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    The one under the snout. I've ran my through my blower and haven't had any ill effects but i haven't had my blower off in a month or so.
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    I have to take my blower off to change my coupler soon. Also, did you have to do anything with your oil? I changed my oil not that long ago and i heard if you seafoam you should change oil.
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    that's only if you add it to your oil i've added any to my oil though.
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    NO the best place to put it on the 3800 is the brake booster line, which is connected near the fire wall with a yellow tip. That is the only spot it can clean all the heads from.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Hippo Machine View Post
    NO the best place to put it on the 3800 is the brake booster line, which is connected near the fire wall with a yellow tip. That is the only spot it can clean all the heads from.
    But that runs it directly through the supercharger on the l67 and l32
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    Dsmuts, did you change your spark plugs after?
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    No I've never had it foul a plug
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    When I used it on my 95 Accord, I did all three including putting it in the oil 100 miles before changing it (I had rod knock after the process so I don't recommend the oil treatment). I use Penzoil and Mobil 1 for oil in my cars so I usually don't have that much sludge anyways, but thought I'd try it from all the good reviews. I didn't change the spark plugs, but I did clean them afterwards. I also put in an old crappy O2 sensor before doing the process and then put my O2 sensor I had just replaced a month earlier back in when done.
    Quote Originally Posted by Hippo Machine View Post
    NO the best place to put it on the 3800 is the brake booster line, which is connected near the fire wall with a yellow tip. That is the only spot it can clean all the heads from.
    What difference should the brake booster line make over the T line, they both go to the LIM before going to the heads. For a supercharged engine, the risk of damaging the rotors isn't worth it.
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    I think my LIM is bad, and i'm also leaking oil under the car. Is it still okay to seafoam?
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    yeah it'll be fine
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    Quote Originally Posted by RegalGS98s View Post
    What difference should the brake booster line make over the T line, they both go to the LIM before going to the heads. For a supercharged engine, the risk of damaging the rotors isn't worth it.
    I've never heard of anyone putting it through the t-line. Also never heard of anyone damaging their supercharger with it, plus I'm sure there is some carbon in there.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Hippo Machine View Post
    I've never heard of anyone putting it through the t-line. Also never heard of anyone damaging their supercharger with it, plus I'm sure there is some carbon in there.

    I think the idea behind everyone saying this is a bad thing to do is that.. Carbon build up on the blower blades actually helps make the blower more efficient by making tolerances tighter, filling in pits/gaps and so on. So, by running it through the blower, removing the carbon, you are opening up the area between the blades by however much build up there is on them, and how much the seafoam removes and therefore making it less efficient.. How much less...

    I ran it through mine... car still runs? Ehh
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    Ive heard that it also eats the coating off of the supercharger rotors.
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    I think alot of it depends on how much you use. I used about 1/8 of a can through mine. Car didn't smoke much, so I figured there wasn't much point in adding more liquid into the motor
    Honestly, at 125k miles, I don't imagine that there's alot of factory coating left on the rotors. I could be wrong though? never tore one apart....
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    Quote Originally Posted by jaked1985 View Post
    I think the idea behind everyone saying this is a bad thing to do is that.. Carbon build up on the blower blades actually helps make the blower more efficient by making tolerances tighter, filling in pits/gaps and so on. So, by running it through the blower, removing the carbon, you are opening up the area between the blades by however much build up there is on them, and how much the seafoam removes and therefore making it less efficient.. How much less... I ran it through mine... car still runs? Ehh
    Exactly my point.
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    So should i put the seafoam in a cup and then put the vacuum line inside the cup until its all empty?
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    Quote Originally Posted by jaked1985 View Post
    I think the idea behind everyone saying this is a bad thing to do is that.. Carbon build up on the blower blades actually helps make the blower more efficient by making tolerances tighter, filling in pits/gaps and so on. So, by running it through the blower, removing the carbon, you are opening up the area between the blades by however much build up there is on them, and how much the seafoam removes and therefore making it less efficient.. How much less...

    I ran it through mine... car still runs? Ehh
    Liquids also help the rotor coating flake off.

    A known problem with third gen blowers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Compg4me View Post
    Ive heard that it also eats the coating off of the supercharger rotors.
    Doesn't eat it, just helps it flake off.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GTLGDP View Post
    So should i put the seafoam in a cup and then put the vacuum line inside the cup until its all empty?
    I just shove the vacuum line into the can until it's gone.
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    Alright so let me get this straight before I do it. Get a full tank, put a can in there. Start car, put vacuum line in can. Wait until smoke goes away? Or do i turn the car off and let it sit in there for a little?
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