I was back at the lawn equipment parts store this morning, and the
counter guy also suggested a product called "Sea Foam," as something
that preserves gasoline and also does some clean out. Looked it up on
line. I'm going to buy a can at the local auto parts store.

Mower starts fine after I hooked the choke cable up to the right carb
control rod hole. Yes, I put it in the wrong hole. A girl told me that
once about 50 years ago, and then she slapped me...real hard. Nothing
bad happened this time, except the choke wasn't working. No slaps.

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says...


I was back at the lawn equipment parts store this morning, and the
counter guy also suggested a product called "Sea Foam," as something
that preserves gasoline and also does some clean out. Looked it up on
line. I'm going to buy a can at the local auto parts store.

Mower starts fine after I hooked the choke cable up to the right carb
control rod hole. Yes, I put it in the wrong hole. A girl told me that
once about 50 years ago, and then she slapped me...real hard. Nothing
bad happened this time, except the choke wasn't working. No slaps.

If you have a Northern Tool by you they carry Sea Foam.

On 4/27/13 10:57 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article ,
says...


I was back at the lawn equipment parts store this morning, and the
counter guy also suggested a product called "Sea Foam," as something
that preserves gasoline and also does some clean out. Looked it up on
line. I'm going to buy a can at the local auto parts store.

Mower starts fine after I hooked the choke cable up to the right carb
control rod hole. Yes, I put it in the wrong hole. A girl told me that
once about 50 years ago, and then she slapped me...real hard. Nothing
bad happened this time, except the choke wasn't working. No slaps.

If you have a Northern Tool by you they carry Sea Foam.


Local auto parts store had it. I'm not aware of a Northern Tool anywhere
near here. I think I recall seeing one in Norfolk, but that's hours away.

On 4/27/2013 9:23 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:

I was back at the lawn equipment parts store this morning, and the
counter guy also suggested a product called "Sea Foam," as something
that preserves gasoline and also does some clean out. Looked it up on
line. I'm going to buy a can at the local auto parts store.

Mower starts fine after I hooked the choke cable up to the right carb
control rod hole.


Yes, I put it in the wrong hole. A girl told me that
once about 50 years ago, and then she slapped me...real hard. Nothing
bad happened this time, except the choke wasn't working. No slaps.

Wrong girl!

On 4/27/2013 11:01 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 4/27/13 10:57 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article ,
says...


I was back at the lawn equipment parts store this morning, and the
counter guy also suggested a product called "Sea Foam," as something
that preserves gasoline and also does some clean out. Looked it up on
line. I'm going to buy a can at the local auto parts store.

Mower starts fine after I hooked the choke cable up to the right carb
control rod hole. Yes, I put it in the wrong hole. A girl told me that
once about 50 years ago, and then she slapped me...real hard. Nothing
bad happened this time, except the choke wasn't working. No slaps.

If you have a Northern Tool by you they carry Sea Foam.


Local auto parts store had it. I'm not aware of a Northern Tool anywhere
near here. I think I recall seeing one in Norfolk, but that's hours away.

Walmart caries Sea Foam.

On 4/27/13 12:50 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:01:55 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 4/27/13 10:57 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article ,
says...


I was back at the lawn equipment parts store this morning, and the
counter guy also suggested a product called "Sea Foam," as something
that preserves gasoline and also does some clean out. Looked it up on
line. I'm going to buy a can at the local auto parts store.

Mower starts fine after I hooked the choke cable up to the right carb
control rod hole. Yes, I put it in the wrong hole. A girl told me that
once about 50 years ago, and then she slapped me...real hard. Nothing
bad happened this time, except the choke wasn't working. No slaps.

If you have a Northern Tool by you they carry Sea Foam.


Local auto parts store had it. I'm not aware of a Northern Tool anywhere
near here. I think I recall seeing one in Norfolk, but that's hours away.

They have seafoam just about anywhere that handles oil, auto parts or
boat stuff around here.
It is supposed to be some kind of miracle potion.
I have never had it fix anything.



Perhaps your problems aren't easily fixable?

(Hard to resist a straight line like that!)

In article ,
says...

On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:01:55 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 4/27/13 10:57 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article ,
says...


