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ive been wanting to do this on my fiance's 2000 contour.. friend said to use a vaccum from the intake and let the engine suck some liquid out of the can for 3 sec at a time. should smoke a bit, but thats the carbon burning out. use the throttle under the hoor to keep the engine runnin as it will bog it down a bit.
While I love LC, seafoam seems to be working really well for people. Go watch vid above and read link. I wonder if you are doing more harm than good clearing out carbon on a 100k+ engine...
I had good results with it... didnt hurt anything at all. Car seemed to run a little better afterward. For like 5 bucks, whats the big deal. It won't hurt anything. Even if it doesn't do much for you, its $5. I'm pretty sure we've all wasted way more than that on our cars.
I had good results with it... didnt hurt anything at all. Car seemed to run a little better afterward. For like 5 bucks, whats the big deal. It won't hurt anything. Even if it doesn't do much for you, its $5. I'm pretty sure we've all wasted way more than that on our cars.
You already get 42 mpg. Sometimes these products that kill carbon build-up actually harm your engine if there is no carbon build-up. The reason being is that if carbon build-up is a little mild, it will attack the next thing - your gaskets, and thus weakening your gasket seals.
mine had about 75.5k when i did it. didnt hurt my engine at all. i just took it apart to replace the head gasket. everything looked pretty clean for 80k and about 2k of boost. that stuff cant hurt your engine if you follow instructions. its a hydrocarbon based chemical, just like gasoline. i dont know about other carbon cleaning products but seafoam is fine. you do whatever you want, but it worked for me and a ton of other people. unless there is something already seriously wrong with your engine, i find it hard to believe that it would hurt it.
You already get 42 mpg. Sometimes these products that kill carbon build-up actually harm your engine if there is no carbon build-up. The reason being is that if carbon build-up is a little mild, it will attack the next thing - your gaskets, and thus weakening your gasket seals.
I get 32 mpg and I have no idea why.
1) civics are rated by honda to have 37mpg highway.
2) unless you drive with no AC, with the windows up and keep the revs under 2.5k, theres no way you get 32mpg.
3) seafoam doesnt anything that can "attack". it loosens carbon buildup, so that your motor can expel it.
4) i put seafoam in my F4i, and nothing really happened. it didnt really make it run any better though. i say, if you feel like trying it, go ahead. it's probably not going to do anything. i put it in a 600cc motor that revs up to 14k and didnt really notice anything.
im sorry, but i cant believe that. how fast do you drive on the highway? you MIGHT get 38mpg going 50-55. i get around 30 in the city, cuz i keep the revs under 2k and roll the windows down. and in m first post i meant 32 city btw. i actually get better mileage in the city cuz i always haul ass on the highway cuz im impatient. lol.
