4A-GE MK1 Engine seafoam?

Mr.Baca · 09-28-2009, 09:56 PM

seafoam ima iffy good idea or bad and also how do i do this pretty scared because last time i heard anything else than oil is bad any advice if i should and if yes how do i do this any help would be appreciated

espguitarist33 · 09-28-2009, 10:27 PM

see the other seamfoam thread

MR-3sgte · 09-28-2009, 11:59 PM

sea foam works great make sure you use the right vaccum line to clean that carbon out

Malem · 09-29-2009, 12:01 AM

here is my seafoam on my old sw20

YouTube - Mr2 seafoam

espguitarist33 · 09-29-2009, 12:44 AM

did u put 12 cans in? lol

Malem · 09-30-2009, 05:16 PM

^ no lol that half a can...rad the instructions and put it through ur brake booster vaccum line

issymr2 · 09-30-2009, 06:20 PM

do it it helped my car alot and i got a sick video out of it

YouTube - MR2 Seafoam

toyotaspeed90 · 09-30-2009, 11:05 PM

wouldn't exactly call a video of an engine smoking out the tail pipe sweet, lol.

I don't recommend junk like that.

traintech86 · 10-01-2009, 01:12 PM

is it just me or does that seem very bad for your 2? he is revin that poor car to the sky and it just doesn't look like a good idea...

jsnod25 · 10-02-2009, 11:44 AM

well the smoke is all the crap and deposits lodged in your engine burning off and coming out as carbon... that smoke means its working, your supposed to use it untill the smoke stops, then it means you have nothing left to clean.

Pilot · 11-26-2009, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsnod25

well the smoke is all the crap and deposits lodged in your engine burning off and coming out as carbon... that smoke means its working, your supposed to use it untill the smoke stops, then it means you have nothing left to clean.

Hmmm, has anyone actually had the car stop smoking while allowing the stuff to enter the engine? I suspect the Seafoam itself is making most of the smoke.

Even though my statement above may seem su****iously critical, I do have a good report to make in the use of seafoam. Previously I owned a Reatta and the automatic transmission started slipping, I would stop at a light and it were as though I had placed the car in neutral...it would not move but just rev-up and then, after about 10 seconds, the transmission would engage. The Reatta forum chaps recommended a can of Seafoam into the transmission, I did that and within weeks the problem was gone. So it must have some ability to clean-up dirt problems. Does it remove carbon from an engine just because you see smoke when putting Seafoam into the engine...I don't know.

CJMR2T · 11-26-2009, 08:25 AM

It deffinitly has the ability to disolve the carbon deposites and suck in the engine. No, the smoke isnt fromt the seafoam itself.

How I know this, I once aquiered a Gallon of it and used some to soak a piston that I had lying around. After a few minutes or soaking, the carbon was becoming like a syrup almost and pretty much whiping off... As for the smoke, I was thinking the same thing about "oh, thats probably the seafoam making most or all of the smoke", but I put some in a small dish and took the torch to it. For starters, it wasn't that easy to ignite it but it did burn off really quick and there was almost no smoke at all from it and the little bit of smoke that was there was a dark gray to black (just like a overly rich fuel mix).

If you really want to clean an engine GOOD and build (or buy) a small water injection system and run it periodically under high loads... Water and really more so the steam created does an amazing job at cleaning off carbon buildup and keeping it clean..

espguitarist33 · 11-29-2009, 02:45 AM

it does stop smoking, i put it in my mercury thinking it'd have something to clean (i was also bored

) while my friends taurus smoked like a banshee...i was almost completly clear. my buddys integra blew 4 foot smoke rings out of the fart can for about 5 mihutes, we refoamed it and it was almost smoke free, just the amount that might come out during the winter

Timon · 11-29-2009, 03:07 AM

The way to test it and tell if it is working or not:

The Hard Way
Take your engine apart, look at the block (simple right?). How much build up is there?
Put the car back together and run Seafoam through it.
Take your engine apart again. How much build up is there?

The Easy Way
Run Seafoam through your car as per the instructions.
Wait a day or two and do it again.
Notice there's always less smoke the second time?

Personal Experience
I ran it through my MR2 and it was nasty white smoke everywhere. About 6 months later I ran it through again, and there was about 1/4 as much smoke as the first time I had done it.
On top of that I ran it through my WRX shortly after buying it, and there was hardly anything at all.

My verdict? It's obviously cleaning something out. There's no way to tell if your car has been Seafoamed, and if using the same bottle the first time it smokes like hell, and the second time you get an odd smell of fumes out the tail pipe... that tells you the first round removed something that the second round no longer has, or has smaller amounts of.

