I've been seeing and hearing alot about people pre-filling their fuel filters with SeaFoam (and it's many imitators) in order to clean the injectors in their diesel engines.
Yes, you read correctly. Diesel engines will start and run on straight SeaFoam or similar product.
I decided I would try it myself, since neither of my Rams have ever had an injector cleaning as far as I know.
Rather than use SeaFoam, I decided to use the Gumout clone of SF. It actually contains PEA, the effective fuel system cleaning agent.
The directions are simple: Remove and/or drain fuel filter. Install new filter cartridge and fill the canister from the outside-in, or fill new spin-on filter from outside-in. Install the filled fuel filter. Start and run. For 5 minutes, and then shut down engine and allow to sit for 5 minutes. After that, start the engine again, and drive it hard.
It took almost 2 cans to fill my factory filter. I didn't try filling the filters I have under the bed, because they would have probably taken 5 of them a piece.
I have no scientific info with regards to results. I can tell you that my Ram has smoothed out and is less sluggish coming out of the hole. One reason I did this is because there was slowly developing a feeling like I had to give extra pedal to get her to take off. That feeling is gone, along with the quasi lopey idle.
On the whole, I am satisfied.
Yes, you read correctly. Diesel engines will start and run on straight SeaFoam or similar product.
I decided I would try it myself, since neither of my Rams have ever had an injector cleaning as far as I know.
Rather than use SeaFoam, I decided to use the Gumout clone of SF. It actually contains PEA, the effective fuel system cleaning agent.
The directions are simple: Remove and/or drain fuel filter. Install new filter cartridge and fill the canister from the outside-in, or fill new spin-on filter from outside-in. Install the filled fuel filter. Start and run. For 5 minutes, and then shut down engine and allow to sit for 5 minutes. After that, start the engine again, and drive it hard.
It took almost 2 cans to fill my factory filter. I didn't try filling the filters I have under the bed, because they would have probably taken 5 of them a piece.
I have no scientific info with regards to results. I can tell you that my Ram has smoothed out and is less sluggish coming out of the hole. One reason I did this is because there was slowly developing a feeling like I had to give extra pedal to get her to take off. That feeling is gone, along with the quasi lopey idle.
On the whole, I am satisfied.
