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Old 02-06-2014, 03:49 PM
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I want to put sea foam thru my vacum lines.... i think thats where ur supposed to. is this right?? or is it not recommended on these car? any tips or ideas on this? if so where r the vacums lines or the lines its supposed to do? i have a 04 530I e60, thanks
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I want to put sea foam thru my vacum lines.... i think thats where ur supposed to. is this right?? or is it not recommended on these car? any tips or ideas on this? if so where r the vacums lines or the lines its supposed to do? i have a 04 530I e60, thanks
That's how I do it on my E30, but I've never had to do it on my E60. Are you having running issues you're trying to resolve?
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well i changed th oil on my car the other day and there was this gunk on the oil cap... so just want to clean the motor a little, could this stuff be causing my car not to glide when i let go of the gas pedal? it feel like it slows down a lot after i let go of the gas pedal
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I did it on my 545 I smoked up the whole block
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do you know vac hoses im supposed to do this on?? i don't want to accidently run it through a wrong line
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...anyone?
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Buddy Seafoamed his Mazda CX9 and had to take it to the shop after. Wrecked his O2 sensors. And per above, he smoked out the whole neighborhood (albeit commercial area).
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seafoam goes in the gas tank, open ur oil cap and pour some in, and where ur pcv valve is let that suck some up to get into the head. i used to do a can in the tank, half a can in the oil, and the other half let the pcv suck up. it smokes A LOT when ur drive right away but then it goes away. do not do it with ppl behind u
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Originally Posted by CesarE.
well i changed th oil on my car the other day and there was this gunk on the oil cap... so just want to clean the motor a little, could this stuff be causing my car not to glide when i let go of the gas pedal? it feel like it slows down a lot after i let go of the gas pedal
Sounds like sticking brake calipers.
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Originally Posted by Redtwin
Sounds like sticking brake calipers.
could sticking calipers decrease mpg?? the says that im getting 13 mpg... it also feels like its using too much gas


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