Saturday, December 22, 2007
My brothers buddy bought a '98 GTi-VR6 twin of Delilah awhile ago and loves it. But at 142k miles, his is a little rougher and slightly more beaten than Delilah in maintenance. One of the things he heard of on the vwvortex.com forums is a mystery sauce called SeaFoam. It's been around since 1942 and is like a pipe cleaner for motors for 6-7$. The bottle states that you can put it in your oil, gas tank, even into the intake manifold. It supposedly cleans out the gunk, crap, caked in carbon, removes moisture, cleans all kinds of fuel systems, cures pinging, does everything! Sounds too good to be true? Yet theres alot of people talking about it as a "6$ tune up in a bottle", and it's the best thing in the world. My brother and i were kinda sketchy on this do all in a bottle type stuff.
So the idea is this: 1/3 can into the gas tank, 1/3 can into the oil and the final third into the intake manifold.
I think putting it in the gas is the easiest thing to do. Put it in your oil and you'll need to run it for 100-250 miles and change your oil, so if you decide to seafoam it in your oil, stick it in before an oil change. As for the intake manifold, it takes slightly more attention to detail:
1)Find a vacuum line into the manifold
2)With a warmed up car, slowly suck up, using a good air/fluid mix, the 1/3 can into the manifold.
3)Turn off car and let it sit for 5minutes.
4)Run car, which results in huge plumes of smoke going through the whole engine.
5)Drive
After the whole smokin session, we drove around a little bit and the car sounds quieter, smoother and He notes that there used to be a slight throttle hiccup at idle is gone. The engine doesn't work as hard and therefore 'easies on emissions'.
I have a bottle for Delilah, and since shes in mid-oil change cycle i'll wait. Since i don't drive her enough i'll put it in the gas tank when i head out to tahoe or something.
So the idea is this: 1/3 can into the gas tank, 1/3 can into the oil and the final third into the intake manifold.
I think putting it in the gas is the easiest thing to do. Put it in your oil and you'll need to run it for 100-250 miles and change your oil, so if you decide to seafoam it in your oil, stick it in before an oil change. As for the intake manifold, it takes slightly more attention to detail:
1)Find a vacuum line into the manifold
2)With a warmed up car, slowly suck up, using a good air/fluid mix, the 1/3 can into the manifold.
3)Turn off car and let it sit for 5minutes.
4)Run car, which results in huge plumes of smoke going through the whole engine.
5)Drive
After the whole smokin session, we drove around a little bit and the car sounds quieter, smoother and He notes that there used to be a slight throttle hiccup at idle is gone. The engine doesn't work as hard and therefore 'easies on emissions'.
I have a bottle for Delilah, and since shes in mid-oil change cycle i'll wait. Since i don't drive her enough i'll put it in the gas tank when i head out to tahoe or something.
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