if that is the case, how can that be fixed???

 

I used it on my 5th gen max. It drives much better, with a lot of restored hp.
My friends 4th gen, when we did it, it smoked a fog, thats how dirty it was with 150k miles never cleaned.

The best way to do it is have someone idle the car at 2-3k rpm. Slowly dip the vacuum into the fluid and take it out, I do it about 5 times before the cup is empty.

Did it today for a friend from the maxima meet in LI. Ask how much smoke we got out of that 4th gen. We sure did get a crowd.

Gene

 

^^^ You can TRY doing it again. This time around, have someone to rev up the engine at around 1.5-2K and let the vacuum ingests the seafoam fluid. Keep the engine running once the treatment is done. Rev up the engine hard several times to help the dissolved carbon deposits to exit out through the exhaust valves. After that shut down the engine and perform the ECU reset procedures.

I wish you luck with the issues!

 

THe bottle says to put in 1/3 of the bottle... did you put in more than that? Might have triggered it then... I would let it run in the driveway for a while and let it regain its composure...it sometimes helps...

 

I only used 1/3 of the bottle. On my way to AutoZone now..

 

Some of us didn't know what you were doing at first. There was a cop on the other side of the parking lot amd we were like WTF... What's he got, a fog machine!

 

I guess im gonna have to give this stuff a shot. Who carries this and how much does it cost (i'm in the NYC area)?

 

I think you can get it at Autozone. Check out the other thread Soonerfan posted the link for... http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=346574... might have more helpful info for ya there....

 

How much did you use? How did you used it? Did you follow the write up from Soonerfan? You were supposed to warm your car. Pull the vacuum hose from the above photo, stick the hose in 1/3 of the product in a plastic cup, trun off the car, wait like 5 minutes, connect the hose back, turn the car on. Accelerate the car on a steady 3k RPM, I started at 1k and go up, repeat the acceleration until all the white smoke is gone. Then drive it slowly and see how it is performing.

How did you do it?

 

The only thing i did wrong was that i did not accelerate the car on a steady 3k, after i re-started her. i re-started her, and waited 30-45 seconds before accelerating to 3k. This morning, no more SES.

 

Just did the SeaFoam treatment on my AE that has 48500 miles on it and my entire street was under a cloud of white smoke, lol. I bet my neighbors love me now.

I will tell you this though, it doesn't take much for this stuff to shut down your engine. I just barely dipped the vacuum hose into a cup of it and on like the fourth dip the engine gave out and a weird reaction happened -- the hose connected to the end of my berk intake popped off the intake and a bit of white smoke came out. No SES light though before or after the treatment. Will see later how it drives now.

 

you guys are scaring me...

 

No reason to be scared.....I just went out for a drive and there is definitely a noticeable difference at idle and the throttle response feels a little bit better. I am a satisfied customer at this point.

 

you got the SES because it misfired when it was sucking in the seafoam. thats no big deal. after driving the car, the ECU checked again and didnt get the same problem so it went off.
it sounds like you didnt let it run long enough to clean everything out. it almost dies on you because of all the carbon build uo that was still in the cylinders

 

im glad it worked for you.

 

Don't try it out on yourself!

 

well I did it and got an SES, but I'm sure it just tripped something running the stuff through there, enough smoke came out the back.. Resetting the ECU as I sit here and hoping that it doesn't show up again... Sooner had said they only had it at small shops in NoVA, but I found it at Advance Auto Parts, so it looks like most of the auto places carry it.

 

you got the SES because it misfired when it was sucking in the seafoam. thats no big deal. after driving the car, the ECU checks again and wont get the same problem so it will go off.

 

i did the same thing to my car and my girls car at the same time. WOW whole street was a covered white smoke. Both of my neighbors came out and were like WTF is wrong with your cars. LOL. I had no problems at all.

 

So I should do it again?? I didn't feel any difference in driving....Just a lot of smoke...

 

Well I will let the car run for a whike..... and then do it again. I did my work car yesterday and took it today to work. Great S$##T, the car feels different, no problems.... I can even feel the engine rev more than before. I will do it again in around two weeks......

Nice product for the price......

They have another product for the tranny. I'm going to change the tranny oil in a month so I'll be posting my findings on that product too. Hope I don't screw it up.

 

Change the PCV valve, Rodeos and Troopers with the 3.2L and 3.5L V6s tend to have too much blow by and it destroys the piston rings. Most of them spin rod bearings or shoot rods out the side of the block. Sell the damn thing quickly or be prepared to pay for a engine soon. How do I know this ? I'm a ex-Isuzu master tech.

 

that sure is nifty

 

It was not my intention to make ppl here. I emptied rest of the can into the fuel tank.

SES went away. I pushed her, a few times tonight. And yes I can definitely feel the difference. Smooth REV’s, and I can feel more pull.

 

Good to know things worked out man... I think ya freaked several people here out earlier...

 

I know. I felt bad about that. It happened to someone else as well. But it's all good now

 

Its all good, we know ya didn't mean any harm... afterall... people should realize that they still need to filter stuff they read on here and we can't be responsible for anything, good or bad, that happens to em.... end of speech....

 

Weirdly, on my friends quest, he tried using seafoam and it gave him a bit of problems.
He said even after he did it, about an hour later, it was still heavily smoaking. But I think he just put the vacuum right into the cup and didnt let it breathe.

Seafoam is good stuff, I will be trying some more next week. My Cat is all clogged up.

 

For any of those who used Seafoam through their vacuum lines and/or especially the gas tank to clean the carbon deposits, do a oil change as soon as you can. You'll be surprised how much carbon desposits accumulate in the oil pan after Seafoam treatment. If you did add Seafoam in the gas tank, drive until you emptied most of your gas out of the tank then do the oil change, other than that do it as soon as you can.


steve...

 

someone plZZZ post a pic where to put it BC Soonerfan post one but I'm not sure which one!!!!! I'm ready to do it ..............

 

Here you go




Take your time doing this.... follow the write up and won't have no problems........

I'm using my car (Max) today after doing it on Sunday...and WOW... I was driving and had to accelerate hard to pass a big Semi and WOW, I can feel the push of the car again, It seel like it brand new again. I'm changing the oil Mobil Syn on Saturday and going to flush it out with a Valvoline product....to be sure I get rid of all the crap from Sunday

 

I use it 3 times on my car already. As of right now, I have 130,000 miles in my car. The idle is smooth. You guys who wants to find out more about Seafoam should got to the Fluids and Lubricants section under Maintenance.

 

im glad that its working for everyone.

keep this up top so everyone can see it and do it.

 

there is a link to my "how to" post on page 2

 

ok, i think its time for a gd.

 

why do we need a group deal? its $5!!

 

I just did te Seafoam to both of my Maximas and I think I killt all the mosquitoes in the county. I took a pic of the smoke to let peole see that it is alot of smoke, but I don't know how to post one... I also chaged out plugs and coil packs on 99 SEL... Good Day for the Maximas today!

 

well....i didnt know it was that cheap, i thought it would be like bg more expensive. oops.

 

i am going to do it again in 2 weeks. someone posted to do it with the engine reving...I wonder if that is a good idea??

 

If it's not running, the engine won't suck in the liquid from the cup...