Blusc13 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Thank you all so much! I have been lurking around these forums for some time, and just recently made an account. I have very basic car knowledge, but between this forum and Miles Fox's youtube videos I was able to do a head gasket on my '92 Loyale. Basically everything that could have gone wrong did, from the head gasket being cracked to the lifters being stuck in the old block andthe rockers slipping all over the place then slapping like crazy afterwards Afterwards i put in some light oil, let it burn through a half a tank of gas with half a bottle of Seafoam in the tank and the other half in the oil. I drained the filth from it and gave it a full tune up, and put in the proper oil for the oncoming winter. My Loyale hit 80 on the freeway for the first time, and peeled rubber when i punched the gas. I never knew it could do either of these things, and all the thanks goes to you. It runs super smooth, there is no more knocking and the gas mileage has improved. It just hit 150,000 miles, and I'm hoping to get another 150k out of it. Many, many thanks, - Blusc13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belacane Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilySapphire Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Hi there. I just used Seafoam for the first time in my life in my 83 Brat. I was hesitant to put in my oil but sounds like everything worked out ok for you? I was thinking of putting 1/3 of the bottle in the oil this weekend and do oil change on Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Subaruist Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Hi there. I just used Seafoam for the first time in my life in my 83 Brat. I was hesitant to put in my oil but sounds like everything worked out ok for you? I was thinking of putting 1/3 of the bottle in the oil this weekend and do oil change on Sunday. Brats LOVE a good oil change! If money is not tight, I would strongly recommend the following: #1: If you change your own oil, "first" do so with some cheap-cheap stuff, run it for days or a couple weeks, and then.... #2: Go to one of those professional oil change places - ask around for a good one, you don't want incompetent careless people. #3: Go to a place that will make you a deal (discountif possible) where you get the special oil change job with a thorough flush - lots of gunk builds up in these older engines, no matter how well you take care of them. It costs a lot more, but its good medicine for your Brat. The deal - you supply some of the oil, that being one quart bottle of Slick 50, unless there is another 'super oil' kind you prefer, and one quart of Lucas Film!!! Lucas Film is great stuff! It will get the oil, slick 50 or whatever into many nooks and higher places inside that engine, grerat stuff, and not expensive.Check out how it works, many auto parts places have a demo on the counter with gear wheels that show how it gets all up into everything like taffy or something. Stop in to that oil change shop fairly regularly, and change your oil at LEAST as often as recommended, if not more often. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blusc13 Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 Hi there. I just used Seafoam for the first time in my life in my 83 Brat. I was hesitant to put in my oil but sounds like everything worked out ok for you? I was thinking of putting 1/3 of the bottle in the oil this weekend and do oil change on Sunday. Every thing worked out great! I'm leery of any fix-in-bottle cure product, but Seafoam does do what it proclaims. I just got a Legacy for very cheap b/c it was smoking so bad on startup. When i first got it, the smoke filled the neighborhood. I hoped it wasn't the piston rings and poured 1/2 a can of Seafoam into the oil and 1/4 into the gas tank and let it run while i cleaned it out and fixed some cosmetic issues. I believe the pcv valve was stuck and letting too much oil into my intake, which in turn had gummed up the valves and was causing all the smoke. The seafoam took care care of that, and broke loose a lot of the buildup inside the heads and on the piston faces, making cleaning all that out much easier when i did the head gaskets. Over all, I couldn't be happier with this product, and with what this site has taught me about subaru maintenance. I just read a thread today on PCV valves, which seems to support my theory and i will be ordering an OEM PCV valve ASAP. Here is a good video that Miles fox made on Seafoam: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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