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Old Jul 3, 2009 | 05:30 PM
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I just Sea foamed my Cherokee, put 1/3 can in brake booster line, waited 15 minutes, then started, no smoke, none what so ever, I don't get it.

115,000 miles on the odometer.
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Old Jul 3, 2009 | 08:25 PM
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i put a can of seafoam in my motor, just to help clean it out better. it had alot of carbon chunks in it,at least all around the rockers and in the valve cover when i bought it. im changin my oil next weekend, 5 quarts syn. and a quart of lucas oil stabilizer. just to see how he does. i still hav oil leakage issues though. like the valve cover again. oh i get like anywhere from 250 miles to 300 miles from 18/20 gallons. give or take. not sure if thats good or not.
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Old Jul 3, 2009 | 08:33 PM
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I just Sea foamed my Cherokee, put 1/3 can in brake booster line, waited 15 minutes, then started, no smoke, none what so ever, I don't get it.
I read somewhere that when you go in through the brake booster line it only hits the back 3 cylinders, since then i have always added it straight through the TB. Just a tip.
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Old Jul 3, 2009 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by redmuck
i put a can of seafoam in my motor, just to help clean it out better. it had alot of carbon chunks in it,at least all around the rockers and in the valve cover when i bought it. im changin my oil next weekend, 5 quarts syn. and a quart of lucas oil stabilizer. just to see how he does. i still hav oil leakage issues though. like the valve cover again. oh i get like anywhere from 250 miles to 300 miles from 18/20 gallons. give or take. not sure if thats good or not.
I wouldn't use the Lucas Oil stabilizer. It's actually not good for your engine. It causes the oil to foam more.
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Old Jul 4, 2009 | 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by freakaccident
I wouldn't use the Lucas Oil stabilizer. It's actually not good for your engine. It causes the oil to foam more.
i just bought the last quart thursday and a week ago meijer had like 20 quarts, their 10 bucks a quart. so people are using it for something. im not sure if ill use it or not now. maybe ill take it back. i dont wanna chance changing it again in two weeks or so.
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Old Sep 6, 2009 | 12:46 AM
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this is kinda of an old thread but I have use lucas for like a decade or more and never noticed it making my oil foam and it always worked as they say.
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Old Sep 6, 2009 | 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by 95Cherokee
I just Sea foamed my Cherokee, put 1/3 can in brake booster line, waited 15 minutes, then started, no smoke, none what so ever, I don't get it.

115,000 miles on the odometer.


Did u run your jeep to operating temp then use 1/3 of a bottle stall it out or turn it off let sit for 15-20 mins then drank over. You have to pour seafoam in the motor while it is running
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Old Sep 6, 2009 | 02:02 AM
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I can't remember if I ran it to operating temp, but yea it was running and I stalled it out, will try again another time.
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