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   Message 1,416 of 2,177   
   Mike Luther to Kurt Weiske   
   Seafoam?   
   22 Oct 12 14:18:42   
   
   I have used it for years and years.  First with a 1986 Ford Crown Vic that was   
   originally done with it by the previous owner as a final additive when the   
   gasoline went from the old stuff to the new Ethanol stuff.  He put it in the   
   tank at the one can per tankfull rate every third tankfull or so. At this time   
   the car still is getting it about every third or fourth tank and has over   
   160,000 miles on it.  As to my recall, this was about the first Ford or so   
   that had the fuel injectors and these are direct injectors one per cylinder in   
   this V8 creation.  Highest octane stuff needed and boy does it ever get sorry   
   mileage compared to the original gasoline prior to the go-green junky-punk.    
   Running just fine even today!   
      
   So then I tried it in my Chevy 305CID 1981 Chevy 1/2-ton Silverado.  Engine   
   had to be rebuilt at about 100K miles or so.  Wish it were a 350CID but Dad   
   bought it; I didn't.  Wound up having to rebuild the 4-Barrel Carb on it which   
   whole thing was a mess because this truck was built in Canada and 'improperly'   
   imported into the USA to fox the EPA stuff.  Some US bolts and some EU bolts -   
   grrrr.  Anyway I've been using Seafoam in the gas in it which is also, since   
   the Ethanol mess, the highest octane stuff and about one can of Seafoam every   
   twenty or so tanks of gas.  Truck now has just under 200,000s mile on it and   
   no carb or like fuel problems at all.   
      
   OK - tried same stunt on my 1986 GMC van which has a 350CID V8 in it.  I   
   bought this one used with 24,000 miles on it.  It now has almost 165,000 miles   
   on it and the carb has never even had to be rebuilt!   
      
   But I'm pretty easy on cars.  I look WAY up front when driving and will NOT   
   use a cell phone when driving.  As a very high time instrument flight   
   instructor and pilot, even in 1968 of all instrument filght accidents two out   
   of every three were caused by communications distractions.  The truck has only   
   needed three brake jobs since I got it when Dad died.  The van has had only   
   two total in it's entire life!  The Ford was driven by a pedal dancer for   
   years before I started driving it.  We won't go into the waltzy-paltzy brake   
   downs and how much work has been done on the brake system in it .. chortle.   
      
   Anyway, that's what I know about Seafoam.   
      
   Mike Luther N117C at 1:117/100   
      
      
      
      
      
    KW> Any thoughts on Seafoam addative?   
      
    KW> I have a 2002 Camry V6 with 150K, thought about doing the 1/3 can in the   
    KW> crankcase, 1/3 in the gas tank, 1/3 in the oil    
    KW> routine. Does anyone here have   
    KW> any experience doing this?   
      
    KW> --kW   
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