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Sea foam

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I was gonna do a sea foam treatment on my bike in the gas and in the oil. Yay or nay peeps
 
It's fine in the gas, I wouldn't put it in the oil, no telling what it would do to the clutch.
 
No worries in the oil either. I checked with one of their chemists and its formulated to work with oil too. I add it to old but new to me engines if I don't know the history and before I do an oil and filter change. Run about a 1/3 to 1/2 a can for about 500 miles and you will amazed by the gunk that comes out. I'm sure it can unclog dirty passages.

I also use it in every tank full ( a couple of caps full) and about 1/3 of a can in a full tank as a winter stabilizer.

Very good stuff IMHO.

Cheers,
spyug
 
I use it in the tank about every other fill. Never have tried it in the oil but I am strongly thinking about it. I have found a place to buy the Seafoam for $7.99 and I'm happy!
 
NEVER use it in a motor oil with a "wet" clutch!! It WILL cause slippage.
 
Do NOT put that in your oil. Not only because of the wet clutch, but also because of the motor in your particular bike.
It's a plain bearing crank motor. Sure it'll knock a bunch of crap loose. And that crap could lodge in an oil port and you'll fry a cam or eat a bearing.

Put oil in your engine. That's it. Change it every 2000 miles or so, and you'll be fine.
Seafoam in the tank is one thing. I would never put that in my cases.
 
By stock in the company. :D

I agree with Josh...not in my oil. If I'm feeling a little frisky and think an engine "needs a liquid Roto Rooter", I'll run a change of synthetic through it.


GREAT STUFF !
 
Agree about not putting it in the oil. I do however put type "F" atf in a crank case before a rebuild and run it for around 200 miles then do the tear-down.
 
Hi guys is seafoam safe with tank liners? Don't want to strip the new lining I just put in my tank Cheers:)
 
wdavie said:
Hi guys is seafoam safe with tank liners? Don't want to strip the new lining I just put in my tank Cheers:)
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They sell seafoam in England? I thought the English had more respect for their enviroment! Should be fine- how much seafoam were you going to put in with how much gas?
 
Think my old mothers tea would clean carbs, would also strip lining on the tank though and perish all the rubber it came into contact with;) Tom yes we can buy it in the UK through the bay of E, going to get some then for my bike.
 
wdavie said:
Think my old mothers tea would clean carbs, would also strip lining on the tank though and perish all the rubber it came into contact with;) Tom yes we can buy it in the UK through the bay of E, going to get some then for my bike.
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I tried to get some from our Uk *bay dealer ,they took my money ,then returned it 2 days later saying they had stopped selling ,thank you paypal..........
 
while I have never used sea foam in my gs engine, I can tell you that running any engine for more than a few minutes with it in the oil is a good way to make yourself need a rebuild. if you do put it in the oil, let it run only untill the thick white smoke stops pouring from the exhaust and immediately change the oil and filter.

scratch that, I just remembered the white smoke came from sucking it into a vacume hose, so about 5 minutes if its in the oil.
 
wdavie said:
I'll only be using it in the fuel. Thanks for all the replies
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As an alternative , you could do what I did to punish my son's ninja carbs. Disconnect vacuum line from petcock and plug carb side; run engine a bit to drop fuel level in all bowls; remove fuel line and inject/pour seafoam in line; run engine some more to get the stuff into carbs- you'll know when, cuz the engine won't be happy, but run some more. Then shut off, head to nearest pub and let the seafoam hang out. Maybe couple hours- I waited overnight-it just might work some magic. Restart in open area, preferably in dark so neighbors don't panic.
 
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