I've used Seafoam on all of my vehicles. Some smoke, some barely. I decided to do my Sportback yesterday, but I figured with only 20k on the clock, it wouldn't be much. Was I wrong! I thought my neighbors were going to call the Fire Department! And it smoked for awhile too. I may do another dose this evening and see if theres any more carbon in there. to Seafoam!

 

What exactly are you talking about?

 

its this stuff that supoosedly helps clear out all the carbon deposits left behind. But with only 20k miles on the car i dont know if id spend my money on it....

but thats cool. thanks for sharing.

 

How to use Seafoam

You can find it at Napa or Pep Boys...$5 - $6 a bottle

 

and how often do you have to use it ? seems that it can hurt the engine no ?!?

 

The bottle says every 2 -5K miles, but I usually do it every 15K miles. It will not harm your engine as long as you follow the directions. 1/3 bottle through a vacuum line or PVC valve, a 1/3 in the crankcase and a 1/3 in the gas tank. Drive it hard till it stops smoking, and then change your oil.

 

Its good stuff... We use a commercial product that is very similar here at work for cars with a rough idle, or when they aren't running too smoothly after a tuneup...

Make sure to clean the throttle body as well....

 

hmm.. doesnt look like i'll be using that.. I wouldnt want to risk something

 

Another easy way to prevent carbon deposits is simply to not run crappy gas, change your oil regularly and get on the throttle often.

 

Well, I just bought it used w/ 19K on the clock, so I have no idea how the previous owner drove it. I can say the car is real clean and most of the rubber is left on the Bridgestones RE92s, so it was not driven hard at all.

 

Seems early to be using Seafoam, but I still swear by the stuff. Have used it on past cars (100K+ miles) and the stuff works wonders.

 

That was my though too. But, I've used it twice already and you would have sworn I was 007 with a smoke screen. There must have been quite a buildup of carbon

 

seems like a good product maybe I'll throw some in before I go turbo ?........