I may have given bad advice!

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: mechtech2
There probably was a fuel pump problem before the Seafoam was added.


Where do you extract the info that there is a problem with the fuel pump? The problem was an almost dead battery. The engine started up and ran just fine as soon as a new battery was installed.

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This may be coincidence

The application of Sea Foam coincided with the battery dying. Yes, the whole issue was a coincident, no more no less.

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or the straw that broke the camel's back.

The camel is now dead?

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Remember, he was trying to fix something with the Seafoam.

I remember well enough, but you didn't read what I wrote. He wasn't trying to fix anything. He wanted to decarb his engine a bit and failed to follow what the can of Sea Foam and what I suggested.

 

[Gary Allan]

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How does adding gas help dilute the highly "additized" fuel that's now stuck between fuel pump and injectors? Osmosis to the rescue?


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Dump in gas. It may take a while to purge the stuff in the line.


Did you have some false assumption that this, by itself, would provide some "starting" event? No, it may allow it eventually to be started after you purge the heavy stuff that's already been sucked up. Of course you could try and crank out however many gallons required to purge the entire tank and THEN add new gas. No dilution required at that point. A new starter ..and maybe even a new ignition switch (w/key thing) may be due by then.

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: Gary Allan
Did you have some false assumption that this, by itself, would provide some "starting" event?


No, I didn't. I thought YOU were thinking that.

 

[Gary Allan]

(Taiwanese:Oz lip sync Kung-fu movie)

Ah, mori (facial animations with eye brow movements and overly accentuated toothy smile ) ..as you can see you underestimated me again. I've evaded your assassins and have come to have my revenge (lips continue to move and eyebrows relax but smile remains)

 

[alreadygone]

Originally Posted By: Shannow
Originally Posted By: Donald
Can someone top the sushi?


I picked up a hitchhiker once, and no-one saw me for 3 days !!



Take that long to get out of the S. T. D. clinic??

Bob

 

[Shannow]

LOL

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: Gary Allan
..as you can see you underestimated me again.


Sorry for not overestimating you instead!

 

[dorkiedoode]

i dumbed a whole seafoam in my tank once and got +4MPG. Instead of 18 now i get 22-23 which is still pretty bad. i go about 80% highway.. when the car is suppose to get around 28.

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: dorkiedoode
i dumbed a whole seafoam in my tank once

It's the sea salt that it makes it good.

 

[Curious Kid]

In the beginning I thought perhaps there was a fair amount of water that had yet to reach the fuel pick-up in that the tank having yet been run low enough. Having added the sea foam which has de-watering capability IIRC, it would then enable a fair amount of water to mix with what little fuel was actually there...but I would of thought that with some of the remaining fuel possibly not yet purged from the line, that the engine would have first started and changed behavior as the mix took over. The "clicking" noted changed things.

Nice to hear things are still on the up-and-up in terms of friendship - I have found a competitive nature troublesome in my youth when it comes to friendships - live and learn.

Take care and have a safe holiday season!

 

[moribundman]

Thanks, and Merry Christmas!

 

[Donald]

In this day and age of E10 gas in many states (including the high tax state of NY where I live) does anyone have any problems these days with water in the gas tank? I see stores still selling gas line antifreeze and I'll bet people toss some in the tank to feel good, but unless you were to get a tank of really bad gas, I do not think there is much problem with water in gas if you are in a state that mandates E10 gas.

 

[Quest]

We have E-10 here for over 20 yrs (started with Mohawk/Husky and likes and they are now quite widespread in lower mainland). Main rationale behind E-10 is to increase octane by a few points and also meant for older cars/engine as an oxygenated gas.

I used it regularly in my wifey's 14 yr old Camry Vee6 w/o any problems. I do not like E-10 in my fit nor civic for both Husky and Mohawk aren't certified as top-tier gasoline to begin with, period.

 

[Aldaris]

Originally Posted By: Towel_Rail
I helped a chick start her car the other night, and I got free sushi out of the deal.

what kind of sushi? are we talking uni, nigiri, shrimp, salmon or tuna rolls?

 

[Vikas]

This tale smells fishy

 

[wiswind]

Moribundman,
I have been there.....you do something seemingly minor....suddenly a problem comes up....it is only natural to look to what you have just done for the solution, when, in fact, what you did had absolutely nothing to do with the new problem.

As I am sure you know, the starter pulls a LOT of juice from the battery.
However, the starter motor does no come on until the solenoid pulls it in, so the clicking sound is the solenoid pulling in the starter, the battery voltage to the starter dropping under the load of the starter motor, solenoid releasing due to the reduced voltage......and the voltage goes back up.....so the solenoid pulls back in........and so on in rapid succession.
Dirty battery terminal connections (and sometimes the connections right on the starter) can cause the same problem.

Nothing like cold weather to bring out the worst in a weak battery.

 

[wiswind]

Oh, I have seen enough posts of people adding SeaFoam to the fuel tank to lead me to believe that it would not cause a problem.
In fact, it would be reaching the cylinders in a less concentrated form than the add to the intake method.
Even with the fuel tank "nearly empty" I'll bet that there were still a few gallons of fuel in the tank, plus the fuel in the gas lines and fuel filter.
How many gallons of fuel are used as you add a can through the intake?......not much.
So, aside from possibly less concentrated cleaning effect, no problem.

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: wiswind
As I am sure you know, the starter pulls a LOT of juice from the battery.
However, the starter motor does no come on until the solenoid pulls it in, so the clicking sound is the solenoid pulling in the starter, the battery voltage to the starter dropping under the load of the starter motor, solenoid releasing due to the reduced voltage......and the voltage goes back up.....so the solenoid pulls back in........and so on in rapid succession.


Yeah, I suddenly had an inkling it was a battery problem, and that's why I asked him to turn his lights on. In hindsight it's all clear!