Install Guide for SeaFoam

[yongman]

Originally Posted by HolLANCEsteR

can someone tell me where the vacuum hose is at on the automatic gt? i looked for that little nipple thing and i didn't see it. :-?

its located near the same spot as the picture above. but its black not metal.
and its covered by a hose, and at the tip of that hose should be a blue plastic piece connecting to the intake.
if you have an after market intake, it should not be connected to anything.

[In4Chad]

im planning on doing all my maintaince one time is good to do it in that order i heard after doing the intake you should do some WOT and stuff is that true? to do the crank and gas and just baby my car for 100 miles and last question would it be better to put new spark plugs before or after seafoaming thanks

[In4Chad]

bump

[Klint]

so 1\3 through the intake manifold vacuum, 1\3 in the crank case. 1\3 in gas tank.?

[Klint]

I just got some seafoam at autozone.. it was 10.00 .. but my liquid wasnt green like yours? it was clear. i added 1\3 to intake, 1\3 to oil, 1\3 to gas... i had slightly under 1\4 gas left so when i reved up to almost 6k it kids had a chatter sound .. so i went and put in 1 bar over half and it was perfectly fine.


During the seafoaming i hardly got any white smoke at all.. i only got some when i reved it to about 5.5 and then it didnt smoke after that.

[XxIMPACTxX]

Originally Posted by Klint

I just got some seafoam at autozone.. it was 10.00 .. but my liquid wasnt green like yours? it was clear. i added 1\3 to intake, 1\3 to oil, 1\3 to gas... i had slightly under 1\4 gas left so when i reved up to almost 6k it kids had a chatter sound .. so i went and put in 1 bar over half and it was perfectly fine.


During the seafoaming i hardly got any white smoke at all.. i only got some when i reved it to about 5.5 and then it didnt smoke after that.

I suggest you change your oil. that stuff thins your oil if left in for too long.

[Salincer]

:S So yea, i seafoamed my car like 2 weeks ago. The CEL came on, took it to advance, and said it was Emission control or something like that. So they gave me some seafoam to put in. They told me to put the whole thing in my gas tank...so i did.
1. Should i go buy another can of it and do the 1/3 gas tank, 1/3 intake, 1/3 oil
2. Should i change my oil?

[10KTGOLD]

Keep in mind that the carbon buildup around the rings is preventing it from smoking. Once you clean it out the car will always smoke if the rings are bad. I had done this to my mustang gt and before i did it the car never smoked or anything; just wanted to see what it would do. After I was done yes it smoked and never did completely stopped. It wasn't that bad of smoke but there was smoke. Ford said that because the carbon buildup was removed; the piston rings were now leaking. Just a fyi.

[DARK-Blue]

I'm thinking of doing this but just one question.
My engine light came on recently and it's the catalystic converter.
My car is over 150,000 miles i was told has to be replaced.
My question is should I sea foam before or after I replace my catalystic converter?

[xantonin]

Originally Posted by DARK-Blue

I'm thinking of doing this but just one question.
My engine light came on recently and it's the catalystic converter.
My car is over 150,000 miles i was told has to be replaced.
My question is should I sea foam before or after I replace my catalystic converter?

I would use it before you replace the converter. The performance of seafoam in your engine should not be any less because of your converter.

Unless I'm mistaken the only problem with a failed catalytic converter is that you're polluting the environment more.

[DARK-Blue]

Yes I do have a failed catalyst but the stealerships charges an harm and a leg over $1000 for the part that is just insane.

[rugbyfb]

Hi,
Well let's see. I have seafoamed before, not too smoky for me (ext. 80,000 miles at the time). Though i am on my third cat converter. One guy at a shop said it's b/c there was oil coming through the cat. Took it to toyota, they kept it overnight and cold started it the next morning...result: no oil coming out of exhaust. But, i did research and recently around 2000 year models and up of most of their cars, there are OIL SLUDGE problems in the engine. And toyota has paid out to customers to get their engines fixed. Celica is listed as one of the models with this problem. So the guy at the ma and pa repair shop could have been right. Look it up, though there isn't as much info on it as the famous "braking" issues Toyota has had.
Seafoam the engine in the three locations, then dump the cat and the oil......

