Springtime is Seafoam Time!

One thing though when using it for an oil change is you ride it til it's completely warmed up then put a little Seafoam in the crankcase, then let it idle only for five minutes and drain and fill. You don't want to be running the engine with what amounts to mineral spirits in the oil. It thins the oil out like gasoline which is bad for the bearings.

Adding the Seafoam or Berrymans to an engine that is still running well should help keep it that way. Just a note of caution about Seafoam as it does contain alchohol to deal with water so it can amplify ethanols effects on the rubber parts in the fuel system.

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I add about a cap full every outher fill up on my scooter.
Now even thou it does have a little alcohol in seafoam it will still help with the rubber in a carburetor due to the Pale Oil in it.

1 - 16oz can has lasted me about 1-1/2 years and that's with using it in the lawn mower as well.

"1 cap full" isn't enough to do anything. Basically you're just adding a drop, not enough to perform what it needs to do.

Per the bottle itself:

WHEN USED IN SMALL (2-CYCLE or 4-CYCLE) ENGINES:
One pint treats 8 to 25 gal. or 6 to 12 gal. in all types of gas oil mix (avg. 2 ounces per gal.) for cleaning and stabilizing."

Two ounces = 30mL (or 2 tablespoons.) One cap full is about ~8mL.

Get one of the little plastic cups that come with NyQuil (or the generic brands); they're labeled 1TBSP/15mL - 2TBSP - 30mL. Use the 2TBSP - 30mL mark, since that's 2 ounces.

Yeah but that doesn't mean anything. The same could be said of someone who isn't using any Seafoam. Using the proper amount will let it do it's job. You probably need it, not as in "OMG ur carb is gonna explode!", but as in "it would be a good thing to do".

What are you smoking? Have you READ THE BOTTLE? "One capful would be about a tablespoon"? Seriously?

Rather than writing anything, or even taking pictures, I made a video just for you explaining just how wrong you are about the amounts and measurements. (Hey, it's raining, and I'm bored.)



If you're going to use Seafoam, at least use the proper amount. 1 ounce (on average) treats one gallon. Says so right on the bottle. Using any less does...not as much, and possibly just wastes it, since it won't be able to do what it needs to do. Imagine putting less oil in than it takes to fill the dipstick. Same principle.

Scooters have (on average) a 1 gallon tank, give or take (my 150cc is a 1.2 gallon tank.) So you need to use ONE OUNCE OF SEAFOAM to treat ONE TANKFUL. One capfull of Seafoam would treat...about 1/6 a gallon.

1 Cap full = 1/2 tablespoon using the cap off the seafoam bottle i have.
I do pore it over the tank fill on my scooter before i jot on down to the filling station to fill up.
I showed 0.24 L (close to a 1/4 gal)
Not all filling stations are the same price and i frequent a few.
For the most part 1/4 Gal x 4 (1/2 tablespoons per cap full) = 2 oz.
So as preventive maintenance even if im a bit off it's ok.

Remember it treats UP to (which in turn, simply in-ply's that you can use UP to) just not any more then what's on the label as your video clearly shows.

Now mom's lawn and garden equipment i kinda use much more given it's been setting all winter long to help out, as long as dad doesn't know.. Never tell a NAVY vet, he needs help if he doesn't want it, even if he is not mechanically inclined. (do it anyway, and don't get caught.)

Hey, no one is really in the wrong here.. a dollar in fuel simply is not what it use to be and as long as you can ride on a nice day and not be cleaning the carburetor jet's then it's more time on the bike (Smiles and miles) then off.