SeaFoam - yes or no

Tue Sep 27 13:50:07 EDT 2016

Perhaps you were using an standard hammer instead of a metric hammer?

David

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Kieran Lavin <kieran at kieranlavin.com>
wrote:

> When I went from my finger to a screwdriver to a baby hammer to a real
> hammer to a BFH.... I figured that was enough tapping.  Of course YMMV
>
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>
> kieran
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> *From:* Wade Jackson <srwadet at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 27, 2016 1:30 PM
> *To:* Kieran Lavin
> *Cc:* David Pertuz; se-r at se-r-list.org; Tim Rogers
>
> *Subject:* Re: SeaFoam - yes or no
>
> It worked previously for me.  Last year, I installed an ebay engine that I
> bought at least 12 years ago that I had sitting around.  None of the
> injectors fired up initially.  After tapping on the injectors while
> cranking the engine, all four eventually came back to life. Some of the
> injectors had to be "tapped" pretty hard!  The 96 has run great for 10k
> miles now.
>
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 1:13 PM, Kieran Lavin <kieran at kieranlavin.com>
> wrote:
>
>> LOL, I tried tapping and it didn't work for me.  I tried tapping a little
>> harder and it still didn't work.  I tried tapping a lot harder and it still
>> didn't work.... so I replaced it
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> kieran
>>
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>> *From:* se-r <se-r-bounces at se-r-list.org> on behalf of Wade Jackson <
>> srwadet at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 27, 2016 1:11 PM
>> *To:* David Pertuz
>> *Cc:* se-r at se-r-list.org; Tim Rogers
>> *Subject:* Re: SeaFoam - yes or no
>>
>> Another data point.  Just started up my 91 SE-R last week after it had
>> been sitting outside untouched on a trailer for 4.5 years.  It started
>> right up!  However, it was only running on 3 cylinders also.  Swapped the
>> fuel injector and it ran perfectly.  You may try tapping on the injector
>> while it running.  Lots of times that will get it firing again.
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 9:50 PM, David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You're right - it's easy-peasy, so I might as well.
>>>
>>> I've been aware, in the back of my head, of Jim's point about the gas
>>> tank. I'd really rather not have to drop the tank and have it cleaned, at
>>> least not yet. When I drop the engine again maybe I will do that. I'm kinda
>>> crossing my fingers that new gas, injector cleaning, and a new filter(s)
>>> will take care of it.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 7:48 PM, Tim Rogers <timprogers at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My ECU unit is also a JWT and my connection issue just happened out of
>>>> the blue while driving home one day, and having the ECU connected for
>>>> 16 or so years...
>>>> Very easy to do, can't hurt.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 1:33 PM, David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Not sure that I'm getting *nothing* out of #4, but it seems
>>>> different. When
>>>> > I pull the other plug wires, it stumbles; when I pull #4, not much
>>>> changes.
>>>> > The fact that the car was running on a few gallons of 8-year-old gas
>>>> with a
>>>> > couple of fresh ones on top, tells me that fuel is most likely. Also,
>>>> I
>>>> > haven't touched the ECU since I put the JWT unit in over 15 years ago.
>>>> >
>>>> > On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Tim Rogers <timprogers at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> If you are getting _nothing_ out of #4, it is more likely a wiring
>>>> issue.
>>>> >> I had this happen on #1 of the NX and the fix was a easy as unhooking
>>>> >> and reseating the ECU connector.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Tim
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 8:53 AM, David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >> > I took it for an Italian tune-up yesterday and it's running better
>>>> than
>>>> >> > it
>>>> >> > used to, but a quick check by pulling the plug wires one at a time
>>>> (I
>>>> >> > haven't pulled the plugs themselves yet) tells me that #4 is on
>>>> >> > vacation. No
>>>> >> > reason not to address all four. Also I think the header gasket is
>>>> >> > leaking,
>>>> >> > so I'll redo that. And it wants to overheat - I think the stat is
>>>> >> > sticking.
>>>> >> > So I'll put a new stat in, replace the coolant and do the hoses too
>>>> >> > since
>>>> >> > they're so old.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > But I love driving it again!
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > David
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > On Monday, September 26, 2016, Ben Fenner <fenfam at sc.rr.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> I bet a decent set of used injectors costs only a little bit more
>>>> than
>>>> >> >> a
>>>> >> >> set of sea foam fluids.
>>>> >> >> There should be plenty of us with a used set just laying around
>>>> after
>>>> >> >> an
>>>> >> >> upgrade.
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> -Ben Fenner
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