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Old 06-21-2016, 04:51 PM
 
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Just try Seafoam in a brand new car, you'll still get the same amount of smoke. The smoke is just for show.
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Old 06-21-2016, 08:02 PM
 
Location: Mtns of Waynesville,NC & Nokomis, FL
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^ +1 ...naptha and IPA, with Pale Oil, combusted = smoke.
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Old 06-21-2016, 08:56 PM
 
Location: Deep 13
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WD40 is glorified kerosene with a touch of oil. I'll stick with Fluid Film, Kroil and Tri Flow. The right products for the right job.
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Sea Faom was invented during the automotive dark ages. it has no place in a modern engine.
Reading that Kroil was created in 1939.

Fluid Film 1945(ish):

Fluid Film® | Corrosion Preventative, Lubricant and Rust Inhibitor

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When the U.S. Navy needed to conquer the costs and delays of battling rust and corrosion in the ballast tanks of its thousands of combat and support vessels in World War II, an innovative West Coast chemist formulated a powerful weapon based on an unlikely ingredient: lanolin (wool wax).

The savings were immediate. The costs of chipping, sealing and painting were greatly reduced. The new film penetrated corrosion and rust quickly. Application was simple. Protective action was long lasting and economical.

The weapon was FLUID FILM®, produced in a variety of easy-use forms by Eureka Chemical Company. Operating since the early 1940's and incorporated in 1953, the company continues as a family-owned business managed by descendants of the founding chemist.
TriFlow? Not sure, but your arguments are invalid. Here is a picture of bunny with a pancake on it's head:

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Old 06-21-2016, 10:20 PM
 
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Reading that Kroil was created in 1939.

Fluid Film 1945(ish):

Fluid Film® | Corrosion Preventative, Lubricant and Rust Inhibitor



TriFlow? Not sure, but your arguments are invalid. Here is a picture of bunny with a pancake on it's head:


It actually looks like there are two pancakes
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Old 02-12-2019, 12:48 PM
 
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What if an entire can was poured into the crankcase after an oil change? My buddy said his engine started clattering and would not drive over 35 mph... To me it sounds like the fill is overruled due to being full of the oil capacity plus the 16 oz of seafoam.... Thinking dumping oil doing a change of fluid with Lucas lubricant running for 15 to 20 mins dumping that and then re fulfilling will fix... Any suggestions???
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Old 02-12-2019, 02:17 PM
 
Location: Ft. Myers
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I recently bought a 16 oz can of SEAFOAM...thinking about adding the whole thing into my gas tank, instead of putting some in vacuum hose that leads to the engine, adding some to the crankcase oil and a little in the gas tank like some suggest...I may just add all of it to the gas tank....would that be a bad thing?

Can seafoam hurt anything?



Seafoam is a great product, I've used it for years. The fumes from it are a little strong, my one car has open headers right beside me and my eyes water a little when driving it, but it works great.

It is the one product that every technician I know likes . They usually hate additives, but they like this one.
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Old 02-12-2019, 03:10 PM
 
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It's sea foam it can't hurt anything because it doesn't really do anything. That stuff along with WD40 is not allowed in my garage.
Seafoam is the bomb! I always have a can in the garage. Of course I have a high 'cylinder index' and lots of two strokes.
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Old 02-12-2019, 03:26 PM
 
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A bomb for my lawnmower/snowblower, but I know 2 fleet mechanics who tried it and said:
Never again.


Has the company even kept up w/changing technology, or is it the same formula from WW2?.
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Old 02-13-2019, 12:10 PM
 
Location: Brawndo-Thirst-Mutilator-Nation
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Too much of any additive, and we're talking a whopper-amount, can do things like clog/coat certain key parts of your vehicle.
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Old 02-15-2019, 09:51 AM
 
Location: Billings, MT
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The benefit of looking up the MSDS for additives is finding out that nearly all of them are made up of the same stuff:
Naptha
Alcohol
Light machine oil (sewing machine, that is. Maybe "3 in 1" oil)
The proportions may vary, but that's what you are putting in your fuel tank, whether it be a diesel additive or gasoline additive.
That's why I use nothing but Sta-Bil in my gasoline and nothing but anti-gel additives in my diesel.
Sta-Bil works. I have a gallon jug of 2-cycle oil that is over 2 years old. The chain saw, mini-tiller, and weed whacker run just fine on the stuff!
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