So my car is quickly approaching 110k miles, and I wanted to use 1/2 can of seafoam into the brake booster line to see if i can get some carbon build up outa there and hopefully it will smooth out my RPM's when I'm accelerating, and of course hopefully I'll get better MPG.

Now I know exactly how to induce the seafoam into the brake booster hose, however my brake booster hose is stuck, and I can't get it off the part it is attached to.

I was able to remove the metal clip that is supposed to hold the hose on the assembly but the hose is still very tight on there and I can't remove it. Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions to help me out?

Thanks in advance.

Ryan J

 

Take a set of pliers to grab the hose and rotate it on its axis at the point of contact. That should break it loose and allow you to pull it off. Take your time with it as you dont want to apply too much pressure. Good luck.

 

Skip the seafoam. I've never felt that it did much of anything. I've done it on vehicles in the past, and friends vehicles. Never noticed a thing.

I just changed my spark plugs @ 110K miles for the first time. It made a huge difference in the way the car ran. All 8 plugs "looked" fine, so i thought it was a huge waste of time for me, but after a week or so of driving, i've noticed my fuel economy is much higher and the car revs smoother.

I drive 95% highway, and am averaging 26-28MPG where previously I would average 24-26

 

so spark plugs really make no difference in fuel economy is what youre saying?

 

Sorry...i mistyped my numbers.

I gained about 1-1.5MPG after my plug change.


I drive 500-600 miles weekly, so I get a lot of data per week on how i'm doing.