Re: Everyone should read this about sea foam
I first heard about sea foam in 1973 when I got out of the Army. A friends father had been using it for years and swore by it. I have used it since and has caused no problems that I am aware of. I have added it to chain saws, chippers, lawn mowers, outboards, snow blowers, trimmers, leaf blowers etc. and since I am not very anal at keeping the maintainance up it seems to help.<br /> I am using a snowblower my dad had from around 1983(2 cycle) that I use and other than putting sea foam in the gas it always starts.(spark plugs also)<br /> My wife added non sea foam treated gas to our chipper last year without my knowledge and when I tried to use this summer would not start. I drained the gas line to the carb and also the tank. Sprayed a bit of deep creep into carb, new gas treated with sea foam and pulled spark plug to clean and regap, and it started on the second pull. <br /> Until someone proves it is a waste of time I will continue to use.(also use on my vehicles periodically both in the crankcase and fuel tank. My daughters 1995 spirit had a bad head gasket and the person who replaced was surprised how clean the internal parts were. 170,000 and going strong.)
<br /> I'm suprised to see this topic I made got so popular, I must be good. Whacha think JB? Thanks for adding in this forum.<br /> Sea Foam is not a part repairer nor an alternative to a blown head gasket, or something of that nature. All this stuff is good for is to keep the motor cylinders and fuel system clean. <br />I see alot of problems on this site and on the water with people having the simplest problems such as a clogged jets, nasty build up in carbs, ect.ect. It is a good idea to keep a can of this stuff onboard incase of emergencies or for preventive maint., but remember this, noething can beat a good carb. rebuild and tuning.<br /> Also, there is good alternatives with slightly different ingrediants as sea foam that do the same job, just so happend sea foam sells the best. I thik that if you buy the bottle, you get more for your money than buying the deep creep. Although, deep creep is alot more better to use because of the aresol can. <br /> Evertbody keep adding posts to this hot subject, I wanna hear as much as I can about this product, I like to proove the know it alls wrong who think this is a bad product. <br /> Good fishin guys and god bless america.
