Seafoam

[Tonavi]

If you live in the midwest (or at least around here), they use at least 10% ethanol in all the gas, 20% isn't that far away. Ethanol might be clean and renewable but causes carbon buildup like crazy.

I'm at 21k and notice a big decline in performance since a couple months ago. I plan to run some seafoam through the brake line and gas tank (50-50), but not the oil.

Has anyone seafoamed their intake with relatively low miles? How much smoke?

[127.0.0.1]

Originally Posted by Tonavi

Ethanol might be clean and renewable but causes carbon buildup like crazy.

huh ? ethanol CLEANS carbon and deposits.

what do you think is in half of the engine treatment formulas ?

ethanol ALWAYS means reduced soot and buildup. always.

[RedRide]

Originally Posted by 127.0.0.1

huh ? ethanol CLEANS carbon and deposits.

what do you think is in half of the engine treatment formulas ?

ethanol ALWAYS means reduced soot and buildup. always.

Correct.
Gas with 10% ethenol will burn cleaner even though it will reduce MPG slightly.

Another common ingredient in engine treatments is jet fuel (sans the aditives) which is just high grade kerosene. This is what they usually mean by "petroleum distillates"

Let's not forger that IC engine was originally developed to use a throw away by product of the distilling process (gasoline) that was thought to be mostly useless at the time.

I use Seafoam myself but, I do wonder exactly what is in it.