I was back at the lawn equipment parts store this morning, and the
counter guy also suggested a product called "Sea Foam," as something
that preserves gasoline and also does some clean out. Looked it up on
line. I'm going to buy a can at the local auto parts store.

Mower starts fine after I hooked the choke cable up to the right carb
control rod hole. Yes, I put it in the wrong hole. A girl told me that
once about 50 years ago, and then she slapped me...real hard. Nothing
bad happened this time, except the choke wasn't working. No slaps.

If you have a Northern Tool by you they carry Sea Foam.


Local auto parts store had it. I'm not aware of a Northern Tool anywhere
near here. I think I recall seeing one in Norfolk, but that's hours away.

They have seafoam just about anywhere that handles oil, auto parts or
boat stuff around here.
It is supposed to be some kind of miracle potion.
I have never had it fix anything.

It's purpose isn't to fix mechanical failures, so that's probably why
you haven't had it fix any.

On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:53:38 -0400, Hank© wrote:

On 4/27/2013 11:01 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 4/27/13 10:57 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article ,
says...


I was back at the lawn equipment parts store this morning, and the
counter guy also suggested a product called "Sea Foam," as something
that preserves gasoline and also does some clean out. Looked it up on
line. I'm going to buy a can at the local auto parts store.

Mower starts fine after I hooked the choke cable up to the right carb
control rod hole. Yes, I put it in the wrong hole. A girl told me that
once about 50 years ago, and then she slapped me...real hard. Nothing
bad happened this time, except the choke wasn't working. No slaps.

If you have a Northern Tool by you they carry Sea Foam.


Local auto parts store had it. I'm not aware of a Northern Tool anywhere
near here. I think I recall seeing one in Norfolk, but that's hours away.

Walmart caries Sea Foam.

Must be good stuff!

In article ,
says...

On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:19:15 -0400, iBoaterer
wrote:

In article ,
says...

They have seafoam just about anywhere that handles oil, auto parts or
boat stuff around here.
It is supposed to be some kind of miracle potion.
I have never had it fix anything.

It's purpose isn't to fix mechanical failures, so that's probably why
you haven't had it fix any.

This was hyped as some magic elixir that "Safely helps quiet noisy
lifters, helps remove fuel deposits and oil residue, helps smooth
rough idle". They say it cleans injectors, removes varnish and gum

I have not noticed it doing anything.

It is basically just light machine oil, naphtha and isopropanol that
they sell for $65 a gallon or more

How would you notice if it was removing varnish and gum? Yes, it is made
up of chemical compounds but that doesn't mean that it's not a good
product. Water is as well and it's pretty important stuff. Sea Foam Bugs
B Gone is fantastic for getting bugs and tar off of your paint, and I
like Deep Creep a lot better than WD-40.

In article ,
says...

On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:19:15 -0400, iBoaterer
wrote:

In article ,
says...

They have seafoam just about anywhere that handles oil, auto parts or
boat stuff around here.
It is supposed to be some kind of miracle potion.
I have never had it fix anything.

It's purpose isn't to fix mechanical failures, so that's probably why
you haven't had it fix any.

This was hyped as some magic elixir that "Safely helps quiet noisy
lifters, helps remove fuel deposits and oil residue, helps smooth
rough idle". They say it cleans injectors, removes varnish and gum

I have not noticed it doing anything.

It is basically just light machine oil, naphtha and isopropanol that
they sell for $65 a gallon or more

I've used oil additives to clear sticky lifters on maybe 3-4 cars.
Seafoam on the last one. There's no doubt additives can work for that.
Dissolves varnish probably. Maybe kerosene would do the same, but it's
easier just buying a can of Seafoam or equivalent.
Except for that particular use, I consider them all snake oil.
And you should dump your oil and change your filter as soon as lifters
clear up. No telling what the stuff will do to gaskets and seals.
It's last resort stuff, usually on older or poorly maintained cars, but
I did free a noisy lifter with Seafoam on a fairly new car with about
80k miles on it. No idea why that lifter stuck, since the car was
regularly maintained.
The only gas additive I might use on a regular basis is Chevron Techron.
But I don't, and haven't suffered for it.
As you've said, drain and discard old gas. Or keep the tank topped off
when idle for long periods.