It sounds like the right timimg to to try it, but the oil has nothing to do with it.

 

You're supposed to change your oil within about a hundred miles after using Seafoam.

 

Dont use it, its junk! The smoke you see (or should see is not from crud in the engine its from the seafoam itself burning. The seafoam may wash some carbon off of your valves. The carbon that gets washed away goes right into your cylinders, How good can that be ? Take it from a real tech, its nothing more than snake oil.

 

Safoam is basically a solvent. I've used it on 3 Volvos (>1.2 million miles combined) and my G now. It's designed to dissolve gummy deposits and carbon. Undissolved carbon can break loose and foul sensors and spark plugs or clog catalytic converters. The Seafoam circumvents this problem by dissolving it so that once it hits your combustion chamber it's quickly burned off. I've visually inspected engine parts following the use of Techron, Seafoam and BK... all worked well at cleaning up the carbon and gummy deposits.

 

If you use a good oil and good fuel and there is no need for Seafoam. I recently pulled down my 2001 silverado with 327,000 miles that ran Mobile one 10w30 for its whole life that was changed every 6000 miles and the pistons,valves and combustion chambers were as clean as new. When you dump a solvent into your engine and wash all the built up carbon and sludge into your cylinders and sit there reving it up with no load with todays engines short skirted pistons with the solvent taking away any lubricity from the fuel, is the worst thing you could do to an engine. If you have that much carbon/sludge you should use a better quality oil.

 

looks like you got worked pendeja!

 

How rude!

 

You're right! There were, however, a series of complaints against Lexus/Toyota regarding oil sludge resulting in engine failure dating back into the 90's, irrespective of the type of oil or gas quality. It seems that the issue may not always be what you put into the engine, but may also be engine design. A class action suit was filed and Toyota agreed to cover the problem, which exceeded 3.5 million vehicles at last count:
* Camry 4 cylinder from 1997-2001,
• Camry 6 cylinder from 1997-2002,
• Camry Solara 4 cylinder from 1999-2001,
• Camry Solara 6 cylinder 1999-2002,
• Sienna 6 cylinder from 1998-2002,
• Avalon 6 cylinder from 1997-2002,
• Celica 4 cylinder from 1997-1999,
• Highlander 6 cylinder from 2001-2002,
• Lexus ES 300 from 1997-2002 and
• Lexus RX 300 from 1999-2002.

This is not a G problem, of course, but I thought to mention it b/c many of us drive other cars besides the G.

Pendeja means "fvcking idiot"! Wow, someone needs the most basic, remedial course on social skills! I'm guessing you have a social IQ in the mid 30's!!

 

If that. What a fool

Sorry you had to deal with that Chica. Some people have no class or tact. Glad you do!!

 

merci

 

Toyota actually had a TSB for the SeaFoam treatment to prevent the sludging in some of there motors. The stuff does work.

 

Shouldn't that be Muchas gracias or Mille gracias?





From an old South Texas Gringo, that guy was a Pinche Puro Perro!

 

And yes, you're right! Grazie!

 

Por nada! I was going to say he was a pinche bendejo(sp?). I might have spelled it wrong, but you know what I mean.

 

so much fail in this post.