Not an outboard but a seafoam story ….

[crosbyman]

We see lots of comments about the usefulness of Seafoam some good some bad

Well this winter my Honda 724 track snowblower was backfiring like a flame thrower . Searched the Net and the carb quickly became the prime suspect . I ordered a cheapy Honda carb ..not wanting to freeze my fingers .

While waiting for the Chinese carb to come in I added half a can of Seafoam to 1 gal of high octane gas. ….

After a run or two the carb stopped throwing flames out the carb and my Honda is smooth running again ..

now… I have a spare carb 🙂

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[lindy46]

Seafoam is good stuff! I’ve had good results using it.

[kerry]

Last summer I bought a Lawnboy 2 stroke snowblower that the owner couldn’t start, for $10, I got it to fire with a shot of starting fluid and barely run on full choke. Added many times the recommended amount of Seafoam and shut it down after a minute so it could do its job. Net research said the carb was not a rebuild candidate, but a replacement was common. Since I had time, I waited on a carb and started it every week. After a month, it would run on half choke, by winter it ran fine. Its kept my driveway clear all winter. All of my power equipment gets Seafoam, and not one has had an issue, even using regular pump gas that likely has ethanol.

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[PugetSoundBoater]

I have wondered what is in their formula?
I use it at 1-2 oz per gallon on all my outboards and other small rarely used motors.

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Robbie Robertson

[crosbyman]

read somewhere it was something like 33% Naphta 33% diesel fuel and 33% moonshine to remove the water in the gas 🙂

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[Buccaneer]

Is SeaFoam as good as Stabil for keeping gas from go stale in storage?
Time to put the snowmobiles away for a long nap!

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[reivertom]

It has saved me a carb tear down several times. Every year something get the treatment because it sat too long and the carb got gummed up.

[kerry]

I treat the 5 gallon can of gas I use for my lawn and garden equipment with Seafoam all year round, and store everything “wet”. Mower and snowblower are usually stubborn to start when they get woke up, but no issues afterwards. My routine for years, won’t change a thing, except I now buy Seafoam by the gallon at Menards.

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[crosbyman]

anybody tested the home brew version ??

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[The Boat House]

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