f-ing seafoam
02-17-2012, 02:03 PM
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So I work at a local oil change shop and we do fuel injection services, I decided so seafoam my car, its a 97 ek hatch with a b16a2 in it, so it smoked its ass off when we ran it thru and ran good after i was finished for a little while, now the icav is fucked up and when i start it, it pours out blue smoke like the valve seals went bad, before i seafoamed it the car ran fine now the idle is erratic and its smoking on cold start... anyone else had this problem I really do not feel like replacing the valve seals and the icav is mass expensive... anyone who has used this and had problems let me know please
02-17-2012, 04:38 PM
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Re: f-ing seafoam
So I work at a local oil change shop and we do fuel injection services, I decided so seafoam my car, its a 97 ek hatch with a b16a2 in it, so it smoked its ass off when we ran it thru and ran good after i was finished for a little while, now the icav is fucked up and when i start it, it pours out blue smoke like the valve seals went bad, before i seafoamed it the car ran fine now the idle is erratic and its smoking on cold start... anyone else had this problem I really do not feel like replacing the valve seals and the icav is mass expensive... anyone who has used this and had problems let me know please
02-17-2012, 07:13 PM
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Re: f-ing seafoam
How do you know the IACV is fucked up? The only thing the seafoam could have done is clogged up the screen or the bypass passage, and either of those should be fixed with a simple cleaning.
And why did a fuel injection shop think that seafoam was a good idea? It's just solvent in a can, and you just gamble about what problems are caused by dumping solvent into various parts of an engine.
And why did a fuel injection shop think that seafoam was a good idea? It's just solvent in a can, and you just gamble about what problems are caused by dumping solvent into various parts of an engine.
02-17-2012, 07:17 PM
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How do you know the IACV is fucked up? The only thing the seafoam could have done is clogged up the screen or the bypass passage, and either of those should be fixed with a simple cleaning.
And why did a fuel injection shop think that seafoam was a good idea? It's just solvent in a can, and you just gamble about what problems are caused by dumping solvent into various parts of an engine.
And why did a fuel injection shop think that seafoam was a good idea? It's just solvent in a can, and you just gamble about what problems are caused by dumping solvent into various parts of an engine.
02-17-2012, 07:22 PM
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02-17-2012, 07:23 PM
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I have a few friends that swear by the shit, and run it every 6months or so, I am really, REALLY skeptical. I don't know that it is worth the risk.
02-17-2012, 08:25 PM
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the iacv was on its way out anyway and I cleaned it about 3 times already it was buzzing before I ran it through it, i pulled a p0505 code and is running in an open loop at 1500 rpms and it has a shutter to it when you let off the gas and accelerate, but I still think it was a bad idea to use this, and the reason I believe the valve stem seals went bad is because it has a cloud of blue smoke coming out of the exhaust when it has been sitting for a while, and yes it is risky and defiantly not worth it, Im pissed at myself for doing this lol
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02-17-2012, 08:30 PM
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the iacv was on its way out anyway and I cleaned it about 3 times already it was buzzing before I ran it through it, i pulled a p0505 code and is running in an open loop at 1500 rpms and it has a shutter to it when you let off the gas, but I still think it was a bad idea to use this, and the reason I believe the valve stem seals went bad is because it has a cloud of blue smoke coming out of the exhaust when it has been sitting for a while
How long are you running it, after sitting. You will still get smoke plumes from what I have seen, even after a while. How long did you run it after the treatment?
If you knew the IACV was on it's way out, why did you do it?
02-17-2012, 08:58 PM
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the iacv was on its way out anyway and I cleaned it about 3 times already it was buzzing before I ran it through it, i pulled a p0505 code and is running in an open loop at 1500 rpms and it has a shutter to it when you let off the gas and accelerate, but I still think it was a bad idea to use this, and the reason I believe the valve stem seals went bad is because it has a cloud of blue smoke coming out of the exhaust when it has been sitting for a while, and yes it is risky and defiantly not worth it, Im pissed at myself for doing this lol