Anyone use Seafoam on their N54?

ChadR · 09-26-2009, 02:35 PM

Been hearing a good deal about the build up on the intake side of DI engines and was considering doing a cleaning with Seafoam on my car. Was wondering if anyone has done this thus far and if so what results/method have they seen?

JoosyJoos · 09-26-2009, 02:41 PM

I believe, but I may be mistaken, that Mr. 5 has used some product (either seafoam) or otherwise. You could try searching for the post or I'm sure he'll chime in.

ontopofm · 09-26-2009, 03:03 PM

i did it last week. There was hardly any smoke on my 33k miles car. i cant tell the diff before & after. I just did it for the sake of my mind. method i used was i poured a third of a can into a cup and had it sucked by one of the diverter valve line at an angle while my sis rev it

ChadR · 09-26-2009, 04:05 PM

Yup just did mine after finding the Mr.5 post regarding it. Mine didn't smoke too much either (9500 on the clock) but did it for piece of mind. Changing the oil in the next day or so as well so figured - why not?

deletedelete · 09-26-2009, 04:06 PM

I have no idea what this is, but Im gonna look for the Mr. 5 post. Seems interesting.

enrita · 09-26-2009, 04:41 PM

I did it with another specific product and was tons of black stuff coming out of the exhaust.

lawwailok · 09-26-2009, 04:57 PM

i did it when i still had my TL. Seafoam is a very common cleaning process among Acurazine forum. but also it depends on how hard/how dirty the car was, sometimes it may have tons of smoke while some have none.
not sure about the N54 motor, but in the V6 TL, it helped and also improved mileage.

samchoi604 · 09-26-2009, 05:03 PM

good thread, I was thinking about using seafoam the past few days too.

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ChadR Private First Class 9 Rep 162 Posts Drives: e92 335xi Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lancaster, PA iTrader: (4)	Anyone use Seafoam on their N54? Been hearing a good deal about the build up on the intake side of DI engines and was considering doing a cleaning with Seafoam on my car. Was wondering if anyone has done this thus far and if so what results/method have they seen?
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JoosyJoos Major 113 Rep 1,347 Posts Drives: 2011 335d Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (1) Garage List 2008 BMW 335i [0.00]	I believe, but I may be mistaken, that Mr. 5 has used some product (either seafoam) or otherwise. You could try searching for the post or I'm sure he'll chime in. __________________ 1997 M3 Coupe - BMWCCA I-Prepared #22 2006 M Roadster - 23,000 miles and slowly counting
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ontopofm Lieutenant Colonel 76 Rep 1,548 Posts Drives: stock Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: CA iTrader: (4)	i did it last week. There was hardly any smoke on my 33k miles car. i cant tell the diff before & after. I just did it for the sake of my mind. method i used was i poured a third of a can into a cup and had it sucked by one of the diverter valve line at an angle while my sis rev it
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ChadR Private First Class 9 Rep 162 Posts Drives: e92 335xi Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lancaster, PA iTrader: (4)	Yup just did mine after finding the Mr.5 post regarding it. Mine didn't smoke too much either (9500 on the clock) but did it for piece of mind. Changing the oil in the next day or so as well so figured - why not?
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samchoi604 Colonel 60 Rep 2,334 Posts Drives: black on black Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Burnaby, BC iTrader: (3)	good thread, I was thinking about using seafoam the past few days too.
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