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Old Sep 6, 2007 | 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by redwingsfan34
don't want to hijack your thread here john, but i thought since this is a seafom thread, i'll post this question here...

how exactly do you put seafom into the vacuum lines? Any one have a picture of where you put it?

I just disconnected the vaccum line at the brake booster, put a small funnel in there and poured the Sea Foam into the funnel slowly.

I did my truck first and noticed that it idled much better afterwards.

I did Christine this afternoon, lots of smoke but no noticible difference afterwards.

As per instructions from the Sea Foam Rep, after letting it sit for 10 mins I took her for a ride down the dead end road where I live.
Since I'm not a hot rodder or a lead foot this was a bit exciting. 0 - 80 mph in the lenght of my property. Tires chirping in 3 gears with this huge cloud of smoke pouring out the exhust. My wife thought I blew the engine.
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Old Sep 6, 2007 | 08:18 PM
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lmao. chirping through 3 gears?!? now how come i can't do that maybe mine really does need seafoam pretty badly
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Old Sep 6, 2007 | 11:26 PM
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another way to put it into the vacuum line is to put it in some type of container (i used a bowl) and "suck" it up with the vacuum line.


its also helpful to have a friend keep the car at a certain rpm to keep it from stalling
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Old Sep 6, 2007 | 11:28 PM
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ehhh i do it by my self

i undo the vac line going into the fiewall right behind the TB and have the car running and hold the bottle/vac line in one hand and hold the throttle with the other and when it sucks in 1/3 i leave the vac line in the sea foam and let go of the throttle and it will stall
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Old Sep 6, 2007 | 11:28 PM
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It did not harm my SC rotors that I could tell. All coating was still there after 3 cans and I ran a great time at the track so the car was running right.....
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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by bandit
ehhh i do it by my self
i did too it wasnt bad but it was hard to hold the bowl, the vacuum line and the throttle at the same time.
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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 06:36 PM
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Genious. Just stick it in the can what the heck you need a bowl for?
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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by wjcollier07
Genious. Just stick it in the can what the heck you need a bowl for?
i dont know
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 09:34 AM
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I picked up a foot long piece of vacuum hose. Remove the one you choose, add that and then you can work the throttle with one hand and the tube with the other.
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 08:01 AM
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Anybody had any luck with Seafoam quieting noisy lifters?
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