Seafoam

[murphy1244]

I'm enjoying the *hale* outta this thread! The first thing that came to mind was an old saying... "Don't argue with an idiot. He'll pull you down to his level and then beat you with experience!"

My take on Seafoam... I was never a believer in any chemical "fix" of any sort but I tried Seafoam for an issue on one of my motorcycles 4 years ago at the suggestion of a well respected person with experience on that particular machine... and it did just what I needed done. Since then I have found that it does most everything that it's claimed to do. In fact, I enjoy not having to tinker with all the different carbs every spring on all the small engine machines I own. I'm not adverse to trying a different product if it works as well and is less expensive, as the STP product may be, but I definitely won't be using something like the Amsoil product that I can't go to the local parts store and buy. So until Amsoil is stocked locally and is less expensive or STP proves to work as well then I'll be adding Seafoam to every tank of fuel that goes through my motorcycles, chainsaws, lawnmowers and other small engines... and I don't care what anyone has to say about it. :thumbsup:

Yooza, thats it and i am stickin to it.

 

[lilranch2001]

I'm enjoying the *hale* outta this thread! The first thing that came to mind was an old saying... "Don't argue with an idiot. He'll pull you down to his level and then beat you with experience!"

My take on Seafoam... I was never a believer in any chemical "fix" of any sort but I tried Seafoam for an issue on one of my motorcycles 4 years ago at the suggestion of a well respected person with experience on that particular machine... and it did just what I needed done. Since then I have found that it does most everything that it's claimed to do. In fact, I enjoy not having to tinker with all the different carbs every spring on all the small engine machines I own. I'm not adverse to trying a different product if it works as well and is less expensive, as the STP product may be, but I definitely won't be using something like the Amsoil product that I can't go to the local parts store and buy. So until Amsoil is stocked locally and is less expensive or STP proves to work as well then I'll be adding Seafoam to every tank of fuel that goes through my motorcycles, chainsaws, lawnmowers and other small engines... and I don't care what anyone has to say about it. :thumbsup:

Exactly Big Boy, that is how I feel.
Since I started using it I have never had less trouble with my little toys......
As far as Amsol, I would try it, but I googled local sales reps for it, I am in Indiana and the closest dang dealer for it is over 40 miles away, dang im not in the middle of a freakin desert.......
I used to be able to buy Amsol products from a friend of mine, his sister was married to a dealer, but they got divorced and now the D head wont sell to my friend anymore.

 

[AlanB]

Just picked up a bottle today myself, wanted to run a tank full through a fussy carb on my air compressor. The way it is cobbled together, makes it really hard to take apart the carb and clean it "correctly".

Kind of funny reading some of this stuff, all I can think is "African, or European?"

Oh, and I have been here at least one day.

 

[The Haymaker]

Missed the point completely....normal for some here.

If you boys can't behave, I'm gonna turn this tractor around!

 

[Tig]

I'd like to share some thoughts and experience with solvents if I may. Just food for thought.
Back in the day I maintained reel to reel tape drives in large data centers. The read write heads required regular cleaning with a solvent to remove oxide buildup and other deposits. At one time the preferred solvent was something called trichlora blah blah, we referred to it as freon. It was an ozone depleting substance which was subsequently banned. To our surprise, the replacement solvent, methy hydrate removed stubborn build up and the heads and columns never looked better. Time passed and for what was probably economic reasons a water based cleaner showed up. Again it removed the stubborn build up that the methyl had left over time and the heads and collums were immaculate, even under magnification.
That's when it dawned on me. Every solvent has limits. What it can't dissolve will become residue, deposits, buildup. The "freon" was great but couldn't" handle everything. What it left behind was an easy chore for alcohol. And the same goes for water. After that we rotated cleaners regularly.
So if you try a different cleaner or additive in your engine, it should be noticeably better, unless it's just a similar formula in a new can.
So in that spirit, if I buy a carb or injector cleaner I make sure it's not the one I bought last time.
FWIW, I like Seafoam. I buy a can every couple years.
YMMV

AlanB, your concern is of course irrelevant, because a five ounce bird cannot carry a one pound coconut.

 

[KYDan]

Seafoam is great stuff, I used it to de-carbon pistons in my stroke toys engines and it worked great.

 

[seymojo536]

AlanB, your concern is of course irrelevant, because a five ounce bird cannot carry a one pound coconut.

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?!

 

[buickanddeere]

Seafoam is great stuff, I used it to de-carbon pistons in my stroke toys engines and it worked great.

How do you know the pistons were carboned ? Pistons should not collect carbon if using a low ash oil mixed to the proper amount of oil. And if the engine is not jetted too rich.
Were the pistons removed and soaked in seafoam or just seafoam added to the fuel?

 

[EE_Bota]

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?!

Of course they do, or you wouldn't find them on so many islands.

 

[rockinmywaypa]

Of course they do, or you wouldn't find them on so many islands.

I assumed 5 oz birds carried them around to all the islands.