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Old Aug 4, 2008 | 08:51 PM
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Limp mode with Seafoam?

So, My car was running fine. no problems, no cells. all is good.

I just cleaned my car with seafoam. Removed all the sensors. Removed nipples, cranked some seafoam into the chambers. wait an hour. car starts, kinda choky rough idle (I assume because of the seafoam) let idle for a few minutes, White smoke puffing out exhaust. wonderful seafoam smell. while it's idling, It throws a cell, (which I thought might happen) well, I went to go and rev it up, and it won't rev past 2500 rps. I assume it's stuck in limp mode... Smoke starts to dissapate. idle starts to get better..
Car is still in limp mode.

So, the question is, how do I get it out?

Mabey I dislogged the Mother chunk of carbon buildup into my engine.. neigh the king of chunks.. the ruler of all chunk kind!
and my engine shed a single, lonly tear.

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Old Aug 4, 2008 | 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by gmcmillan
did you keep your rpms between 1000 and 2000 until it reached normal operating temps? did you rev it 20x to 9000rpm?

or did you just let it idle for a couple minutes and start reving the hell outta it?
I let it rpm between 1000-2000 because it wouldn't go past 2000 when it warmed up since I put it in, it hasn't gone past 2000.
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Old Aug 4, 2008 | 09:58 PM
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disconnect the battery or reset the ECU.
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Old Aug 4, 2008 | 09:59 PM
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Sounds like fouled plugs and a misfire code....


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Old Aug 4, 2008 | 09:59 PM
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seafoamed for an hour? I wouldn't of bothered. try at least 4 hour minimum or better yet, let it sit over night.

I always reset the nvram and kam at first start up.

never have a problem.
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Old Aug 4, 2008 | 10:13 PM
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Ok, I found out what the problem is.. I think I inhaled too much seafoam..
I pulled a few fuses out fuel pump, atv and injector fuses so that It wouldn't be injecting fuel into the chamber instead of climbing to the botton and disconnecting the eshaft sensor.. well, I put one of the fuses into an empty slot.. I'll chock this one up under idiot. well limp mode went away. I got it to rev up.. but it's having a really rough time idling, if I don't keep gas pressed slightly, it'll stall out.
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 12:40 AM
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yeah this goes in the idiot column.....and your motor prob just does not know what to do without all the carbon....it will build up again soon
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