what are the directions for adding seafoam to oil??? on the can it only says that it does not replace oil. is it ok to over fill and run before a oil change??? if so , then how long should the engine be run before draining ??? minutes?? miles??

 

Idle up to operating temp. No more than 15 minutes. Immediately change oil and filter.

DO NOT exceed 2000 rpm's.

This info from several sites....

Cajun / Al

 

Why are you adding things like this to your oil???

Do you use good oil??

Do you change it and the filter often??

Then why put other things in your engine?

 

i use what is recomended by gm so far.i change the oil when the dash says to. and change the filter only, at 50% oil life. oil is still dirty. my 08 hhr is the closest thing to new i've ever owned. i drive it 275+ miles a day , 6 days a week. i'd like to keep it for a long time. i may not ever have anything this nice again. what you got against seafoam???

 

I have many cars that have gone many hundreds of thousands of miles with just proper oil and filter changes. I don't believe in snake oil treatments. My last 2 Chevy trucks went 315,000 miles in 10 years and 230,00 miles in 8 years with oil and filter changes.

And for the record when you change oil it's going to be dirty, it means it's doing it's job collecting the stuff in the engine and holding it in suspension. If you put oil in an engine and go thousands of miles and it doesn't come out dirty then it's time to worry about where the dirty stuff is collecting.

To each there own but I don't do snake oil just proper maintenance.

 

catdaddy137 - I think that 09Panel is suggesting that, perhaps, there is really no valid reason to use any additives or engine cleaners at all, Seafoam or otherwise. It is beyond question that keeping the engine internals as clean as possible will reduce friction and thus wear. But - who can demonstrate that there would be a measurable difference in engine wear using special chemicals vs just changing the oil and filter at regular intervals?

To me it seems that engine additives and chemical detergents/cleaners are more suited toward restoring the proper functioning of neglected engines.

 

Look at all the money we save just doing proper maintenance. I am with you 100%

 

Regular maintenance of the car is the only thing to do, and that includes regular oil change.

 

use it in the gas it dose a good job of cleaning there

 

It is also great in you gas tank if you are not going to drive it for awhile, new gas goes bad quick, use it in my motorcycle all the time I agree on not putting it in your oil, I would only suggest it if the car had not been taken care of and there was alot of sluge in the oil