[DARK-Blue]

I just did this today and soon as I put in the hose to suck up the seafoam it only took like 2sec sucked it all up. Is that normal since I have a CAI, and dc headers? My car feels alot better but just wondering if anyone had that same thing happen? Engine is a 1zz

[yongman]

Originally Posted by DARK-Blue

I just did this today and soon as I put in the hose to suck up the seafoam it only took like 2sec sucked it all up. Is that normal since I have a CAI, and dc headers? My car feels alot better but just wondering if anyone had that same thing happen? Engine is a 1zz

that's hard to believe... your engine didn't stall?

[DARK-Blue]

The engine didn't stall untill the end when it sucked it all up.
Celica is running great but I'm still curious why it did that. Here are the mods I have.

2000 celica gt auto (soon to do manual swap)
-trd exhaust
-injen cai
-dc headers

[SK Ricecooker]

after seafoaming my celica how long should i wait to change my oil?
could i seafoam then change it right away? i got a free oil change at toyota that expires soon lol

[2000celicagtmg]

I just tried this tonight on my 2000 Gt...used the vacuum hose that all of you are talking about... waited the 5 minutes , even though the link from Sea Foam says 10 minutes...started the car and it smoked just a bit...not overwhelming . Response is better and idle is lower so tomorrow Im going to adjust the throttle cable and shoot for 850 R.P.M. I also put 1/3 in the oil and 1/3 in the tank.... Sea Foam also says you can leave it in the oil and DONT have to change the oil , just watch it and change it when it gets dirty , but...I am due a change so its getting done tomorrow anyways.

[xantonin]

Originally Posted by 2000celicagtmg

Sea Foam also says you can leave it in the oil and DONT have to change the oil , just watch it and change it when it gets dirty , but...I am due a change so its getting done tomorrow anyways.

They do?

I would think that it thins the oil too much.

Either way, I ran Sea Foam almost every oil change, sometimes longer, along with using Royal Purple, for about a year. My compression results where not too impressive so one of the two was a factor.....

[2000celicagtmg]

I used the stuff the other fay on my gt with 180 K on it....smoked just a little for about 3 minutes and was done....there was a knocking sound coming from the OCV and now its barley audible and the car not only shifts better , but the whole motion of the car feels better.....awesome stuff!!!

[2000celicagtmg]

yes they do...they say you can leave it in but should constantly check the color of the oil...1/3 in the oil isnt that much to thin it out , I too use royal purple 5w-30

[aapages]

I have a 2000 Celica GT and I did the steps to use Seafoam. When I turned my car back on there was no smoke! Even after I rev'ed it! So I backed up and started to drive away. I looked in the rear view mirror to see the neighborhood gone in a cloud of smoke! LOL!!!! It was a shocking yet funny... Surprise! Then I got to a stoplight and I was smoking so much that the car behind me stopped like 20 yards back! Then a cop drove by and Kept turning his head thinking my car was on fire or something I am surprise he didn

[Klint]

How to seafoam your celica: Video guide
http://youtu.be/A1ZC9pisybg?hd=1

[I am Anonymous]

should i just keep doing this till there is no smoke?

[xantonin]

Originally Posted by I am Anonymous

should i just keep doing this till there is no smoke?

Yes. Smoke = bad stuff burning up. No smoke = no more crap to burn off.

[I am Anonymous]

ok coo thanks just making sure it wont hurt it, cause some people have said it would, i didnt realy see how, but just to be safe u know

[Skychan]

I did 2/3 bottle of Seafoam in 1/2 gas tank a few days ago and I noticed the engine seemed to run a little better and it felt to me like I regained a couple of horsepower I was probably missing out on.

