I bought a can of seafoam today. it says to use the vacuum from the pcv valve hose to suck the foam into the engine or use the brake booster line. I want to use the pcv hose. the question is...what end of the hose do i use to suck the foam into the engine, do i use the side closest to the oil cap? I have a 1992 GXE

 

you'd use the end on the valve cover.

basically sea foam -> hose -> intake manifold (after the throttle body)

 

i did it through my break vacuum. u just gotta remember to to keep a nice idle with a friend cause it wants to stall out. half a can at a time. also taught me i have a very slight exhaust leek.

 

yeah, me too... my engine compartment was filed with smoke...... not without the seafoam though.. i was putting it through the brake booster line...cant you put it in the oil too????? if so, how long do you leave it in??

 

usually i run a 3rd of the bottle thru pcv hose, 3rd in the crankcase, and a 3rd in the gas tank and go rip on it then come back and change the oil.

 

How well does the stuff work?

 

Search in the fluids section they have 11ty billion threads about this with every answer you could ever ask for.

 

It works well when i tried it it smoothed out my idle but maybe it was just a placebo effect on my mind, either way it makes alot of smoke so thats cool.

 

This stuff is Jesus Christ when it comes to cleaning your engine/intake manifold.

 

in other words it's highly over rated and steeped in false mythology?

 

"false mythology" - so you're trying to say it's true? knowing that you're jewish, i'm presuming you're attempting to slight Christianity but a false myth would be something that is true - no?

oh and "over rated" is one word.


when making such public insults, especially on this scale, you could at least try to bear some loose semblance of intelligence no matter how ignorant the comment.

 

I knew someone was going to say something like that. lol

@ Wifey, calm down. This is the internet. Sarcasm > j00.

 

SHHHH he won't sell us parts anymore if you upset him.

 

oh goodness dear!! you mean i might miss out on paying more for substandard parts, getting poached on shipping as well as extended down times?

my stars!!! i would not want to miss out one that!

 

Well, i got my parts from Brian with way lowered price than any of the part stores i checked here. I received the parts on Wednesday, ordered on Monday.
BTW, all the part stores here need to place special order anyway.

 

I disagree, that said there have been times when i have found things cheaper else where but being able to directly communicate with him is worth a few more in the peace of mind department. Explain poached on shipping charges and extended downtime.

ANYWAY throw in some seafoam smoke up the neighbor hood and see if it makes your car any smoother.

 

to each his own i suppose. i find peace of mind in knowing that if a part does fail, my parts guy will replace it at no cost. it's nice to see a company stand behind their product like that.

when it costs almost 10 dollars to ship an audio harness - that's called poaching.

when you have to wait 3 - 5 days for delivery of a part vs driving to the parts guy who, if it isn't in stock will take about an hour to be delivered to him - that's called extended down time.

a word of caution here - someone made a rather offensive comment about Chrisitianity - I responded. then the comment was made about losing brain as a parts supplier. I am just pointing out the fact that it wouldn't be that great a loss - to me at least.

i think i've explained everything i've said. please feel free to pm me so as to not further fuel this discussion into something that might get ugly...well, at least uglier than mocking and discounting someone's religion.


o and seafoam totally rocks...but be careful with smoking up your neighborhood. some members of the board claim to have received tickets from the police

 

Brian has always shipped stuff I've ordered from him on time and with a great price. You seem to imply that your "part's guy" has everything in stock. No one does. Some things will have to be ordered regardless of where the order is entered. Might as well get great pricing at the same time. Most if not all performance parts for the maxima are not stocked. I'd be suprised if most parts people have even heard of performance stuff for the maxima much less have it in stock in 1 hour. VE30DE parts? I've found that we are on our own to wait for oem parts to come up from CA or the midwest. I use oem where possible.

If you need it right away, then yes, going local is good. I usually plan my repairs accordingly to take advantage of Brian's pricing. Emergency repairs are different. But I've only encountered those situations once or twice since having a maxima. In the meantime, I've saved hundreds if not close to a thousand shopping carefully online.

 

I thought what Brian said was rather clever. People need to lighten up

 

I Agree

 

hmmmmmm what ever happend to the origional thread about seafoam...

it turned to religion to dealer problems all in 2-3 posts

 

I did my seafoam treatment and it purrs like a kitten now !!

 

as much as i agree with you, i can't help but doubt that such a sentiment would prevail if i had replied to his comment with "you mean like the holocaust?"

 

Can we say..

 

LOL...i suppose what's good for the goose isn't good for the gander...i figured this thread would be closed by now too

 

I must say, i did not appreciate that comment brian

 

GUYS LETS GET BACK TO SEAFOAM!!!!.........seafoam is awesome... i put 1/2 bottle into my brake booster line and 1/2 into my intake...... yes, it creates alot of smoke, and next time you dtrive it, clean that stuff out of there by flooring it.. and watch all the smoke generate then!

 

vans, how did u put it in ur intake? did u just take the air filter off and pour it in?

 

i took all the intake tubing off and threw it right into the butterfly valve and worked the valve while the engine running

 

ever hear of hydrolock...wow vans...leave it to you to find the most extreme ways of doing the most mundane things....absolutely amazing

 

doesnt the brake booster line and the air intake basically go to the same place??
edit: plus isnt seafoam flammable???

 

It is essentially kerosene. so yes very flammable.

 

so ther can be no way of a lockup then???? and i did this about a month ago, so i guess the lockup would be already done and over with???? ohh and i also changed the oil and it looked fine

 

i was thinking more form the angle of what might happen from "pouring" fluid into the top of the engine vs it getting "sucked" in by vacuum...

 

you can hydrolock an engine on ANY liquid.
Hydrolock just means that you tryed to COMPRESS a liquid (which can't compress) and it didn't so something has to give, normally a rod.

 

It says right on the bottle that if you have a carbeurated vehicle to pour 1/3 of a pint (1/3 of the bottle) into the carb, which to me would seem a bit safer than allowing the vacuum to suck it in considering you can control how much you pour whereas the vacuum is going to suck as much out regardless of anything else.