I will do water cleaning procedure twice a year..

 

I flooded my engine a few months ago, and I've lost about 2 MPG since. I'm planning on replacing the plugs this weekend (along with an oil change.) Any recommendations if I should zoom clean it before the plug swap? If it doesn't much matter, I won't bother zooming it this weekend and will see if the plugs bring my mileage back.

 

It helps if you have someone there to boost your bravery

WCS and I have done this procedure and will assist (stand and watch) anyone's first attempt... as long as you're in the GTA area!

 

it wouldnt hurt to do it before you swap your plugs.. I've heard it fouls up the plugs, but who knows? I dont have time to take out the spark plugs and look at them before seafoam, put them back in, seafoam it, take them back out, reexamine.. you should investigate this

 

Has anyone done anything to try to capture the smoke? I want to do this, but don't want to **** off the neighbors.

 

just smoke em out. like a boss

 

i think you're underestimating the amount of air a car pulls in and then pushes out through the exhaust. The ones i've seen at bench dyno shops are 15 feet high, 4 feet around, and don't capture all the gasses.

 

Maybe a drained pool? Olympic size.

 

why cant we just let the natural gasses do its thing?

 

lol, I was thinking more along the lines of a filter. Like the kind you put in your house (which probably won't work since they are paper) or the metal ones you put in the hood range above the stove.

 

Park near a bar.
Administer the seafoam dose.
Drink a beer while you wait an hour.
Hopefully it's a bit dark by now
Start the car and pollute the parking area
Drive away

 

Or go to a burnout competition. You could win without even putting the car in gear!

 

 

foolin the competition one seafoam at a time

 

I got myself a can of Seafoam at the weekend ......one thing it does not come with the flexible tube to attach to the nipples!

Anybody got an idea of what the diameter of the flexi tube is as ill probably just order some? Unless anybody else has another way to do it.

Cheers!

 

I went to a parts store and got a rubber line, like fuel line or brake line, and used that. I'm not sure where mine is or I'd snag a measurement for you. Go to the parts store, take off one of the nipple covers and use it to measure your tubing.

 

Done! Although the rubber caps were a nightmare to get off. Thanks bud.

 

it was a worse nightmare to put them on.. glad i dont have to deal with that no more

 

Ugh, do NOT skip the warming the engine up part. I forgot this time (had pulled the EPS connector and didn't get back to the job til the next day,) and apparently flooded the engine..

 

just cleaned the engine with Seafoam last weekend with nicely white smoke hit my neighbor

it was PITA to remove the vacuum plug for rear port coz mine is RHD, it almost took half an hour to get it

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anyway thanks to OP for DIY and RX8 Bulletin for reference

 

there is alternative vacuum line trough which you can administer seafoam. It is easily accessed as it sits on top of the throttle body boot. The middle (12 o'clock position) line also called "Jet-Air Nozzle System" since it goes directly down into the intake ports. Another nice thing about is that you administer seafoam to both chambers simultaneously.

I made post about it yesterday : https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tech-garage-22/optional-ports-seafoam-omp-nozzle-cleaning-217177/

 

Doing this now. I put 4oz on a water plastic bottle for each run. How did you guys measure the amount on each run? 4oz is good for each? Sorry havent read all this thread lol

 

I did the mazda engine cleaner and the first time used half the can and it didnt smoke at all....waited and did it a second time and it smoked but not like these other videos lol

 

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! The smoke was all over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! crap. I forgot about my 2 cop that live 2 houses down. I hope they dont call the cops or come over lolololol So if I have so much smoke what does that mean? I mean the smoke was all over the street and all!!!

 

Best idea I've read in a long time.