Re: Usage of SeaFoam

Posted by JD Seller on November 12, 2016 at 21:25:19 from (208.126.198.123):

In Reply to: Re: Usage of SeaFoam posted by Greenfrog on November 12, 2016 at 21:07:01:

My first time using it was when I worked at the JD dealership. At that time we were still getting lawn mowers in seasonal shipments. Meaning we placed an early order and JD shipped them when they wanted to. So in the mid 1990s we got the majority of the next spring's mowers in December. So over the winter we set them up when the shop was slow. We then stored them inside the dealerships equipment shed until they where sold. This was about the time methanol was starting to be used as the additive in gas. About the Middle of May we had a new mower died when we pulled it into the show room. After some checking we found that the small amount of gas we put in back in the winter had gummed the carburetor and fuel tank up in the remaining mowers. We had 40-50 mowers left to sell. The first few we had to remove the carburetors and fuel tanks to totally clean them up. This was not covered under warranty so the entire labor and parts cost was out of the dealership's pocket. I was talking to a hardware supply salesman and the gas problem came up. He told me about Seafoam and actually gave us a case to try. We would siphon all the old gas out we could. Then add about a gallon of gas with half a can of Seafoam in it. Then we would drain the carburetors and try to start the engines. Even if they would not start if we could get the new treated fuel into the carburetor we would then let the mower set for 24 hours and usually they would start then. We would just pull them outside and let them run at fast idle for an hour or two. That worked on all of the mowers but a few and those we had to remove the carburetor to remove the gummed up fuel. At that time I think the Seafoam was around $3 a can. So it was a really economical solution to the trouble we had.

I have been using it in gas motors ever since. Mainly small motors. I have put it in some cars and could not really see much difference. It seems to work well on small engine though.

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• Re: Usage of SeaFoam Little Ed 15:09:15 11/13/16 (0)

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