Anyone use Sea Foam?

[JayJay18]

Ive heard about Sea foam cleaning out you engine, lifters, throttle body, cats, etc.
Has anyone ever used it on there 3?

[stevenma188]

My buddy used it on his Sentra SE-R SpecV. He said it actually made a difference. I was thinking of using it before my next oil change.

[Impressive]

Its mostly done on cars with higher milage (mostly older cars, depending on how much you drive) I was thinking of doing it myself too

[Hives]

you should see the youtube videos for Sea Foam lol

[zakman]

i used this on my first car which was a 1994 grand am and the stuff worked wonders for the gas millage and such... but like said earlier its best fwork is with the higher millage cars. u will see alot of smoke tho.

[stevenma188]

I got 180K on my car so I'm hoping there will be an improvement after using Seafoam.

[mzkaye729]

I got 180K on my car so I'm hoping there will be an improvement after using Seafoam.

Can you post back please with an update after you try out seafoam on your car ? My sedan's at 173k so I'd like to know if it actually made a significant difference after seafoam.

[blankets3]

my buddie did it with his wrx, said it was pretty good

[stevenma188]

Can you post back please with an update after you try out seafoam on your car ? My sedan's at 173k so I'd like to know if it actually made a significant difference after seafoam.

I'd be happy to post the results when I do it. However, I won't be due for an oil change for a while, and you need to do a oil change right after using Seafoam because it breaks down the oil.

[sarujo]

I wouldn't bother with adding it to the oil. Most people just add it to the fuel (low tank and then add gas so it mixes well) and suck it into the motor like in the videos.

Now show us da rice! :chuckle


I'd be happy to post the results when I do it. However, I won't be due for an oil change for a while, and you need to do a oil change right after using Seafoam because it breaks down the oil.

[stevenma188]

Doesn't matter. Even if you don't add it directly to the oil, the seafoam will still be in contact with the oil, degrading it.

[BMWWW]

Doesn't matter. Even if you don't add it directly to the oil, the seafoam will still be in contact with the oil, degrading it.

When I did my friend's 1996 Volvo, we only added it via the intake vacuum, and to the gas tank. Adding straight into the oil asks for a lot of unnecessary/heavily concentrated contact; there's always a lingering question on what happens to metals/bearings when soaked in seafoam.

The two aforementioned methods are more conservative.

[gabbygenier]

Someone on OMC did it to his RX-8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLDgUc1RAfw

[stevenma188]

I still want to change the oil right after using it regardless. I do plan on going through the fuel tank and brake line vacuum booster (IIRC that's what people on M3F say we should use).

[Donutz]

Great. Now every ricer in Scab's is going to rock the Seaform. Nothing says fresh rice like a wicked burnout simulator coupled that turbo thing that goes pishhh pishhhh!

[mz3~Power]

i just did seafoam on my 05 sedan with 107 k on it and it smoked ... alot lmao and i did notice a difference with the gas milage and its a little bit peppier from a stand still.

[mzkaye729]

i just did seafoam on my 05 sedan with 107 k on it and it smoked ... alot lmao and i did notice a difference with the gas milage and its a little bit peppier from a stand still.

Where did you manage to snag up the sea foam ?

[stevenma188]

My buddy bought his from Part Source.

[mzkaye729]

My buddy bought his from Part Source.

Thank you. Any idea how much ? :)

[stevenma188]

Not sure.

[Impressive]

Seafoam isn't expensive. It couldn't have been more than 15-20 bucks at most.

[BMWWW]

$13.55 tax in at PartSource. ;)

[zakman]

ok so when you put the sea foam in the brake boost line, were exactly is the brake boost line on our 3's?

[mazda lover]

Lots of demos on you tube, here is one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4XUS-F578Q

and another

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt_oXKxe3wo&feature=related

[mz3~Power]

ok so when you put the sea foam in the brake boost line, were exactly is the brake boost line on our 3's?

the line is behind our battery box .. it was kind of hard to get to.

[JayJay18]

I didnt even put it in there. I used the vacuum from the intake just after the throttle body its has a red clip on it

[stevenma188]

Seafoamed my car tonight



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usrOLVbjogc


1/3 in sucked through the vacuum line
1/3 in the oil crankcase
1/3 in the fuel tank

[Thrizzl3]

why underground?

[stevenma188]

Because it's warm

[Thrizzl3]

Because it's warm

lol true it was windy! carry on :)

[oxide]

i used it on my high KMs Sentra and it worked great, thing is use the whole bottle in the right places, keep your windows closed, do initial run somewhere then drive it for awhile (depending on how many k's you do) then do a complete oil change/air filter change/clean to

[rzapata]

Sorry to resurrect this thread, but just wanted to show everyone my seafoam experience.. :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAzlmEWaKoI

Not so good thing is I threw a CEL for the first time...... :(