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Old 01-23-2009, 07:59 PM
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wat up Guys!!... well the thing is that i want to do the seafoam treatment to my car, it is an A4 1.8T virgin(stock) whit 140K. but before that i wanna know what do you guys think about doing this seafoam thing...
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Old 01-23-2009, 08:41 PM
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goood..do it!!!

were you puttin the seafoam at? oil, gas tank, or mani?
 
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Old 01-23-2009, 08:45 PM
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Is manifold the best? I did manifold and gas
 
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Old 01-23-2009, 08:51 PM
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that will just clean your top end....
and the gas will clean your injectors and wut not...

if you put it in the oil it will clean up alot of the nasty gunky stuff in there,
but if youve done your oil changes with full synthetic oil on time and under 5k miles you should be fine...
 
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Old 01-23-2009, 08:53 PM
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well i havent done it yet, but i found this link which is really helpful, the guy explain how to do it right and shows where to put the seafoam in too, you might wanna check it out :
http://forums.audiworld.com/a4/msgs/2514238.phtml

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Old 01-23-2009, 09:02 PM
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+1
NJ i was looking for that link...lol
yea thats the one i used as well before i first did my first seafoam...
 
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Old 01-23-2009, 09:20 PM
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... this is the first time im doing it, hope evereything comes out good...
 
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Old 01-23-2009, 09:25 PM
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Do I need to change the oil if I do this through the manifold and gas?
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Old 01-23-2009, 10:01 PM
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nah you might need to change your spark plugs though, they might get a lil soaked...

soo after youre done make sure you check your plugs
 
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Old 01-23-2009, 10:24 PM
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Ok I got plugs today, so I will seafoam in the morning, then change the plugs
 


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