?Sea Foam?

[Mike Stark]

what do folks think of sea foam? thinking about putting some in my old snowmobile.

[mrfish1991]

we always run seafom through our mower, snowblower, and other small engines before and after the season. Then we run stabil

[Mike Stark]

so you think i should run both? do they not do the same thing?

[Big A]

I am assuming since your talking snowmobile that your saying your thinking of running some through your engine this year while using it..

If so.

Id say YES. I use sea foam in my motorcycle, truck, and used it in my ice auger before i switched to the ice gator vs the jiffy.

Storing something. I always used Stabil.

[deadeye]

I run Sea Foam in everything I have that runs on gas. Not saying its a cure all but it really does work pretty good. It has saved me a lot of time rebuilding gunked up carbs for sure. As long as you can get it running it should beable to do its magic.

I used to use stabill and since I switched to sea foam for storage I have had no problems with anything starting anymore. It seems to stop it from gumming up better. The only stabill I would bother using is the blue marine stuff. For the price sea foam still works better.

[mrfish1991]

The seafoam cleans out the engine and gives it a "tune" so to speak. The stabil preserves the fuel...i shoulda specified that we use that when we store the tools at the end of the season

[mrfish1991]

i just read on the seafoam site that it does preserve fuel for up to 2 years...or so they say

[huntnfish]

I run seafoam in all my small engines. I have seen more than one engine that hardly ran perk right up after a little bit running some seafoam treated gas through them.

[Mike Stark]

so i can put some sea foam in my gas tank on my boat for storage....put some in my snowmobile for this winter...and put some in my auger??

i might have to buy some more of this stuff.

thanks.

[deadeye]

Exactly. There is no need for stabill if you use sea foam. I use it in the first and last tanks of the year for everthing that runs on gas. Still try to run the engine dry, if possible. If its not possible, it will still be fine. Just run it long enough for some of it to get into the carb and your set.

[Mike Stark]

sweet. thanks.

[jwhjr]

I always add it to my tank when refilling my 5 gallon for the mower etc. and my 2 gallon for mixed gas.

[BoxMN]

I always add it to my tank when refilling my 5 gallon for the mower etc. and my 2 gallon for mixed gas.

Me too, put a bit in before I add gas, and the gas is always ready, and doesn't get old (as quick, especially oxygenated gas) and it just gets a bit in the engine at all times to keep things clean.

[Rebeleye]

Has anyone ever tried seafoam in their car or truck?

My service engine soon light came on my car earlier this year. Went to one of the local auto parts store. Had one of the guys hook one of those error/code readers up to the computer, it came back as some kind of fuel/compression error code. All he said was "buy a new gas cap, and add a half a can of seafoam to a full tank of gas, your light will go off somewhere around 30 car starts."

Sure enough, the light went off after a while and hasn't been on since......

[Jeremy airjer W]

Seafoam is a great product!

1 oz of seafoam per gallon of gas properly stored will get you 2 years. Its the first thing I ran through the boat when I purchased it and the last thing before it goes into hibernation.

You can use it to decarbonize upper engines, free up sticky lifters, injector cleaner, quiets noisy power steering pumps and its available in an aerosol form called Deep Creep.

Deep Creep is the only penetrating lube we use at the shop and there's usually a couple cans in my personal garage. I use it to fog the 2 strokes for storage, its a great penetrating lube, you can use it as a starting fluid, and many other uses.

[jwmiller33]

do you guys measure out exactly how much sea foam you use? or do you just give it a "splash"? i have a little 6 gallon tank on a 35 hp Johnson LS tiller, so whenever i add gas, it is only like 2-4 gallons at a time.. every time i add gas, i add a "splash" of sea foam. i know its not exact, and i make sure that i go on the light side and not the rich side. one time i accidentally put in a little too much into my gas tank after adding new gas and i could definitely see that my motor had a little extra exhaust for that gas tank.

for you guys that do measure, how many ounces are in a can? how much of a can would you add for 6 gallons? 1/4 of a can?

[delmuts]

All i use is sea foam as a stabilizer and carb cleaner in my boat, golf cart,and lawn mower for years with no problems.

[Ed Carlson]

do you guys measure out exactly how much sea foam you use? or do you just give it a "splash"? i have a little 6 gallon tank on a 35 hp Johnson LS tiller, so whenever i add gas, it is only like 2-4 gallons at a time.. every time i add gas, i add a "splash" of sea foam. i know its not exact, and i make sure that i go on the light side and not the rich side. one time i accidentally put in a little too much into my gas tank after adding new gas and i could definitely see that my motor had a little extra exhaust for that gas tank.

for you guys that do measure, how many ounces are in a can? how much of a can would you add for 6 gallons? 1/4 of a can?

I think they recommend 1 oz per gallon? Or about 6 sloppy cap-fulls +/-.

[deadeye]

A little extra never hurts either. I had a chainsaw that was really bad and I filled the tank half full with sea foam and then added a little heavy oil/gas mix in a last ditch effort (not suggested but I didn't really care if it blew up). Sure enough it runs like a champ now.

[fishorgolf]

I put one oz. per gal in all my vehicles when I change oil. Also put 1 oz per gal in my non-oxy gas can that I keep around for the lawn mower, pressure washer, etc etc etc.

I have something like 60+ cylinders and I have never had a fuel related problem. Knock on wood!

My bother was having some running and milage problems with his chev. 350, put a can in the oil and 2 months latter milage was up 20% and it runs like new.

Don't want to sound to much like a sea foam groupie but this stuff is amazing.

[Sutty]

I have done the 1/2 a can in the oil before an oil change. Does that just burn up after a while or do you need to change it out pretty quick?

[fishorgolf]

My brother left it in until the next oil change. I am not sure it it burns up or not.

[deadeye]

It will stay in the oil as a detergent. In the oil I like to change it within a day of putting it in there, but you don't have to. I have older vehicles and sometimes too much cleaning leads to leaks. Otherwise it will not hurt anything.

[stick]

Hey FishOrGolf...nice "cylinder index"!

[fishorgolf]

Thanks and "good luck"

[Jeremy airjer W]

The suggested oil cleaning is to add 1/2 can to the oil and run the vehicle 5 minutes to a couple hundred miles. Change the oil and then you can either add the other half to the new oil and run till your next service or dump the other half in the gas tank.

Obviously if the engine is neglected and really dirty on the inside than running the other half in the oil for an extended period probably wouldn't be in your best interest. Increased services will help more than any cleaner.

Seafoam is simply three ingredients Pale oil 30-30 (lubricant) naptha (solvent) and Isopropynol (drying agent) (we've already had a lengthy discussion about these three ingredients so lets not debate what they are or what they do, if you curious the engineers at seafoam will take the time to fill you in on whatever specifics you are questioning!!!!!). That's it! I don't think it takes that long for the solvent or drying agent to "flash" off. After there gone your left with lubricant!