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Old 04-10-2012, 12:04 PM
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Ok so I want to seafoam my jeep and I know that you have to put it in the gas tank, the oil, and the vac lines. But once you do this you are supposed to change your oil 200 miles after seafoaming... But I just changed my oil. My question is do you have to do all 3 at once or can I do the gas and vac lines now and do the oil later (mid June)? I just don't know if it matters...? Thanks for any help.
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to me seaform is worth the $25 or so to do a oil change. oil changes are cheap and easy. whats the issue?
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to me seaform is worth the $25 or so to do a oil change. oil changes are cheap and easy. whats the issue?
I just changed the oil last week and didn't really want to do another one so soon
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I just changed the oil last week and didn't really want to do another one so soon
the added mpg's if you motor is full of carbon can outweigh the price for a oil change. do you have someone do you oil changes? literally 10min job and you are done
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the added mpg's if you motor is full of carbon can outweigh the price for a oil change. do you have someone do you oil changes? literally 10min job and you are done
I do them myself... So you have to do all 3 at once?
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Originally Posted by Scott0821
I do them myself... So you have to do all 3 at once?
you dont have to do all three at once. but why do the work if you are not going to clean the complete system. if you do 2 of the 3 you might not see any improvements. I would do all three at the same time
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You don't have to put it in your oil at all. I personally don't put it in my oil, Ethanol based products do not belong in oil IMHO. Dump half a can in your tank and the other half down the TB. Next oil change dump a quart of MMO in.
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Seafoam - snake oil!

PT Barnum was right!
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Originally Posted by sthon
You don't have to put it in your oil at all. I personally don't put it in my oil, Ethanol based products do not belong in oil IMHO. Dump half a can in your tank and the other half down the TB. Next oil change dump a quart of MMO in.
This is what I normally do. Except I don't even use MMO. Personally I have never liked to put anything in my oil. That's just me. Some swear by it.
To be honest I have never even heard of Seafoam till I joined this forum. I do like to use it in my tank and vac system and I have noticed a difference.
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