 stroke Lawn Mower for 3 years now. Still have 15 gals left and the mower starts first pull every time. It makes a little oil now but the thing is about 10 years old and gets used every Saturday. Heck, I'm afraid to put fresh gas in it. LOL...
For real though, Your probably right, the problem that was seen with tight tolerance aircraft engines probably wouldn't occur in a marine or run of the mill auto engine. I probably wouldn't put it in a Bentley but that old Ford 302 might like it.