info on sea foam from factory rep.

[beet]

You are correct Sea Foam can be run for short or long term cleaning and that the petroleum distalates will evaporate out leaving only the cleaning oils left in your crankcase.Sea Foam also adds lubricity to the oil.I hope this helps I will attach some info for you on this subject.Thanks for using Sea Foam.



Jim Davis

Sea Foam Sales Co.

Technical Service Manager

Sea Foam Motor Treatment used in Crankcase Oil

All Gasoline and Diesel, Rotary style engines



Sea Foam Motor Treatment is a Blended Petroleum Product, NOT A CHEMICAL and is widely used as an old oil residue reducer and moisture drier in any oil crankcase.



Sea Foam Motor Treatment is most commonly used as a pre service, old oil residue re-liquefier / cleaner / diagnostic tool, and moisture drier, and is also used as an after service additive. Sea Foam Motor Treatment does NOT add significantly to oil volume, so removing oil is NOT required for use, when used according to printed directions on the product container.



1. As a PRE SERVICE CLEANER for old oil residue, (sticky rings or valve train noise, diagnostics), pour 1 ½ ounces of Sea Foam Motor Treatment into the engine oil crankcase for EACH quart of crankcase oil capacity including filter. (Diesels use 1 pint Sea Foam to 4 gallons of oil, please.) Drive a MINIMUM of 30 minutes/miles, MAXIMUM 200 miles, (Diesels 1 hour drive/run time MINIMUM) and then do your oil change service (LOF). This is the process of safely/slowly re liquefying the old oil residue so contaminants may flow and be filtered. This also makes your old oil dirtier, quickly, so a LOF service is necessary when the oil gets dirty. Great for Turbo & Supercharged applications where hot oils deteriorate so quickly due to heat, those residues NEED CLEANING. (LOF = Lube oil & Filter service = OIL CHANGE).



2. As an AFTER SERVICE ADDITIVE into fresh oil, nearly fresh oil, or oil (used condition) that is NOT ready to be changed (by mileage), put 1 ½ ounces Sea Foam Motor Treatment into the crankcase per quart of capacity as described above, then SELF SET a program to MONITOR your oil for proper level, color and clarity on a mileage, timed, or event basis (like every time you add fuel, etc.) to determine when an oil service is necessary. (LOF) When the oil gets dirty, CHANGE IT!



Sea Foam Motor Treatment will safely and slowly re liquefy old oil residue, This will usually make your oil need changing BEFORE your normal scheduled LOF service. Only your monitoring of the oil for color and clarity can tell when it is time to do LOF (oil change service), or 3,000 miles, whichever comes first.




Synthetic oils, both blends and 100%, were engineered and are manufactured to be 100% compatible...[Message truncated]

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[DesmoTull]

Any advice on using it with carbs?? Will it help as a carb cleaner?

[Honclfibr]

Does my oil require more lubricity? It seems rather lubricious already. But you know what they say, you can never have too much lubriciousness.

[seth399]

Im still not really sure why people use stuff like this in motors, not saying I have any evidence that it is "bad" but I just use good synthetic oil which seems to do the job.

[Awesome]

Does my oil require more lubricity? It seems rather lubricious already. But you know what they say, you can never have too much lubriciousness.

I wonder what the symbology is there. And if they had someone in charge of nameeology to come up with 'sea foam'.