sea foam or red seal fuel treatment

[lightnin]

​do any of you use either one of these products to clean your injectors, etc?

 

[Gorilla]

​do any of you use either one of these products to clean your injectors, etc?

I've used Sea Foam with good results.

 

[nucseal]

I've used Sea Foam with good results.

+1

 

[Jack Klarich]

#2 on Seafoam, I have used it for years in all my bikes and wife's autos

 

[Jack Klarich]

A dose of Seafoam in the oil tank before an oil change has been on my list for years

 

[MontgomeryLittle]

I've used Red Line complete fuel System cleaner for motorcycles with good results.

Never used sea foam in the bikes, but have in the autos.

 

[rhino 2]

I use sea foam in all my vehicles.......But i never had any troubles with injectors or carburetors , Maybe thats why.?

 

[peteg59]

Many fuel additives leave unwanted residue inside the fuel system, intake valves, and sparkplug. For this reason, I won't use any additive other than Stabil in my carbureted vehicles and power equipment.

Not sure how either product works or if they leave residue, but Seafoam has the name recogition over the other.

 

[MontgomeryLittle]

Many fuel additives leave unwanted residue inside the fuel system, intake valves, and sparkplug. For this reason, I won't use any additive other than Stabil in my carbureted vehicles and power equipment.

Not sure how either product works or if they leave residue, but Seafoam has the name recogition over the other.

I never put fuel additives in my my fuel before either. Until I used Stabil. I put it in my 1995 Evo and my 1993 Nissan pickup, same bottle. Ate my Pingel petcock up and plugged up my "Mickey Rooney" carb on the evo and the Nissan PU. Put the old petcock and the Keihin back in the evo to get it running. The Nissan I used sea foam and every other brand of fuel additive to get it cleaned out. Nissan cleared up one time for a few weeks. Finally had to replace the injectors. Luckily my daughter worked at a dealer and I got a break on the service. Coincedence, maybe. Also someone told me Stabil didn't work well with corn gas. Ethanol is in probably 98% of gas around here. Funny though never had a problem with the others I didn't use it in. Including lawn mowers, weed eaters, etc.

Only real reason I used the Red Line stuff in the Twinkies

was I figured I'd try it after buying their oil change kits.

Keep your tanks full or empty Including carburetor (empty) has always worked for me until I tried to ​

do something different. Maybe its just me.

 

[MikeyTX]

Don't use additives. Never have, never will. Premium fuel has plenty of cleaning agents. My Corvette requires it. So does the Harley. Grumpy's car gets one full tank every other month. Oil changes as required. Never had issues. Warm enough here in Skunk Hollow,TX during the winter mos to keep riding year round. It's going to be in the mid 70's tomorrow. Zero turn mower takes a weekly spin around the 4 1/4 acre back yard during the non mowing season. Small push mower gets premium too. Start up weekly keeps things lubricated. :clapping:

 

[MikeyTX]

I never put fuel additives in my my fuel before either. Until I used Stabil. I put it in my 1995 Evo and my 1993 Nissan pickup, same bottle. Ate my Pingel petcock up and plugged up my "Mickey Rooney" carb on the evo and the Nissan PU. Put the old petcock and the Keihin back in the evo to get it running. The Nissan I used sea foam and every other brand of fuel additive to get it cleaned out. Nissan cleared up one time for a few weeks. Finally had to replace the injectors. Luckily my daughter worked at a dealer and I got a break on the service. Coincedence, maybe. Also someone told me Stabil didn't work well with corn gas. Ethanol is in probably 98% of gas around here. Funny though never had a problem with the others I didn't use it in. Including lawn mowers, weed eaters, etc.

Only real reason I used the Red Line stuff in the Twinkies

was I figured I'd try it after buying their oil change kits.



Keep your tanks full or empty Including carburetor (empty) has always worked for me until I tried to ​

do something different. Maybe its just me.

............. You put Red Line in your Twinkies ? :xzqxz: Ok fine ...... If you say so .................

 

[hogcowboy]

What the heck is "red seal fuel treatment"? I want to learn but never heard of this. I've been using Star Tron myself on occasion and have used Seafoam, but never heard of anything called red seal fuel treatment. Is this yet another type of fuel treatment for cleaning injectors?