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Mr.Baca Cage Fighter Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 180 Thanks: 8 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	seafoam? seafoam ima iffy good idea or bad and also how do i do this pretty scared because last time i heard anything else than oil is bad any advice if i should and if yes how do i do this any help would be appreciated

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09-28-2009, 10:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
espguitarist33 Cage Fighter Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: west chester PA Posts: 528 Thanks: 4 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	see the other seamfoam thread

09-28-2009, 11:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
MR-3sgte Cage Fighter Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 191 Thanks: 2 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	sea foam works great make sure you use the right vaccum line to clean that carbon out

09-29-2009, 12:44 AM	#5 (permalink)
espguitarist33 Cage Fighter Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: west chester PA Posts: 528 Thanks: 4 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	did u put 12 cans in? lol

09-30-2009, 05:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
Malem Some Skills Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 76 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	^ no lol that half a can...rad the instructions and put it through ur brake booster vaccum line

09-30-2009, 11:05 PM	#8 (permalink)
toyotaspeed90 No Skills Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bellingham, WA Posts: 2,401 Thanks: 0 Thanked 148 Times in 143 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	wouldn't exactly call a video of an engine smoking out the tail pipe sweet, lol. I don't recommend junk like that.

10-01-2009, 01:12 PM	#9 (permalink)
traintech86 Cage Fighter Join Date: May 2009 Location: Yokosuka, Kanagawa Japan Posts: 1,799 Thanks: 27 Thanked 47 Times in 43 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	is it just me or does that seem very bad for your 2? he is revin that poor car to the sky and it just doesn't look like a good idea...

10-02-2009, 11:44 AM	#10 (permalink)
jsnod25 How did this get changed? Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Va beach, va Posts: 133 Thanks: 6 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	well the smoke is all the crap and deposits lodged in your engine burning off and coming out as carbon... that smoke means its working, your supposed to use it untill the smoke stops, then it means you have nothing left to clean.

11-26-2009, 08:25 AM	#12 (permalink)
CJMR2T Fabricator Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Lakeland, FL Posts: 3,675 Thanks: 3 Thanked 353 Times in 335 Posts iTrader Rating: (4/100% )	It deffinitly has the ability to disolve the carbon deposites and suck in the engine. No, the smoke isnt fromt the seafoam itself. How I know this, I once aquiered a Gallon of it and used some to soak a piston that I had lying around. After a few minutes or soaking, the carbon was becoming like a syrup almost and pretty much whiping off... As for the smoke, I was thinking the same thing about "oh, thats probably the seafoam making most or all of the smoke", but I put some in a small dish and took the torch to it. For starters, it wasn't that easy to ignite it but it did burn off really quick and there was almost no smoke at all from it and the little bit of smoke that was there was a dark gray to black (just like a overly rich fuel mix). If you really want to clean an engine GOOD and build (or buy) a small water injection system and run it periodically under high loads... Water and really more so the steam created does an amazing job at cleaning off carbon buildup and keeping it clean..

11-29-2009, 02:45 AM	#13 (permalink)
espguitarist33 Cage Fighter Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: west chester PA Posts: 528 Thanks: 4 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	it does stop smoking, i put it in my mercury thinking it'd have something to clean (i was also bored ) while my friends taurus smoked like a banshee...i was almost completly clear. my buddys integra blew 4 foot smoke rings out of the fart can for about 5 mihutes, we refoamed it and it was almost smoke free, just the amount that might come out during the winter

11-29-2009, 03:07 AM	#14 (permalink)
Timon MR2 MKI AW11 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Utah Posts: 669 Thanks: 13 Thanked 42 Times in 37 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	The way to test it and tell if it is working or not: The Hard Way Take your engine apart, look at the block (simple right?). How much build up is there? Put the car back together and run Seafoam through it. Take your engine apart again. How much build up is there? The Easy Way Run Seafoam through your car as per the instructions. Wait a day or two and do it again. Notice there's always less smoke the second time? Personal Experience I ran it through my MR2 and it was nasty white smoke everywhere. About 6 months later I ran it through again, and there was about 1/4 as much smoke as the first time I had done it. On top of that I ran it through my WRX shortly after buying it, and there was hardly anything at all. My verdict? It's obviously cleaning something out. There's no way to tell if your car has been Seafoamed, and if using the same bottle the first time it smokes like hell, and the second time you get an odd smell of fumes out the tail pipe... that tells you the first round removed something that the second round no longer has, or has smaller amounts of.