injector cleaner?

kevin86freeman · June 13th, 2008, 08:01 PM

What is the best in tank injector cleaner?

And plz stay on subject

Doc8224 · June 13th, 2008, 08:23 PM

Seafoam or Valvoline Full fuel system cleaner.

futureMACH1racer · June 13th, 2008, 08:38 PM

Seafoam FTW!!!

kevin86freeman · June 13th, 2008, 09:03 PM

i dont really know how to use it

Doc8224 · June 13th, 2008, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by kevin86freeman

i dont really know how to use it

half a thing of seafoam in about a half a tank of gas. Run the piss out of it till you are thru that half tank.

Ryan Paymaster · June 13th, 2008, 11:21 PM

Seafoam is supposedly the best and it's what I use most often. Other than that I usually use whichever brand goes on sale for something crazy like a $1. This week was Gumout. I buy a new brand every so often, last time was Shell, before that, Exxon. I can't really tell a difference in any of them, I mean I don't think anyone could unless you baked your injectors full of junk on purpose or something and then cleaned the snot out of 'em.

kevin86freeman · June 14th, 2008, 04:24 PM

I heard you can put seaform in ur oil? how does that work?

Doc8224 · June 14th, 2008, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by kevin86freeman

I heard you can put seaform in ur oil? how does that work?

Cleans out the crank case and all the oil passages. You can only run it for a few minutes then you need to drain it all and change the oil. Its a pertroleum based product so it will start breaking down everything in the oil and you don't wanna have it in there very long. I don't think you need to do this. I would run it like I said up there, then maybe suck some into the manifold thru the pcv hose. That will help clean out the manifold and heads.

kevin86freeman · June 14th, 2008, 06:16 PM

ok well i ran the crap out of it yesterday

the reason i ask is because the mach is almost at 80,000 and i dont know if the past owner did anything to keep the motor at peak performance.

Anything else i should do?

futureMACH1racer · June 14th, 2008, 06:41 PM

When is the last time that you changed the fuel filter, flushed the coolant, dropped the tranny fluid, etc...

kevin86freeman · June 14th, 2008, 06:42 PM

you know what i havent changed anything since i got it.

i should check into the...

just maybe

futureMACH1racer · June 14th, 2008, 07:37 PM

Do work son, Do work

weems · June 14th, 2008, 08:12 PM

like stated above flush the coolant, change the tranny fluid, spark plugs, ect.

seafoam is some good shit. i usually put about a third of a can into my intake and same thing in my crankcase, the rest in my gas. I run it for about 250 miles then i change the oil. Works wonders man.

Doc8224 · June 14th, 2008, 11:39 PM

Replace all the fluids with royal purple, and do the fuel filter like FM1R said.

OOOO and don't forget to rotate the air in your tires.

LOL

futureMACH1racer · June 15th, 2008, 12:39 AM

yes, Royal Purple FTW!!!

Mustang RacR94 · June 15th, 2008, 03:23 PM

check or replace the spark plugs. Of course keep up to date on the oil changes and all of the above

futureMACH1racer · June 15th, 2008, 03:27 PM

You got it bro

chris1 · June 16th, 2008, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by futureMACH1racer

yes, Royal Purple FTW!!!

Does royal purple really offer that much of an advantage over Mobil 1 with SuperSynt tech.?

futureMACH1racer · June 16th, 2008, 04:00 PM

I like it, I change my oil every 3000mi, and it's not even dirty. Great stuff IMHO!!!

Ryan Paymaster · June 16th, 2008, 04:18 PM

I ran Seafoam in my crankcase for quite a while over the 250 suggested miles on accident more or less. I think I hit 500.

My car lived through it fine.

For some reason Seafoam through my intake didn't give me the spectacular smoke show I was hoping for. I wanted my car to be Cheech & Chong afterwards, but all I had was a sputter at 55,000 miles and it's a 1996.

Tomorrow I'm going to pull the intake apart - again and clean out my IMRC to make sure I'm getting the most out of my high RPMs. If you have a car equipped with IMRC (96-98 Cobra mainly), the best way to clean your engine out is still tearing the intakes apart. Get all that oil out of there and really give those butterflies a nice blasting of carb cleaner, brake cleaner, whatever else you want to give it. Obviously this won't do anything in the cylinders or to the fuel injectors (must run something through the tank or manually clean the injectors) but there is no liquid solution to cleaning the motor out like there is good ol' arm power.

I read I need to remove my coolant crossover tube, pretty sure that seems excessive to get to the butterflies.

June 13th, 2008, 08:01 PM	#1
kevin86freeman Regular 2003 Mach 1 Mustang Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cali Posts: 265 iTrader: 0 reviews	injector cleaner? What is the best in tank injector cleaner? And plz stay on subject __________________ M.M. MACH1 CREW Member 7

June 13th, 2008, 08:23 PM	#2
Doc8224 N/A 4v Guru 2003 Mach 1 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 3,463 Blog Entries: 2 iTrader: 1 reviews	Seafoam or Valvoline Full fuel system cleaner. __________________ Military Crew U.S. Army Aviation Apache's Lead The Way

June 13th, 2008, 08:38 PM	#3
futureMACH1racer I.D.G.A.F. 2009 John Deere 9670 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: United States of America Posts: 11,314 iTrader: 0 reviews	Seafoam FTW!!! __________________ RIP Travis Bilings 5/6/1982-7/5/2011 Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

June 13th, 2008, 09:03 PM	#4
kevin86freeman Regular 2003 Mach 1 Mustang Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cali Posts: 265 iTrader: 0 reviews	i dont really know how to use it __________________ M.M. MACH1 CREW Member 7

June 14th, 2008, 04:24 PM	#7
kevin86freeman Regular 2003 Mach 1 Mustang Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cali Posts: 265 iTrader: 0 reviews	I heard you can put seaform in ur oil? how does that work? __________________ M.M. MACH1 CREW Member 7

June 13th, 2008, 11:21 PM	#6
Ryan Paymaster Enthusiast 1996 Ford SVT Cobra 13.36@102 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Plainfield, IL USA Posts: 661 iTrader: 0 reviews	Seafoam is supposedly the best and it's what I use most often. Other than that I usually use whichever brand goes on sale for something crazy like a $1. This week was Gumout. I buy a new brand every so often, last time was Shell, before that, Exxon. I can't really tell a difference in any of them, I mean I don't think anyone could unless you baked your injectors full of junk on purpose or something and then cleaned the snot out of 'em.

