Uh Oh - Whats wrong?

[pontiacstogo]

seafoam makes everything run terribly..

I am not stating that seafoam is a bad product, or that you are guaranteed to have some mechanical failure due to the use of this product.

Any further questions?

Nope - no more questions here.

[Steve]

Any further questions?

Not really, it's just that yours are the first negative, or even warning, statements I have ever heard about Seafoam.

I don't know if Seafoam raises the combustion pressure any, but there is always the possibility that your head gasket
was just about ready to go anyway, and maybe the Seafoam was just enough to take it over the edge.

With as many guys as I know on the GoldWing board that swear by the stuff, and as often as they use it,
you would think that at least one of them might have also had a bad experience with it.

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[chef1366]

I've used Seafoam and it worked nicely.

[gearhead13]

Did the area that your bike was stored go below freezing? Because a dead battery can have the cells freeze in real cold weather, killing one, two or all the cells, permanently, cant be recharged. I used to live up north, and this happened to me a few times.

[79FiveFifty]

Nope - no more questions here.

You misquoted me. Yes, I know you did it on purpose because you think you are proving that I contradictedf myself, which I in fact did not.

"seafoam makes everything run terribly.. (until it is all completely out of the system)"

Seafoam does not have the explosive potential of gasoline, while it may be flammable too much of it can make an engine run poorly - which is why I asked the guy how much he put in, and if he put it in before the gasoline or after.

[79FiveFifty]

but there is always the possibility that your head gasket
was just about ready to go anyway, and maybe the Seafoam was just enough to take it over the edge.

With as many guys as I know on the GoldWing board that swear by the stuff, and as often as they use it,
you would think that at least one of them might have also had a bad experience with it.

.

This is true, anything that fails prematurely was likely to fail one way or another - it may be purely coincidence that it happened during the use of sea-foam.

I also swear by the stuff, I just go by the dosage as recommended on the back of the can - I don't want anybody to have the experience I had.

Forgive me for upsetting people with my story, I was only trying to help eliminate a potential possibility and share an experience at the same time.

Sorry to distract people from the original posters concerns, but people assuming that since I'm "new" means i know nothing isn't really fair. I've been an auto mechanic for the past 12 years - my intent is only to learn / share like the rest of you.

Back on topic now..