If anyone uses the Seafoam through the intake, now they have an aerosol can that you can spray horizontally into a carb.

 

Good stuff. My buddy has a 15 year old ST1100 with 80K miles. He let it sit for over a year. Finally started it up and it ran, but would not idle. Following the directions on the can he mixed some SF with fresh gas and rode it down the freeway. Problem solved with just one tankful.

 

I use it in my gas before storing. The thought of adding it to my oil doesn't seem right even though the label says you can. I think they have enough detergents in them already. I'll just continue to change my oil every few thousand miles.

 

I always have a can ready to use - put some in after every fill. Try to stock-up when it's on sale & we have 3-auto part stores within a few blocks so usually one has sale pricing. Great stuff!

 

Sorry to resurrect and old thread but I've always used seafoam in all my small engines and in the gas tank of my 05 883c but I'm due for an oil change soon and decided to put some in the oil tank. Now everyone is saying putting it in the oil tank is a bad idea, should I be worried about having done this? It was the first time doing this, my bike has 11k miles on it and havent ever had any oil issues like burning or leaking oil.

 

2 options:

Do a (hot) oil change now, ride it for ~20 minutes to get the new oil hot and circulated, then change the oil a second time as well as the filter.

You cold also remove the oil return line from the oil tank and direct it into a bucket/bottle. Fire up the motor and watch BOTH the oil as it pumps into the bucket and the oil level in the tank. As the tank level gets low add fresh/new oil. Keep adding new oil as the level drops, until the oil going into the bucket changes from old oil to new oil.

 

I never put it in the oil, never saw the need. However, I put it in the gas tank on my carb'ed bike. I dont measure exact, just do a quick count and dump it in. Do this every other full tank fill.

 

Its a solvent, why would you put it in the oil.

 

Hey Sioux (HeyZeus?),
Sea Foam is for cleaning the fuel injector / Carb system, it also cleans the combustion chamber from the inside with special stuff. Add to fuel, say 2 tanks should do it, save the rest for next spring.

Will help fuel economy by improving combustion.

I was getting 16KPL, after use climbed to 21KPL.

Enjoy.