On the Corvette forums they kept raving about this Seafoam engine cleaner working wonders so I bought a couple of cans for my Vette and VFR. A little background: My '98 VFR 800 was bought from a guy who basically let the bike sit and only put 200 miles on it in two years, so I figure it was pretty gummed up by time I got it (bike had 25k miles). I first used carb cleaner and sprayed it down the throttle bodies and it seemed to work some. Then I used forceps with a small rag at the end with carb cleaner on it and that really openned it up power-wise and it seemed like a new bike. But the forceps only reached so far down the tb's and reading about that Seafoam stuff on the Vette site made me think this might be a good way to get all the way down there. Sure enough it worked. I have to say without embellishment that I feel like since I first got the bike and did the three steps to clean out the intake I have about 20 more hp and the bike is much smoother (much less clugginh) and revs easier. I'll like to compare with another low mileage, well maintained VFR to see how close I am to perfect running condition. I got the Seafoam at the Autozone and if you do a google search they show you how to use it. Oh and it creates a LOT of white smoke that takes like 20 minutes of running/riding to go away. Seafoam gets :thumbsup:
I've used this stuff before also. I poured a can into the gas tank on my "higher" mileage Blackbird a few years ago and out of nowhere that thing took off like a rocket! Haven't done the VFR in quite a while, she's due! Only used it on two cars so far and while I didn't notice the drastic increase in performance, I did notice a smoother running motor on one occasion.
Ill have to give it a try on my VFR. I have an 05 that managed to only get 2700 miles in 4 years, well until I bought it, now it has over 10k. A cleaning is in order Im sure.
It's good stuff I used it on a two stroke boat motor on the recommendation of the local Johnson dealer and it brought the compression up 20 psi. when I used it I used the deep creep spray and I started the motor and sprayed it until the motor dies, repeat until the can is done. I Also ran a mix in the gas at the same time. A couple of things though It MIGHT kill your spark plugs (I dont know why but it does) so use it like I did only when you plan on doing a tune up anyway and it does smoke....ALOT My father inlaw thought I had set the house on fire when I did the boat motor. Also you can use this instead of stabil. works just as good(maybe better)
