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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/19/2006 4:28:19 PM

nofear17bmx

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I know I am a little precautious, but let me get this strait. I take off the tube that goes from my airbox to the top of my engine. Once I get that off I dribble this stuff down into the top of this TB that this tube just came off...correct?

I just took the top of the intake of in about 1 minute, was surprised on how easy it was to take off. Now can I leave the brake booster hose unhooked and just dangeling? (I am guessing that hose hooked to the plastic intake on the top of the engine is the brake booster)

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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/19/2006 4:54:27 PM

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Alright I just did it since I didnt get any answers and got a little impatient lol. I poured it in but it didnt seem to try stalling on me. It did try stalling though when I poured it in fairly rapidly. Then once I got down to 1/3 left I gave it a bunch and it tried stalling and it ran very sluggishly but it burn it off and kept going. I tried it again with more and it did the same thing. So I just decided to turn it off. It only takes in so much at a time unless you give it throttle but when you do that it just burns it off faster. I dont feel like this was very successful.

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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/19/2006 5:05:19 PM

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i want to seafoam my truck to but i dont understand how to, i read the pst from earlier and i ahve no idea wut anyones talkin about, cant u just pour it in ur gas tank because that eventually will get to the TB right?

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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/19/2006 5:12:08 PM

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I will explain it to you because I was a nub at this too until I read and asked like 100 questions.

1. Look at your airbox.
2. Now look where the tube goes from the air box, it goes to the top of the engine. (Throttle Body)
3. Now unscrew the handscrew on the back left of this if you are standing in front of your blazer.
4. Looses the clamp thing holding the top plastic thing to the air duct. (lol sorry for calling things, "things")
5. Now take it off, it may take some wiggeling...
6. You are now looking at the throttle body.
7. Take your seafoam and pour it into this when your engine is up to temp.
8. Pour it in at a rapid pace, just enough to keep the engine from stalling.
9. Before you get to 1/3 left of the seafoam pour it in rapidly so the engine will stall.
10. Engine will now stall, but if not, turn the engine off and let it sit for 15 minutes.
11. Pour rest into the gas tank.
12. After 15 minutes go drive your blazer, drive it hard so it breaks all that gunk loose.

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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/19/2006 5:21:19 PM

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ok, thx, putting it in steps and explaing each one makes it alot easier to understand i think im goin to go buy some tonight....did u get a lot of smoke when u did it?

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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/19/2006 5:48:59 PM

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I didnt get the same results as everyone else. When I was pouring it in it was smoking like crazy, but the thing never stalled on me when I poured a lot into it so when I let it sit after shutting it off for 15 minutes and coming back out and starting it up I got no smoke...

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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/19/2006 5:54:22 PM

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did it start up right away or did u have to crank on it

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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/19/2006 6:12:26 PM

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Well it didnt start up like it normally would, but it definatly wasnt hard to start. Maybe 2 seconds of cranking...

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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/19/2006 6:18:47 PM

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haha mine takes a few seconds of cranking everytime i start it

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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/19/2006 7:19:58 PM

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I poured seafoam directly in my TB the other day and it did the same as yours, it ran rough but never stalled. I let it sit and then i started it back up, it smoked but not as much as i thought it would. So i'm kind of like you, i'm not sure if i did it right or not. So do you have to replace your spark plugs after you do this?

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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/19/2006 7:31:43 PM

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Don't fret if you don't get a good smoke show. That just means that your engine didn't have a ton of gunk built up inside it. It all depends on the area you live in as to what addatives are used in your fuel. Some fuels leave behind more deposits than others.

Also, for skitzobmxr your '91 just has the round air filter assembly (being TBI) but the rest of the list above applies.

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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/19/2006 7:32:24 PM

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I dont think the seafoam will be that efficent in the throttle body. Thats what the sea foam deep creep is for. Dump the seafoam cleaner in the brake booster line and use the deepcreep in the throttle body

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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/19/2006 7:38:52 PM

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Where do you think it goes through when you pour it into the brake booster line? It all goes to the same place.

*EDIT* now if you want to clean the TB, then I would agree with you, but for a top engine clean, the TB is actually the preferred application method.

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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/19/2006 7:41:07 PM

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ya thats wut i wuz saying earlier...couldnt u just pour it in ur gas tank and it would eventually get to the TB

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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/19/2006 7:44:11 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: swartlkk

Where do you think it goes through when you pour it into the brake booster line? It all goes to the same place.

Couldnt it puddle inside the intake? When I did it in the brake booster line it turned into a mist with the vaccum. The deep creep is to clean all the crap inside the intake.

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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/19/2006 7:44:24 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: skitzobmxr

ya thats wut i wuz saying earlier...couldnt u just pour it in ur gas tank and it would eventually get to the TB

For your TBI motor, yeah, that will clean you injectors, but it won't be in sufficient enough concentration to clean the carbon from the intake, valves, and cylinders.

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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/19/2006 7:58:10 PM

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quote:

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Couldnt it puddle inside the intake? When I did it in the brake booster line it turned into a mist with the vaccum. The deep creep is to clean all the crap inside the intake.

You do not want to pour it into the TB like you are pouring a glass of milk, but so long as you listen to your engine, you won't pour enough in to cause pooling. The same vacuum is present at the TB as is present at the booster hose. The small opening of the TB will cause the vacuum to do a pretty decent job of atomizing it.

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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/19/2006 10:38:18 PM

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Just a thought but seeing as some people are getting confused about this I am sure someone that knows exactly how to do this might want to do this to their truck and make the video. Might answer alot of questions by actually seeing it done. Just a thought.

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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/19/2006 11:01:48 PM

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I plan on making a how to on just a general TB seafoam procedure...

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RE: Im doin the seafoam! - 12/20/2006 12:06:07 AM

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ya a video woud be amazing it would help me out alot cuz when i read words half the time i dont even understand wut im readin and i have to read it 150 times and i still dont get it

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