The Sea-Foam Trick

[capetrees]

I use sea foam as my stabilizer in my jugs.


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My wife uses a bra to stabilize hers!

 

[FishNJ]

My wife uses a bra to stabilize hers!

And I walked right into that one.......


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[DFK]

You guys are nuts.
The carb has a new kit in it.
The inside of the carb was quite clean, However, I am thinking that ( somewhere ) in there some gunk was missed.
Most likely on the high side as Stubnail67 has suggested.
Just hoping that it is varnish and the Sea-Foam will dissolve it.

Will have a little while this afternoon to mess with the saw. After that it will be almost a week before I can get back to it.
Was just wandering "How Much " Sea-Foam" can be run through the saw without damaging it.

Thanks
David

 

[FishNJ]

i think its 1oz/gal for stabilizing...
if you need a good clean, i would put 1oz in a half-full saw tank. as long as you have fresh gas with good oil mix, i believe you're fine.
idle/run it for a few minutes to get the treated fuel into the carb
let it sit for the week
next weekend fire it up for a few min again to flush the carb and see how it does
if good, top off the tank with oil mix and run the tank out...

 

[Jeff Lary]

I believe we now have entered the realm of beating a dead equine.

 

[svk]

I believe we now have entered the realm of beating a dead equine.

Lol as opposed to other topics on this site or any others for that matter!

 

[torch]

I believe we now have entered the realm of beating a dead equine.

I thought we were beating a dead engine?

 

[pioneerguy600]

Lol as opposed to other topics on this site or any others for that matter!

Like it or hate it, use it or loose it, the product does a job within its parameters but is not a complete fix all for all carb issues...amen.

 

[Ted Jenkins]

It takes just a few minutes to go through a carb and you are done. It takes far less time to clean a carb than this amount of writing. It is nice to see dead things beaten though. Thanks

 

[Jeff Lary]

I shouldn't have said that, but it did seem we were all saying some of the same stuff. I will say this though, I have a 1987 Suzuki 250 4 wheeler I have owned since new. Back in 2009 we bought a Polaris Ranger and the Suzuki saw very little use since. I get it going each season but it sputters and back fires through the carb some. This year I drained all the gas out I could get,.. replaced it with new gas and added a healthy dose of sea foam. I got it started and ran it about 10 minutes. Then I waited for a couple hours then re-started it and rode it for a while pulling my Agri-Fab Lawn sweeper maybe 2 hours.
That machine never missed a beat no more running it with the choke lever partially on, no sputtering, no back firing (which it normally does every few seconds for the first 20 minutes). So was it the new gas or the sea foam...? I think it was a 50/50 of each. I have put new gas in it many times but never with any real improvement , this time I think the sea foam did the trick. $8.00 per can at Wal-Mart very cheap insurance.

 

[1Alpha1]

Walmart seems to have the best prices on Seafoam.

If you buy it from a motorcycle shop, it will be about twice as much.

 

[OldJack]

The local Ace Hardware is $4 Canadian less than the local John Deere.

 

[s sidewall]

Well did you get the carb straighten out and saw running like a top?

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