Hello everyone. I'm new here and I've done a lot of research but I'd like to ask here anyway. I recieved a 1999 Accord for free with 191k miles and it has an unknown maintenance history, but actually, it seems like it was surprisingly well maintained. I've done a few replacements of parts and this thing runs like a champ, but when I did the valve cover gasket/valve adjustment job I noticed it was sorta dirty in there. Also, it uses half a quart per 2500 miles. My goal is to spend as little money on this car as possible (which has worked great actually) but I figure if I'm doing routine maintenance (oil changes) I can try something that might help pep it up. I also have recieved Gumout Fuel Additive and Seafoam for free (notice the theme I'm going for here? FREE!) This was the plan I had to cover all my bases:
1) Seafoam brake booster line + crank case at around 200 miles before my next OCI. Gumout additive on a full tank before my OCI (400 miles before probably)
2) Changing oil to a oil with high cleaning ability (HDEO like Rotella T6 or Pennzoil Ultra) + Spark Plug Change (it needs plugs)
3) Next Oil change after would be either Pennzoil Platinum High Mileage/Pennzoil Conventional High Mileage
Then from there on out do whatever. What do you all think? I know there's debates of seafoam in the crank case but I don't care about this motor too much for the most part but I figure I might as well try to see what all the fuss is about. This is my fun experimental car to be honest (new motors for this thing sell for 300 bucks so I'm not worried)
1) Seafoam brake booster line + crank case at around 200 miles before my next OCI. Gumout additive on a full tank before my OCI (400 miles before probably)
2) Changing oil to a oil with high cleaning ability (HDEO like Rotella T6 or Pennzoil Ultra) + Spark Plug Change (it needs plugs)
3) Next Oil change after would be either Pennzoil Platinum High Mileage/Pennzoil Conventional High Mileage
Then from there on out do whatever. What do you all think? I know there's debates of seafoam in the crank case but I don't care about this motor too much for the most part but I figure I might as well try to see what all the fuss is about. This is my fun experimental car to be honest (new motors for this thing sell for 300 bucks so I'm not worried)