Ground hawg trencher..Sea foam?

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Round 2 on the items picked up from our bankrupt contractor. 10 hp B&S vanguard engine that fails to start, fuel smells like turpentine, guessing gunked up carb.
My time is limited, is there a sea foam product that might help save some time and money? If I can get away from tearing this thing down, I would greatly appreciate it.
 
I said to myself, "I thought I saw a thread about that somewhere"...

Lol, I even replied to it...:lol:

Thanks Chad..:cheers:
 
No problem. Post up the results.... :cool:
 
I ended up having to tear into the carb, too much crust mixed in with the goo. I was suprised how well the Deep Creep dissolved it though. Put a little sea foam in with fresh fuel and it runs great.

2nd experiment: My old wood hauler has been sitting for over a year and if anyone knows how finicky Holleys are, it had me concerned about having to do a rebuild. I put one pint of sea foam in with 5 gallons of fresh fuel, ran the electric pump to fill the carb, disconnected the coil wire, and cranked it a several revolutions to suck everything into the meetering blocks.

Waited about 15 minutes and damn if it didn't fire up on the second spin! Smoked like a betoch, but once that cleared up, ran like a champ.

I'm sold on the stuff.:)
 
bigndn said:
Like I said before, I'm very impressed with the Seafoam's products. Glad you got your stuff running. :cheers:
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Thanks again..:)

The only issue I have after watching one of their videos, is pouring some into a crankcase (solvent and lube:hhmm:), especially in an older engine, just sends up a big red flag to me..
 
I've been using Seafoam for years in all my small engines and have had great luck with it. I mix it in my gas cans for my lawn mowers and snow blower and they always start on the first or second pull.
 
So, sorry if this is a dumb ? but what percentage do you mix? I'm not familiar with the product and I have my farm tractor, which is diesel, and a Stihl FS90 and a couple of chain saws that only get used a few times a year. How much do you mix to a gallon of fuel? Will it prevent the fuel from varnishing? or just keep the internals clean? or both?

Thx
 
The percentage or mix ratio of Sea Foam is on the side of the can adn works pretty well as they recomend.

For just stablizing fuel it is a lighter ration than it would be to devarnish a fuel system.

As an example, your FS90 will be happy with a cap full of Sea Foam added to the FS 90 tank of fuel. Run it a minute or two or until you notice the odor of the exhaust changes. Shut it off and let it sit for 5 - 10 minutes and then start it back up. Any carbon that it loosened in the combustion chamber with come out of the muffler on a "POOF" cloud.

For cleaning the varnish out of a fule system the concentration would be heavier.
 
whenever i change the fuel filter on any of the diesel units i "prime" the filter by filling it with straight up sea-foam before installing it. put it in my crankcase, and in the fuel tank. makes a decent fuel stabilizer, and i've used it to "fog" the internals of an engine for storage. seafoam and molyslip are about the only "snake oil" type prducts that do what they say. those, and lucas oil power steering stop leak.

i buy that stuff by the gallon. nothing like seafoam and an old toothbrush for getting 25 year old motorcycle carbs nice 'n' spiffy. might work nicely for decarbeurizing the exhaust chambers on the two-smoke as well...
 
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