ambulanceonfire

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how many vacuum ports are there?

Hi Flying 8

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Has anyone used Amsoil "Power Foam"? Is it similar to Seafoam except in in spray form?

Where is Seafoam available?

TIA

Bigbacon

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I am pretty sure you can get seafoam in any Autozone or AdvanceAutoparts

tonedef

only two (one per rotor)

Don't know about the amsoil stuff. Seafoam is available at just about any autoparts stores and also walmart.

Hi Flying 8

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Thanks Guys. I have used Power Foam for many years on old, carbureted RX's by spraying it down the barrels, letting it sit as you do for Seafoam and then purge it out after starting. It would also help to loosen up the auxiliary ports on 2nd gens. I wonder if that would do the same on the Renesis.

shadycrew31

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Personally I dont add the 2 stroke in until the engine has started and I only use an ounce per housing. Something tells me that the seafoam and the 2 stroke would be having a chemical battle inside the housing. I am actually going to check this out and see what happens when mixed.

Bigbacon

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does it work as well if you just use it in the gas tank?

shadycrew31

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Simple answer no... The whole point of doing this procedure is that your getting sea foam in the housing with no combustion is swishing around coating the housing eating away at the carbon and other buildup. after an hour of this you start the car up clearing out most of the build up in the housing.

so if you put it in with the fuel it just burns up with the fuel doing pretty much nothing.

luisrsg

I did this yesteday as well as cleaned the MAF. I disconnected the battery to reset the fuel trims as the idle would move around 100 rpms from 900-1000.
Now my idle goes from 1000 to 700 to 800 and just keeps moving around. Is this because i disconnected the battery? I already took the car on 3 driving cycles as well as a two hour drive and it still idles weird. I should also mention that the spark plugs were replaced 2 months ago; however, right after the sea foam when i turned on my car and revved it up to 6k rpm the engine light flash showing a misfire.
I have 80k miles on a mt 2004
please advise

shadycrew31

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So from what I see your idle pretty much stayed the same the the resetting of fuel trims did not work?

is the CEL still on or did it only flash that one time?

check your maf sensor harness to make sure the connections are properly seated.

what did you clean your maf with and how did you clean it.

luisrsg

the reason why i did the seafoam was to help the idle and also cleaned the MAF senso with MAF cleaner from kragen auto parts. I disconnected the battery to reset everything and now after all that I still get movement. only like 200 rpms but it still moves (1000-750) the CEL only flashed that one time and it never came on again.
thanks

epikeddie

Your car needs several drive cycles to relearn its fuel trims.

You just reset everything. So it'll take some time before it returns back to normal. It's also dependent on your driving style.

shadycrew31

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Could be a compression issue from the side seals or apex seals. Its hard to say. have you replaced your coil packs or lead wires? do you premix?

Mawnee

Just finished seafoaming my car. It had just rolled over 25k this week so I figured "Why not?". Glad I decided to do the startup after dark. There was so much smoke you couldnt see my neighbors houses. A couple of cars that went by slowed to a near stop as if they werent sure if they should get out and help or not

fearonline

Thanks for the DIY, worked perfect, car runs nicely, my idle seems a little softer.

For those of you who may have experienced a couple of misfires after seafoam it was cleared up after 3 cycles for me. they weren't dramatic, but it did catch my attention. Give your car time get all of that stuff out.

As for start up after sea-foam, be prepared for A LOT of smoke. I smoked out my house and the neighbor as well as the street.

epikeddie

I just did this last night (I did it at 25k miles, now I'm at 45k miles).

- Used the same method described by the OP.
- Instead of any off the shelf 2-cycle oil. I just grabbed a bottle of my previously mixed combo of Idemitsu Premix and FP Plus.
- Used the vacuum to suck the premix in. About 2oz. went in to each port.
- Fired her up and smoked out the entire neighborhood

It just sucked that a crosswind started as I was doing this and carried the smoke over to the main street near my house. I think I must've caused some hell on that street!

ambulanceonfire

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Just wanted to say thanks to OP. Just did mine.

tonedef

Your welcome. Glad to help.

kabohm

I did the Seafoam twice on my 136K 2004. It starts better / runs better now but still having issues when starting hot. have to wait 20 min. I do have low copression. Will check compression after the seafoam and post. plugs and coils are next.

As for the hose you need. Two feet of 3/16" ID hose is the best length even if you don't remove the washer tank.

RX8YA

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I did the seafoam treatment this weekend runs very smooth now i didnt have the right size hose but wasnt far off so i ziptied the end on the service ports still worked

Red_Fox

i have an 06 wheres the vaccum hose?

Spinning Sushi

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On passenger side of the the engine located on the LIM. There are two hoses that connects to it on the 06+.

volcomx31

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Do you guys think this procedure is better than the Mazda zoom zoom cleaner?

rxat2012

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im gunna do this today at some point..... ill take some pics for every one to see.... just so you can get the idea of the amount of smoke they are talking about. last time i did it the neighbors called the fire dept.

Spinx Haplo

I'm doing this today as well in my 06. Maybe a bit of video will be in order.... Is was smokin (not running) even as I was adding the seafoam......Musta had a hot cat as I did it right after I got home from work.