How to clean your injectors and engines with Seafoam

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I've found a great little fuel additive called "Seafoam", which you can find at Pepboys, Advance Auto Parts, NAPA, Autozone, as well as various other automotive stores. Normally I really don't like additives of any kind, but I've used this one with great results.

---Cleaning Fuel Injectors---

Read can instructions, pouring "X" parts seafoam for every gallon of gas in your tank as directed on can. If your vehicle is idling noticeably rough, and the injectors need cleaning BADLY, you can pour the entire can into the gas tank, even if you only have a few gallons of gas in the tank. This will not harm you car, and will just increase the concentration of the seafoam, allowing more stubborn deposits to be cleaned out.

Drive the car as you normally would, but make sure to take it out on the highway if you can, where the speed is over 55mph. Doing so will allow the Fuel Pump and Injectors to flow more fuel in a shorter duration of time, helping to clean the system better.

---Cleaning your engine with Seafoam---

Seafoam is also an engine cleaner (internally). To clean your motor;

1) Loosen oil pan drain plug (do this when the engine is cold to avoid burns. Oil heats up fast once the motor is warmed up, and will burn you. I speak from experience), allowing ...

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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 at 12:19:59 AM #22856

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