DIY: Mazda Zoom Power Engine Cleaner (Engine Cleaning, Seaform)
03-10-2009, 12:13 AM
#255
I don't buy Kool-Aid
How long did you let it sit for? I let mine and my friend AJ sit for about one hour.
Did you change your oil after you did the seaform?
Dirty engine. K good info. I'll let my friend AJ know 
Here is the video of the cleaning i did on 2/25.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CB_-BQKB08
Ever since then though my car starts as if i just put the cleaner in it when it is cold. It runs much better and idles smoother but starts as if I just did the cleaning process and am starting it for the first time after. Any ideas?
I installed my BHR ignition while the cleaner sat in the car, I changed the spark plugs a few days later.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CB_-BQKB08
Ever since then though my car starts as if i just put the cleaner in it when it is cold. It runs much better and idles smoother but starts as if I just did the cleaning process and am starting it for the first time after. Any ideas?
I installed my BHR ignition while the cleaner sat in the car, I changed the spark plugs a few days later.
03-10-2009, 01:18 AM
#256
Man I had smoke like that video it was scary. Dom and I let it sit for an hour had a few brews and came back and started it. Thick smoke for days, should I do it again? My car starts up fine, no problem.
03-10-2009, 01:59 AM
#257
dominion i will change the oil tomarrow. Like and idiot I changed the oil about 2 weeks before i did it.
aj I would do it again. How long has it been since you have done it? If you look at my youtube profile you can see the video from the first time I did it. It was only a couple thousand miles in between.
aj I would do it again. How long has it been since you have done it? If you look at my youtube profile you can see the video from the first time I did it. It was only a couple thousand miles in between.
03-10-2009, 02:06 AM
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man.. i need to do mine again. it's been ~7k miles. but I live in an apartment complex and I think the management will freak with the smoke.
i did mine back at my parent's house, and i swear, white smoke covered my block. haha
i did mine back at my parent's house, and i swear, white smoke covered my block. haha
03-10-2009, 02:32 AM
#259
dominion i will change the oil tomarrow. Like and idiot I changed the oil about 2 weeks before i did it.
aj I would do it again. How long has it been since you have done it? If you look at my youtube profile you can see the video from the first time I did it. It was only a couple thousand miles in between.
aj I would do it again. How long has it been since you have done it? If you look at my youtube profile you can see the video from the first time I did it. It was only a couple thousand miles in between.
03-10-2009, 02:43 AM
#260
I don't buy Kool-Aid
^Just wait bro. I'll do it agen and when I do I'll let you know in advance. BTW I have 4 can's left lol
When I first did mine it was smoking like yours bro.
When I first did mine it was smoking like yours bro.
03-10-2009, 03:29 AM
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i dono but like i said the first time i did it maybe 30 secs of light smoke and i let it sit for an hour ( and thats after taking it around the twisties around here pretty fast to get her nice and warm), then the second time 20 seconds tops and even when i reved it like no smell or smoke like the first time. so if yours looked like that video i'd say no harm in doing it again, i have like 3 cans of the zoom power cleaner left though. i'm wondering if sea foam is a little stronger or something to get that thick smoke but who knows.
03-10-2009, 05:55 PM
#262
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the smoke doesnt matter.
just do it properly, the only thing that matters is whats going on inside, DONT WORRY ABOUT SMOKE/NO SMOKE. IT DOES NOT MATTER.
figured id put that out there to end the discussion lol. but seriously, the more smoke = the more carbon, generally "sticky carbon" causes the smoke, chipped off "hard" carbon wont smoke, and clean motors won't smoke.
kevin.
just do it properly, the only thing that matters is whats going on inside, DONT WORRY ABOUT SMOKE/NO SMOKE. IT DOES NOT MATTER.
figured id put that out there to end the discussion lol. but seriously, the more smoke = the more carbon, generally "sticky carbon" causes the smoke, chipped off "hard" carbon wont smoke, and clean motors won't smoke.
kevin.
03-10-2009, 07:28 PM
#263
I don't buy Kool-Aid
i dono but like i said the first time i did it maybe 30 secs of light smoke and i let it sit for an hour ( and thats after taking it around the twisties around here pretty fast to get her nice and warm), then the second time 20 seconds tops and even when i reved it like no smell or smoke like the first time. so if yours looked like that video i'd say no harm in doing it again, i have like 3 cans of the zoom power cleaner left though. i'm wondering if sea foam is a little stronger or something to get that thick smoke but who knows.
So is that how you did it?
the smoke doesnt matter.
just do it properly, the only thing that matters is whats going on inside, DONT WORRY ABOUT SMOKE/NO SMOKE. IT DOES NOT MATTER.
figured id put that out there to end the discussion lol. but seriously, the more smoke = the more carbon, generally "sticky carbon" causes the smoke, chipped off "hard" carbon wont smoke, and clean motors won't smoke.
kevin.
just do it properly, the only thing that matters is whats going on inside, DONT WORRY ABOUT SMOKE/NO SMOKE. IT DOES NOT MATTER.
figured id put that out there to end the discussion lol. but seriously, the more smoke = the more carbon, generally "sticky carbon" causes the smoke, chipped off "hard" carbon wont smoke, and clean motors won't smoke.
kevin.
03-17-2009, 01:21 AM
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the smoke doesnt matter.
just do it properly, the only thing that matters is whats going on inside, DONT WORRY ABOUT SMOKE/NO SMOKE. IT DOES NOT MATTER.
figured id put that out there to end the discussion lol. but seriously, the more smoke = the more carbon, generally "sticky carbon" causes the smoke, chipped off "hard" carbon wont smoke, and clean motors won't smoke.
kevin.
just do it properly, the only thing that matters is whats going on inside, DONT WORRY ABOUT SMOKE/NO SMOKE. IT DOES NOT MATTER.
figured id put that out there to end the discussion lol. but seriously, the more smoke = the more carbon, generally "sticky carbon" causes the smoke, chipped off "hard" carbon wont smoke, and clean motors won't smoke.
kevin.
Imo, if you put 8 oz of naptha and light oil into an exhaust system you are going to get great clouds of smoke, even on a brand-new engine. This is how sky-writing planes make smoke -- oil injection into the exhaust.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywriting
For those who don't get smoke the only thing I can imagine is that the CAT is dead and not getting hot enough to volatilize the stuff.
03-17-2009, 01:26 AM
#274
How do you know this?
Imo, if you put 8 oz of naptha and light oil into an exhaust system you are going to get great clouds of smoke, even on a brand-new engine. This is how sky-writing planes make smoke -- oil injection into the exhaust.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywriting
For those who don't get smoke the only thing I can imagine is that the CAT is dead and not getting hot enough to volatilize the stuff.
Imo, if you put 8 oz of naptha and light oil into an exhaust system you are going to get great clouds of smoke, even on a brand-new engine. This is how sky-writing planes make smoke -- oil injection into the exhaust.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywriting
For those who don't get smoke the only thing I can imagine is that the CAT is dead and not getting hot enough to volatilize the stuff.
i would venture a guess that the man knows his stuff..
03-17-2009, 11:33 AM
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And the explanation involving the sticky carbon vs the hard carbon chips seemed to make sense as a reason you would or wouldn't see smoke. Though I'm no engineer.