Yesterday I put 1/3 bottle of Seafoam in the vacuum hose (had no trouble slurping it up, didn't stall), let it sit 5 minutes, then 1/3 bottle in the oil, let it sit 5 minutes. Started it up, let it idle for a minute, had to give it a bit of gas at one point cuz it sputtered. Then revved it and quite a lot of white smoke started coming out so I drove around the neighborhood with this trail of white smoke, haha! It was awesome!

The smoke only lasted for a couple minutes so I think it all got cleaned up.

The amazing thing is that the engine is like brand new now! The throttle is waay more responsive, the engine sounds better and I totally feel like I regained several lost horsepower! The engine has always idled around 800rpm or so (the last tick just before 1k rpm) but I've never been able to cruise at 900rpm in 3rd gear like I can now! It doesn't bog or feel harsh on the engine or anything and I barely touch the gas to cruise at that very low speed. So I will likely get way better gas mileage now.

My car has 104,000kms on it. Probably a good idea to do this once a year (which will be about 10,000km for me).

[xantonin]

Originally Posted by Skychan

My car has 104,000kms on it. Probably a good idea to do this once a year (which will be about 10,000km for me).

Maybe.

When I ran it on my car there was no difference, no smoke.

If you're running top tier gasoline and premium synthetic oil, and on top of your other maintenance, you should not get as much carbon build up and other deposits.

[Skychan]

I do just use regular gas, cuz my understanding is that there is no need for higher amount of octane in the GT since all that does is allow for a higher compression ratio (prevents the gas from exploding under that compression prior to ignition). Theoretically premium gas can more often be of worse quality since it sits longer, allowing more water, etc to build up.

I've used synthetic oil ever since I bought the car and do regular oil changes, most of the time around 4000kms instead of 5000kms.

I figure 100,000 kms ought to be enough to produce that white smoke. Doing it every 10k probably will barely produce any smoke, but rather keep it running optimally. Only costs $10 :P

[Skychan]

Question: how can I determine the correct vacuum hose to use on other vehicles? I know of other people who want to do the seafoam "install" too but I don't know how to figure out the correct hose.

Thanks

[xantonin]

Originally Posted by Skychan

I do just use regular gas, cuz my understanding is that there is no need for higher amount of octane in the GT since all that does is allow for a higher compression ratio (prevents the gas from exploding under that compression prior to ignition). Theoretically premium gas can more often be of worse quality since it sits longer, allowing more water, etc to build up.

I've used synthetic oil ever since I bought the car and do regular oil changes, most of the time around 4000kms instead of 5000kms.

I figure 100,000 kms ought to be enough to produce that white smoke. Doing it every 10k probably will barely produce any smoke, but rather keep it running optimally. Only costs $10 :P

Top tier gasoline isn't the same thing as premium octane.

[Redeem]

:< Can't find this stuff anywhere in the Netherlands, or Europe for that matter

[Carcept GT-S]

I'm greddy supercharged, I've read on some other forums that it's not good for the rotors of the s/c and others that they'll be fine. I'll use it in my oil and gas but has anyone with a s/c setup done it before?

[marc]

is there any proof that this **** works?

[Carcept GT-S]

just did it today, i didn't notice a huge difference. car runs a tad smoother but this might be more beneficial to cars with higher mileage.

[Azure]

Question, i wanna seafoam my car but cant drive it for a week, is it safe to seafoam it and leave it there sitting for a week or so, or just wait till its driveable

[kevinnarbas]

I have a question as well. i really want to seafoam my car but i just got an oil change. My question is can i just seafoam my tank and intake? then do my oil later closer the time of my next oil change? or should i wait.

[Azure]

yea u can, each one is individual, if oil just do an oil change after 100 miles, if gas just empty gas (or use it all up) after 100 miles, intake is obvious

most prefer to do all 3 since u lose track of which came first and less hassle and ull feel the full result

[stingd21]

Did this today, using a hose is slick as shit because you can control how much sea foam it will suck in. Smoked up my whole entire yard and I could not see my house haha. Thanks very much!