Sea Foam

[eddieirvine]

I have read where some use Sea Foam to clean injectors? do any of you do this by adding it to the fuel? If so does it work. Also read where it can be added to the oil before you change the oil for a good clean up? Let me kknow your thoughts on this and if you have done this to your diesel Engine. Thanks, Eddie

 

[diesel85]

All I know is steer clear if you have a DPF or SCT.

If it's straight old-school IDI or mechanical injection, it works fine.

 

[jaxs]

Sea Foam is one of the few additives I will use in fuel but I would never put it in a crankcase.

 

[atsah]

Make sure you use clean fuel and change your filters when they should be changed, I have used sea foam in a gas engine but I really don’t believe it did anything. I just had my injectors out for testing and they had no buildup of soot on them at all, if anything I would add a little cetane to every tank instead.

 

[mercdv]

I use Seafoam all the time. It does work and works pretty well. I might be able to find the old pictures I took of a string trimmer I tested it on that were before and after pics from the very first time I tried it. I have been using it ever since. There are some other ones out there that work well too but I like Seafoam for my all purpose stuff. I can give lots of examples where it has worked for me.

Sorry, forgot to say that I use it on my diesel too. I used it most recently on my diesel that sat for several years. When I went back to it the fuel rack was stuck, injectors gummed up, and fuel lines gummed up. I flushed all the lines with Seafoam and ran it off pure Seafoam from the filter bulb. I also put it in the oil before I drained it on that machine. It runs great now.

 

[eddieirvine]

I use Seafoam all the time. It does work and works pretty well. I might be able to find the old pictures I took of a string trimmer I tested it on that were before and after pics from the very first time I tried it. I have been using it ever since. There are some other ones out there that work well too but I like Seafoam for my all purpose stuff. I can give lots of examples where it has worked for me.

Sorry, forgot to say that I use it on my diesel too. I used it most recently on my diesel that sat for several years. When I went back to it the fuel rack was stuck, injectors gummed up, and fuel lines gummed up. I flushed all the lines with Seafoam and ran it off pure Seafoam from the filter bulb. I also put it in the oil before I drained it on that machine. It runs great now.

Sounds good to me, this is what i been told by several people, not sure why some seem to think differently about it?

 

[atsah]

People I know swear by it as well but I haven't had the same success. I honestly can't see any difference when I have used it. I am not much of a believer of repair cleaners in a bottle..

I don't see any need to put an "injector cleaner" in a well maintained diesel engine. My brother has 20 and 30 year old diesel tractors that run like new, never put anything in them other than winter antigel. A little cetane helps because the levels are low out of the pump..

 

[Deere Dude]

I run Sea Foam in my generator because it was acting up I presumed from gas or some carbonation problem. It cleared it up, of course I added half a tak of new gas along with it, so who knows. I never had the need or concern to run it in my diesel tractors or diesel trucks. If it works, don't fix it.

 

[txndncowboy]

The stuff works if you catch it soon enough. You are out of luck if you wait until the engine won't start. At least it does with motorcycles where I've seen it used the most. But an engine is an engine and jets/injectors are jets/injectors. I do think Star Tron works better on gasoline engines. I don't know if it works on diesel. Never read the label.

 

[Like Tractors]

People I know swear by it as well but I haven't had the same success. I honestly can't see any difference when I have used it. I am not much of a believer of repair cleaners in a bottle..

I don't see any need to put an "injector cleaner" in a well maintained diesel engine. My brother has 20 and 30 year old diesel tractors that run like new, never put anything in them other than winter antigel. A little cetane helps because the levels are low out of the pump..

You are so correct, additives are not needed with good quality fuel or oil, a cetane improver and lubricity additive is ok in diesel fuel, but most of the products that are pumped up by "google mechanics" are just hype, most are just a dressed up solvent. Now if you have some Sea Foam, place the container near an open flame and shoot the container, that provides much more satisfaction than pouring it in the engine!