June 14th, 2008, 06:16 PM	#9
kevin86freeman Regular 2003 Mach 1 Mustang Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cali Posts: 265 iTrader: 0 reviews	ok well i ran the crap out of it yesterday the reason i ask is because the mach is almost at 80,000 and i dont know if the past owner did anything to keep the motor at peak performance. Anything else i should do? __________________ M.M. MACH1 CREW Member 7

June 14th, 2008, 06:41 PM	#10
futureMACH1racer I.D.G.A.F. 2009 John Deere 9670 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: United States of America Posts: 11,314 iTrader: 0 reviews	When is the last time that you changed the fuel filter, flushed the coolant, dropped the tranny fluid, etc... __________________ RIP Travis Bilings 5/6/1982-7/5/2011 Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

June 14th, 2008, 06:42 PM	#11
kevin86freeman Regular 2003 Mach 1 Mustang Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cali Posts: 265 iTrader: 0 reviews	you know what i havent changed anything since i got it. i should check into the... just maybe __________________ M.M. MACH1 CREW Member 7

June 14th, 2008, 07:37 PM	#12
futureMACH1racer I.D.G.A.F. 2009 John Deere 9670 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: United States of America Posts: 11,314 iTrader: 0 reviews	Do work son, Do work __________________ RIP Travis Bilings 5/6/1982-7/5/2011 Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

June 14th, 2008, 08:12 PM	#13
weems Tech Exchange Head Honcho 2003 SVT Cobra 11.70 @ 121 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Forsyth/Statesboro, GA Posts: 9,174 iTrader: 3 reviews	like stated above flush the coolant, change the tranny fluid, spark plugs, ect. seafoam is some good shit. i usually put about a third of a can into my intake and same thing in my crankcase, the rest in my gas. I run it for about 250 miles then i change the oil. Works wonders man.

June 14th, 2008, 11:39 PM	#14
Doc8224 N/A 4v Guru 2003 Mach 1 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 3,463 Blog Entries: 2 iTrader: 1 reviews	Replace all the fluids with royal purple, and do the fuel filter like FM1R said. OOOO and don't forget to rotate the air in your tires. LOL __________________ Military Crew U.S. Army Aviation Apache's Lead The Way

June 15th, 2008, 12:39 AM	#15
futureMACH1racer I.D.G.A.F. 2009 John Deere 9670 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: United States of America Posts: 11,314 iTrader: 0 reviews	yes, Royal Purple FTW!!! __________________ RIP Travis Bilings 5/6/1982-7/5/2011 Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

June 15th, 2008, 03:23 PM	#16
Mustang RacR94 MM Fanatic 99 cobra N/A Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Fayetteville NC Posts: 3,150 iTrader: 0 reviews	check or replace the spark plugs. Of course keep up to date on the oil changes and all of the above __________________ 99 Cobra 03 Cobra motor AFCO H/E Pulley JLT CAI BBK L/T off road H/steeda catback SCT MAF Tune 03 cobra pumps HVGC

June 15th, 2008, 03:27 PM	#17
futureMACH1racer I.D.G.A.F. 2009 John Deere 9670 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: United States of America Posts: 11,314 iTrader: 0 reviews	You got it bro __________________ RIP Travis Bilings 5/6/1982-7/5/2011 Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

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June 16th, 2008, 04:00 PM	#19
futureMACH1racer I.D.G.A.F. 2009 John Deere 9670 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: United States of America Posts: 11,314 iTrader: 0 reviews	I like it, I change my oil every 3000mi, and it's not even dirty. Great stuff IMHO!!! __________________ RIP Travis Bilings 5/6/1982-7/5/2011 Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

June 16th, 2008, 04:18 PM	#20
Ryan Paymaster Enthusiast 1996 Ford SVT Cobra 13.36@102 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Plainfield, IL USA Posts: 661 iTrader: 0 reviews	I ran Seafoam in my crankcase for quite a while over the 250 suggested miles on accident more or less. I think I hit 500. My car lived through it fine. For some reason Seafoam through my intake didn't give me the spectacular smoke show I was hoping for. I wanted my car to be Cheech & Chong afterwards, but all I had was a sputter at 55,000 miles and it's a 1996. Tomorrow I'm going to pull the intake apart - again and clean out my IMRC to make sure I'm getting the most out of my high RPMs. If you have a car equipped with IMRC (96-98 Cobra mainly), the best way to clean your engine out is still tearing the intakes apart. Get all that oil out of there and really give those butterflies a nice blasting of carb cleaner, brake cleaner, whatever else you want to give it. Obviously this won't do anything in the cylinders or to the fuel injectors (must run something through the tank or manually clean the injectors) but there is no liquid solution to cleaning the motor out like there is good ol' arm power. I read I need to remove my coolant crossover tube, pretty sure that seems excessive to get to the butterflies. Last edited by Ryan Paymaster; June 16th, 2008 at 04:21 PM.

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