Any Additives?

[Never2L84Ridin]

I'm not sure about additives. I was reading about some stuff called Seafoam. It says you can add it to motorcycles along with cars trucks, etc. . Was wondering if anyone has used this stuff or something similar. If so has it made any difference? (Thanks in advance for anyones info)

[chevy45412001]

sea foam

For the most part i dont like (mechanic in a bottle) slick 50 ,prolong , stop tranny leaks etc,etc.I did use seafoam with very good results though.It was in a 1968 amf harley single cylnder snowmobile. It had been parked outside for many years.When i got it it would not stay running.Carb gummed up i believe.As long as i sprayed gas in carb it would run.A friend told me try seafoam.I did thinking it wouldnt work.Boy what a surprise.Put some in the tank and got it started(while spraying gas at first) Then in about a couple minutes the thing started running fine on its own.Seemed to clean up the carbs and fuel lines. Ran that sled to the ground after that.I would recomend it .

[Jerry]

I have used SeaFoam in my XJ for a couple years now as a fuel additive, seems to work well and no bad side effects. Have not tried it as an oil additive.

[Phyxius]

Now I'm curious. Where do you find SeaFoam?

[chevy45412001]

seafoam

I've seen it at local parts stores auto zone pepboys etc. Or a better parts store.

[Jdwags]

sea foam

It is a great snake oil...

I have used it in my cars as well, it originally was for outboards i believe, (i used to work on them and remember it there)..


It is amazing stuff... I haven't used it in the oil on Rusty yet, but have used it in the fuel, in fact its gonna go into the carbs today again.. see if i can delay another "triple clean" its been sitting a while ...

now if it would just work on flat rear tires...

[Jdwags]

sea foam

It is a great snake oil...

I have used it in my cars as well, it originally was for outboards i believe, (i used to work on them and remember it there)..


It is amazing stuff... I haven't used it in the oil on Rusty yet, but have used it in the fuel, in fact its gonna go into the carbs today again.. see if i can delay another "triple clean" its been sitting a while ...

now if it would just work on flat rear tires...

NAPA also carrys' it.. and has it at a great price

[Never2L84Ridin]

I was looking into putting seafoam in as a fuel additive, The guy at the parts store swears by this stuff ( I kid him about having stock in the company)

[Robert Haller]

Originally posted by Phyxius
Now I'm curious. Where do you find SeaFoam?

NAPA stores carry it. I'm a fan. Twice I have run out of gas and my bike ran rough afterwards, probably due to crud in the jets. A tank or two with Seafoam got it running back to normal.

[POOLBOY]

Seafoam

A friend called me on the marine radio, and said his pontoon boat wouldnt run over 1/2 throttle,said it acted like it was running out of gas.He stopped at my dock, and we added what was left of my bottle of Seafoam to his 6 gal. tank.
By the time he got home(2 hours??) he said it was running great, and pulling gas from the main jet's again.
"Johnsons" gonna get a dose when it run's again.
*********************SPLASH*********************

[Phyxius]

Ok, I've heard enough, I'll give it a shot. My SF must have a bunch of crud in the bottom of the tank, I'm not sure I could even draw all the fuel out if I tried to run out of gas . I'll give SeaFoam a shot and see what happens. Any idea of the cost?

[TopCatGr58]

It's around $3-5 bucks for a pint IIRC. Relatively cheap, similar to Techron! Works well!!
T.C.

[skids]

If the "crud" is rust flakes, you may as well remove the petcocks, clean their screens and rinse the tank. I do not believe that these snake oils will do that for you. They are made for disolvable stuff.

[TonimusMaximus]

I've never used SeaFoam (Nor heard of it) but I use Lucas Injector/Carb cleaner in my Blazer and I swear by it. I do it every oil change. It's a mild dissolver as well as a mild oil. Works good in carbs, great in injectors. I sell a ton of the stuff to customers.