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Old 02-16-2007
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car won't start!

well last week I went and put seafoam in my mustang.. it worked wonders for it so i decided to do it to the civic too.. well now the car won't start after putting it in.. could i have put too much and it is flooding the car?...
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did you put the amount it states on the bottle? too much is not good...
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Also more info would help figure out the issue... did your car fail to start rite after or did it run and fail to start after a while? did you use it through fuel tank or throttle body? how much did you use?
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i put a little over a 1/3 of a can through the break booster line.. after it idled i let it sit for 15 mins or so.. then i went to start it.. it started turning over and kicked smoke out the back and then just died.. and now it won't turn over or anything
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Talk to these guys, people have used it- also there is a link to a video- is that how you did it? https://www.civicforums.com/forums/1...-sea-foam.html
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