 

[KJB]

I'm sure we all continue with what works for us. I'm in Wisconsin 5 months of the year and Florida 7 months of the year and leave a car and a Harley in both places while flying back and forth. I use Sea Foam not necessarily for injector cleaning but for storage in both Harleys and both cars. I also put the trickle charger on both during my absence. I know the charger is necessary but the Sea Foam, maybe maybe not. I just know everything fires right up after storage so I'll keep doing what I'm doing.

 

[MikeyTX]

Guaranteed to keep the juices flowing ...............

What the heck is "red seal fuel treatment"? I want to learn but never heard of this. I've been using Star Tron myself on occasion and have used Seafoam, but never heard of anything called red seal fuel treatment. Is this yet another type of fuel treatment for cleaning injectors?

Just a shot or two a day in your coffee will keep the 'ol juices flowing. Also helps reduce embalming expenses ............ :clapping:

 

[GARYD]

I've never heard of Red Seal either, Red Line - yes.

I use to use StaBil only when I'm going to store my bike for more than 6 months(not any more because I ride all year). I use Techron for cleaning the injectors - it's also in all of BP fuels. I did buy a can of SeaFoam but haven't tried it yet.

I've never had a fuel related problem - except running out of it once.

 

[lightnin]

​Thanks guys for the in put. I've used Sea Foam for years and was just curious as to if anyone else did.

 

[Pegasus1300]

I have used Berryman's B12 for years. I have recently gone to Star Tron because of its ability to deal with corn. My Yamaha Ventures were all carb bikes but the Spyder has injectors and Star Tron is formulated for injectors.

 

[graygoat]

I use Sea Foam as a stablizer in premium gas (0 ethanol) in the trike & mowers for winter storage. Everything starts right up in the spring.

 

[paws]

My Gold Wing GL1800 performs great with just a few drops of Startron with every fill-up..I ride all year long.

 

[hogcowboy]

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Just a shot or two a day in your coffee will keep the 'ol juices flowing. Also helps reduce embalming expenses ............ :clapping:

That might just be where the reference came from to begin with. I did note the OP has yet to respond. Might have been just a late night fling.

 

[hddocfl]

Marvel Mystery Oil, 3oz every 1000 mikes and it works great you will see even the exhaust cleans out.

 

[Al Corr]

I've used Sea Foam with good results.

I've also used Sea Foam on everything with good results.

 

[lightnin]

When I was still pipe lining we used MMO in those contential engines as much as a quart to the 15 gallon tank but those engines were worked real hard 10-12 hrs. a day, 6-7 days a week

 

[Burnerboy]

In the beginning of this spring season, here, I have a gas powered weed wacker.....When I put it away for the winter, I guess that I forgot to clean it out of old gas before storage..

Well when I tried to start it first time this spring, all it did was to back fire, spit and studder, wouldn't rev up, and just would not idle what's so ever..............Dang! I thought got to bring it down to the service dept to have the carb's cleaned out.. ($$$) Then I thought, I'm going to try using this stuff that other folks used to rave about... (Sea Foam) I dought it will work, but what the heck, it was worth a try.................I empty'd out some fuel and poured in some Sea Foam, shook up the wacker, so the foam and gas mixed in together...... I tried starting it again, and it smoked a bit, and than all of a sudden, this weed wacker came to life.....................Holy Shi#...................It started to idle, it rev'd up, it ran better than it ever did, nice and strong..............YES I am now a total beliver in Sea Foam................I started to put it now into every gas powered engine that I own...

I AM A TOTAL BELIVER IN SEA FOAM!!

Every long trip that I make with either my Goldwing or the family vehicles, (and I know that I'll be using up a full tank of fuel that day, I now add a can (or the required amount) of Sea Foam into the fuel tank before leaving.....Does it work truely OR is it false feelings? I'll never know BUT after what I wittnessed on my week wacker earlier in the season.....I'M A BELIEVER!!!!

Ronnie

 

[hogcowboy]

I'm not a complete believer but I read stuff like this all the time about Seafoam. I've tried it and I can't say it helped or not. Like the case above, I suspect he just cranked on the wacker long enough to finally draw fuel into the combustion chamber so it finally fired. But it did probably help or start to help clean out some of the tiny holes in the carb. But I just can't say I've seen it with my own eyes. I'm just a....probably helps...kind of guy. I may never see it because all my fuel has fuel stabilizer to start with. Not Seafoam but PRI-G or PRI-D, gas/diesel.