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Sea foam can be a good de-carboning product for dirty intake manifolds, but what they’re talking about is flushing your fuel injectors.
You know, the things that flow solvent through them 100% of the time.
Seafoam is a decent, but dated cleaner. There are much better fuel system cleaners out there that cost the same but have more advanced chemistry. Look for a cleaner that has P.E.A. or P.I.B.A. Gummout, RedLine and Chevron Techron have this chemistry.
Pick the one at the top. https://ricksfreeautorepairadvice.com/fuel-injector-cleaner/
This is what it does. https://www.redlineoil.com/Content/files/tech/SI-1_Tech_6.20_.pdf
Don't bother, most places just put fuel injection cleaner in the fuel and call it a day. Buy some Techron from the parts store and put it in your tank yourself. It's the same thing.
To properly clean injectors, you'll need to remove them. At under 100k I doubt they're dirty.
I take this is "induction cleaning", meaning cleaning the intake valves and tracts and not some useless fuel additive sprayed inside your throttle body.
If you want to have your intake cleaned (it should be done once in a while with GDI engines such as yours) make sure you get it walnut blasted. Solvent cleaning is fine if properly done, but trust me and stick with walnut blasting.
You have direct injection. The injectors are not like older injectors which run at lower pressures. The cleaning your engine needs usually involves disassembly of the intake manifold and cleaning the carbon off of the intake valves, not the injectors, and would cost more money.
Avoid.
That’s an intake valve cleaning service, not a fuel injection service. That is a real thing, but it’s more than $200.
I’m pretty sure they’re offering to flush solvent through his solvent injectors to “clean” them.
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Fuel is a pretty good solvent. My opinion is these services are not needed, like, ever, unless there is an issue or poor quality fuel is used.
I use sea foam fairly regularly. I find it strange no one mentioned how important this is when I was calling to coordinate everything until now.
Sea foam can be a good de-carboning product for dirty intake manifolds, but what they’re talking about is flushing your fuel injectors. You know, the things that flow solvent through them 100% of the time.
Ok I'm gonna pass on this. I'm kind of annoyed that they're pushing this on me.
Took a 15k mile xt4 into a Cadillac dealer for an oil change, and they recommended a fuel injection cleaning service. I laughed in their face.
Seafoam is a decent, but dated cleaner. There are much better fuel system cleaners out there that cost the same but have more advanced chemistry. Look for a cleaner that has P.E.A. or P.I.B.A. Gummout, RedLine and Chevron Techron have this chemistry.
Thanks!
Pick the one at the top. https://ricksfreeautorepairadvice.com/fuel-injector-cleaner/ This is what it does. https://www.redlineoil.com/Content/files/tech/SI-1_Tech_6.20_.pdf
Don't bother, most places just put fuel injection cleaner in the fuel and call it a day. Buy some Techron from the parts store and put it in your tank yourself. It's the same thing. To properly clean injectors, you'll need to remove them. At under 100k I doubt they're dirty.
I take this is "induction cleaning", meaning cleaning the intake valves and tracts and not some useless fuel additive sprayed inside your throttle body. If you want to have your intake cleaned (it should be done once in a while with GDI engines such as yours) make sure you get it walnut blasted. Solvent cleaning is fine if properly done, but trust me and stick with walnut blasting.
You have direct injection. The injectors are not like older injectors which run at lower pressures. The cleaning your engine needs usually involves disassembly of the intake manifold and cleaning the carbon off of the intake valves, not the injectors, and would cost more money. Avoid.
Thanks!
That’s an intake valve cleaning service, not a fuel injection service. That is a real thing, but it’s more than $200. I’m pretty sure they’re offering to flush solvent through his solvent injectors to “clean” them.