Seafoam

[Elantra_99]

Okay I'm good on the gas tank, and oil opening.. But how do I get it into the IM??


I've watched some youtube vids, and was told to use the pcv valve, or brake booster hose. But I've never seen it done on an Elantra.

Can someone use my pics and mark which hose to use. And tell me the steps.. I really appreciate it...

BTW, the reason I need to do this is because there's a lot of oil caked in my engine bay. Mainly around the gasket, valves near the IM, and all over the power steering pump. Also the amount of oil in my catch can has not changed.

Thanks again,
James

[Elantra_99]

Okay I'll take a guess and say the seafoam should go here:



If this is wrong you guys are to blame. j/k

[J0eFr0]

on the drivers side on the firewall is the brake booster, you should unplug the hose coming out of that and suck the seafoam thru there. keep the engine revved up a little bit because when u unplug it its gonna want to die.

[g4ebguysite]

i wouldnt use the brake booster.... i would use the valve cover to intake mani hose....wut u would wanna do is make a vacum tight connection... what i used was a stupid thing from autozone that was for coolant or something and u could turn the knob at the top to control flow.... it just so happened this hose i bought fit perfectly on the seafoam bottle and the hose was big enough to fit over the intake mani rubber hose metal crap... so then i tighten with a small hose clamp i started the engine to make sure there was good vacuum and no leaks and then i mistakenly opened the nozzle full blast which killed the car and practially hydrolocked it for like 4 mins.....but then to my amazment it pushed the fluid out and started up.... and then all the smoke from hell came out and pissed off my neighbors. The key is to let a little in at a time then when its all empty*the bottle* shut the car off and let it sit for 15 mins then go out and start it up and beat the shit out of it.

[Elantra_99]

Cool... Thanks!

I ended up removing the PCV valve and replacing it with one fron Advance Auto Parts ($3.97). And I put the seafoam into the fuel tank. I may wait a couple days until I try the seafoam in the IM..

[J0eFr0]

Originally Posted by Elantra_99

Okay I'm good on the gas tank, and oil opening.. But how do I get it into the IM??

also make sure you only drive about 50 miles with the seafoam in your crank case and then get an oil change. that part is very important

[Elantra_99]

okay i will be resetting the odometer after I do it, so i won't go over. You're scaring me!

Thanks guys!!

BTW I'll post pics or a vid or something!!

[01Elantratuner]

putting seafoam in the crank case is stuped, i have seen with my two own eyes watch a motor get really messed up while doing that, first off we added about a quarter of the bottle then ran the car for idle for about 20 minutes, then we shut it off and drained the oil and put some new GTX high mileage oil in. well about two weeks went by and little be hold it spun a crank bearing and it was a horable noise when it happen, the car shut off and wouldnt run unless you held it to the floor and rev'd it out. anyways i think the seafoam gets rid of deposits that the crank needs in order to keep it at ease, the cars motor had about 160,000 thousnd so miles on it, i do not reccomend adding seafoam to the crank case. i add it to my vacum line every oil change or 4,000miles on all my cars, and they all seem to have ran much better after words. I repeat do not add to crank case, for it will clean deposits on or around the crank bearings and that is good for some motors with alot of miles on it. Thank you for reading and remember this next time you add seafoam to your crank case.

[01Elantratuner]

I added my seafoam right at the part of the intake as well, so im sure it will be just fine on your car two.

[lenzy01]

a seafoam it may take longer service or just a temporarily.??