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Old Apr 19, 2005
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Has anyone ever stuck seafoam in their 7thgen or old car to clean out the carbon deposits?
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dont put anything into your engine. ever.
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It sure smoothed out my buddy's semi-neglected D16Y8-powered 96 EX. The difference at idle especially is incredible. The car has 120K miles.
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Seafoam is a good product, but very harsh. Run FP60 every tank to clean the carbon up and keep it away. Treat the fuel not just the resulting carbon.

S2000man01, FP60 is very different than other cleaners and usually I'd agree with you. Companies and cities are adding FP60 to fuel storage tanks before the fuel is pumped and we are now packaging and selling to individual customers. These products are nothing like what is available.
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what the heck is FP60? Who makes it and where can I buy it?
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Seafoam is very good! I just did the full treatment on my 94 Miata, the previous owner must have driven like a granny becaus the engine was all gunked up. She runs like a top now, so I would definately reccommend the seafoam treatment to anyone with an old car that has carbon deposits.

Now for a new car an 'italian tune up' should be fine, I doubt unless your driving around town going 20mph in 3rd that you have enough carbon deposits to need any kind of angine cleaner.

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dont put anything into your engine. ever.
I agree. Nothing. Not even oil or gas
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i put it in our old *** 88 camry. was running a little slugish and had a pretty harsh idle. stuck that in thro the brake booster line that runs to the intake manifold. nd man did it smooth out my idle, saw a little mileage gain(cars a gas guzzler nd u can see a diff), and ran a bit more better.

s2000man01: i wouldnt say i wouldnt puit anything into your engine but its really wat you think. i really dont think u would need to put seafoam into a new or low mileage engine but def on a high mileage engine. that i would agree

if u do plan on doin seafoam find a diy on how to do it just dont think you know how to unless uve done it before then its all good. but find how to do it and go for it
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when i said dont put anything into your engine, i was referring to that guy on the srt4 forum who took his valve cover off, spark plugs out, and sprayed seafoam cleaner into his engine.

i was not referring to fuel treatments.

lol. sorry i should have clarified.
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Originally Posted by S2000man01
when i said dont put anything into your engine, i was referring to that guy on the srt4 forum who took his valve cover off, spark plugs out, and sprayed seafoam cleaner into his engine.

i was not referring to fuel treatments.

lol. sorry i should have clarified.
haha I know, I was jk ... I wasn't making fun of you though ;P

I remember the srt4 guy who couldn't get his drain plug out, so he started his engine with no oil filter to drain the oil. I love those guys!
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well i have 176,000 mile on my 7thgen

and my dad drove it before me, it did not really drive it hard
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FP60 is a fuel system cleaner that does all you need. No need to seafoam or techron, or anything else. Use FP60 and it will not only remove carbon, but it treats the fuel itself.

www.lubecontrol.com

many users over at BITOG http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/...?ubb=forum;f=5
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This is what I did...

http://members.nuvox.net/~on.roz/cars/z28/seafoam.html
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FP60 so can u get this like at kragen or autozone?
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only available through website www.lubecontrol.com we hope to get in stores soon.
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I would never use seafoam, I don't care how well it cleans. Techron is mild and does nothing, I've used their gas and cleaners for years and it didn't do anything. It's all a joke. Try the fp60 and see what happens. I'm gonna start displaying their booklet at the car shows I go to now.

Oh yea and also don't forget the throttle body needs cleaning too. They sell some spray, you just take off the intake and put some cleaner on a cloth. Then just wipe around the open throttle plate and get the carbon off. Don't spray directly, spray on the cloth and then wipe.
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