NorCalXj1121
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what do i doooohasta engine over heated and now I have valve tick....damn jeep!:doh:
bacelaw said:before all that new stuff: seafoam. can work wonders, in the crankcase, and down the throttle body.
Is it safe?Rick Anderson said:I'm guessing seafoam is just Xylene in a fancy bottle. BUT, it appears to be a powerful solvent that is getting real popular as a Combustion Chamber Cleaner.
I'll give it a shot.Rick Anderson said:Pour it down the throttle body while the motor is running and it should clean out a lot of carbon from the Combustion Chambers.
Sounds wise. Any cleaner or motor flush usually recommends not driving the vehicle to avoid stress on the engine. It must break down the oil to break down the sludge build-up.Rick Anderson said:Its also recommended for the Oil and Gas. BUT, if you add it too the oil, being a powerful solvent, I would worry about it diluting the oil and hurting its ability to protect the motor. I'd only add it and idle the motor for half-an-hour, then drain and change the oil/filter. I think the instructions recommend just that, but I'm not sure.
Rick Anderson said:Gasoline, you can put more powerful solvents in there safely, your probably fine just pouring into a tank of gas to clean the injectors, intake valves and combustion chamber. Funny, people recommend using Xylene for exactly that.
traitor5150 said:DO NOT use engine flush of any kind adding a little sea foam is probbally fine but that engine flush crap is a bad idea. ALL it will do is looosen up junk inside your motor causing it to block your oil pickup tube if you have alot of junk and the smaller pieces will most likely clog up your oil filter then go throught the bypass valve and make your main bearing look nice. I have pics somewhere of a jeep 4.o that I had all gummed up but it ran nice I had pics of the main caps that I pulled when I did a RMS ran that crap thought afterwards when I took it apart a few weeks later for a bad blow by problem I had a nice surprise.
Rick,Rick Anderson said:I'm guessing seafoam is just Xylene in a fancy bottle. BUT, it appears to be a powerful solvent that is getting real popular as a Combustion Chamber Cleaner.
Pour it down the throttle body while the motor is running and it should clean out a lot of carbon from the Combustion Chambers.
Its also recommended from the Oil and Gas. BUT, if you add it too the oil, being a powerful solvent, I would worry about it diluting the oil and hurting its ability to protect the motor. I'd only add it and idle the motor for half-an-hour, then drain and change the oil/filter. I think the instructions recommend just that, but I'm not sure.
Gasoline, you can put more powerful solvents in there safely, your probably fine just pouring into a tank of gas to clean the injectors, intake valves and combustion chamber. Funny, people recommend using Xylene for exactly that.