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The miracle of Seafoam!

Friday I took the intercooler off my turbo coupe to change the plugs and do some cleanup to get ready for my trip to Kansas Speedway. Well I flushed out the intercoooler with Intake cleaner and it was new looking inside. Then I installed the the plugs and put it back together. Then I started it up and took off the vac line going to the the tree from the intercooler. Then I sucked up the seafoam with the vac line. I had to sorta suck some up then let the car recover then give it some more. Just like evryone said the car smoked and smoked like crazy right after.  Took it for a drive and it smoked like crazy. Then after about 5mi it quit smoking. Now I've got 17in Vac at idle instead of the 10in I had before. It is amazing how much that stuff cleans. Most of the Vac lines on my car had already been relaced. I guess it just had that much stuff in the rest of the vac system. The car also Idles smooth as glass and runs better than it has the whole time I've owned it.
84 Turbo coupe 2.3T Modded with 88 upper and lower intake, 88 injectors, E6 manifold, T3-4 AR.60 turbo, 31X12X3 FMIC, Homemade MBC , Greddy knock off BPV.
4 eyes see better than 2! 
Da Bird!

FreeBird

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Reply #1 –
Right on. I'm thinking about doing it myself.
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Reply #2 –
that stuff i think was the reason i passed emissions. i ranit though and it smelled likeass every time i ran it  but afer i ran another 5gals ( when the car was illegal and i had to walk to get gas) out anfer it it stopped stankin. then i pass! fast pass none the less. and the only reason i got it was on sale for real cheap
1986 Cougar LS

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Reply #3 –
How do you run seafoam through a 5.0 I need to do this, I just have no clue as what to do. This and some injector cleaner
"Real cars dont power the front wheels, they lift them"
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1984 Mercury Cougar GS 5.0:cougarsmily: BBK Equal Length Shorties, BBK O/R X-Pipe, Magnaflow Magnapacks, Mustang GT Stainless Tailpipes, 18" Magnaflow Rolled Edge Tips. Turbo Coupe Hood, Mach 1 Chin Spoiler. 17"x9" Cobra R's, Falken Ziex 255/50s, and 245/45s.
1984 Ford Thunderbird 3.8L "Drag Queen"
2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Lone Star Edition 5.7L Hemi 400hp, lex DOD14M Magnaflow retro-fit ler kit

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Reply #5 –
I did add it to the gas but the main thing is that I used it to clean the Vac system that is what made it smoke and clean things out so much. Adding it to the gas cleans it good but doesn't do anything for the vac system.
84 Turbo coupe 2.3T Modded with 88 upper and lower intake, 88 injectors, E6 manifold, T3-4 AR.60 turbo, 31X12X3 FMIC, Homemade MBC , Greddy knock off BPV.
4 eyes see better than 2! 
Da Bird!

FreeBird

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Reply #6 –
Dumping it in the cfi cleans the vacuum system? I badly need to. Thanks for the info.
"Real cars dont power the front wheels, they lift them"
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1984 Mercury Cougar GS 5.0:cougarsmily: BBK Equal Length Shorties, BBK O/R X-Pipe, Magnaflow Magnapacks, Mustang GT Stainless Tailpipes, 18" Magnaflow Rolled Edge Tips. Turbo Coupe Hood, Mach 1 Chin Spoiler. 17"x9" Cobra R's, Falken Ziex 255/50s, and 245/45s.
1984 Ford Thunderbird 3.8L "Drag Queen"
2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Lone Star Edition 5.7L Hemi 400hp, lex DOD14M Magnaflow retro-fit ler kit

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Quote from: cougrrr302
Dumping it in the cfi cleans the vacuum system? I badly need to. Thanks for the info.



you can also get it in an aerosol... what i do is load it up real good then have someone switch it of then after 5-10 min restart it, and let idle then load it up again and repeat. ive had good luck doing it this way. on a cfi it would allow you to spray it out like carb cleaner.
or you could pull a vaccume line and spray it in there.
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1974 maverick lsx powered turbo car SOLD
1973 maverick Tijuana Taxi Tribute
1957 chevy LSX Turbo project (race car)
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Quote from: cougrrr302
How do you run seafoam through a 5.0 I need to do this, I just have no clue as what to do. This and some injector cleaner

pull the brake booster hose off, and pour slowly into it.
1979 Ford Fairmont
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5.0L/4R70W/8.8"/5-lug/3" Exhuast

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Reply #9 –
Sadly I have to ask. Where the hell is the brake booster hose? And officially my Walmart is gay. They dont carry Seafoam. So Far I understand how to do this, and its as easy as I thought, and I knew how to do it without realizing it
"Real cars dont power the front wheels, they lift them"
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1984 Mercury Cougar GS 5.0:cougarsmily: BBK Equal Length Shorties, BBK O/R X-Pipe, Magnaflow Magnapacks, Mustang GT Stainless Tailpipes, 18" Magnaflow Rolled Edge Tips. Turbo Coupe Hood, Mach 1 Chin Spoiler. 17"x9" Cobra R's, Falken Ziex 255/50s, and 245/45s.
1984 Ford Thunderbird 3.8L "Drag Queen"
2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Lone Star Edition 5.7L Hemi 400hp, lex DOD14M Magnaflow retro-fit ler kit

The miracle of Seafoam!

Reply #10 –
The brake booster hose is the only vacuum hose that is connected to your brake booster, behind the master cylinder. It's titled "vacuum hose from engine" on the attached pic. It's 3/8" ID and is in-turn connected to the intake manifold (where you want the Seafom to travel). Be sure to let the stuff set for about 15 minutes before you crank it back up.  Give it time to disolve and loosen some of the build-up.

88 Cougar LS 5.0

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Reply #11 –
Wait wait.  IPSD said he let the vacuum line suck up the Seafoam and then let the car idle for a few minutes and then he drove it for a few more minutes until it stopped smoking.

But sansabar said to let the stuff set for about 15 minutes before you crank it back up after you initially use the vacuum line to suck it in.

So which is the correct method?
-Jim
1987 Cougar LS 5.0

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Reply #12 –
I think you're supposed to let it sit for 10 minutes or so, then fire it up.
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Reply #13 –
Quote from: jkirchman
Wait wait.  IPSD said he let the vacuum line suck up the Seafoam and then let the car idle for a few minutes and then he drove it for a few more minutes until it stopped smoking.

But sansabar said to let the stuff set for about 15 minutes before you crank it back up after you initially use the vacuum line to suck it in.

So which is the correct method?

the directions on the can say to let the car sit sit for 5 min, then start it up.
1979 Ford Fairmont
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5.0L/4R70W/8.8"/5-lug/3" Exhuast

 

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the directions on the can

If all else fails....follow the directions!  Thanks 5ohbird.
-Jim
1987 Cougar LS 5.0