I posted this on the
www.crownvic.net site, but I thought it might be of interest here as well. Here's the post:
http://www.crownvic.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB23&Number=930832&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1_____________________________________________________
I've read the posts on here about Sea Foam, and also talked to my local O'Reilly manager about the product, so I decided to give it a try. Last night, I dribbled about 1/3 can of Sea Foam into a vacuum line on my 2000 Taurus (about 80K miles), let it set about 15 minutes, and cranked it up. There was a little puff of white smoke, maybe for 1 or 2 seconds, and that was it.
Next, I did the same thing to my 94 Crown Vic (about 125k miles) and let it set for about 15 minutes. The CV uses some oil, about one quart every 1500 miles (valve seals maybe?). When I cranked up the CV, it smoked fairly heavily for a minute or two. I then drove down the road, and the white smoke blew out for about half a mile. I came back, repeated the Sea Foam treatment, and got almost as much smoke the second time as I had the first time.
I changed the oil in the CV and the Taurus, and then gave the Sea Foam treatment to my Mercury Mystique. The Mystique has about 145k miles, but uses no oil. After dribbling in the Sea Foam through a vacuum line, I let the car set about 30 minutes, and cranked it up. It smoked so badly I could not see to drive for about 1-2 minutes. When the wind shifted so I could see, I drove down the road, with a huge plume of smoke pouring out for about two miles. There's probably not a mosquito left in southern Oklahoma after the fogging that I put out.
Now, the question is whether or not all of that smoking actually helped my cars, or whether I just had fun doing it. Tonight, I'm going to "smoke" my Chevy Silverado, which has about 190K. That should be fun. I'll probably repeat the treatments on each car the next time I'm ready to change the oil.
