1. Attachments are working again! Check out this thread for more details and to report any other bugs.

Seafoam in Prius

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by redisblue, Jun 20, 2011.

  1. redisblue

    redisblue New Member

    Joined:
    Jun 20, 2011
    2
    0
    0
    Location:
    lansing
    Vehicle:
    2004 Prius
    Model:
    Two
    Hello, I just bought a 2004 prius with about 148,000 miles. I wanted to put some seafoam in it with a full tank to clear it up and I was wondering if that would possibly harm anything. I figured it's a fuel combustion engine so it probably wouldn't but just thought I'd make sure.
     
    #1 redisblue, Jun 20, 2011
  2. F8L

    F8L Protecting Habitat & AG Lands

    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2006
    19,011
    4,081
    50
    Location:
    Grass Valley, CA.
    Vehicle:
    Other Non-Hybrid
    Model:
    N/A
    I've used the Seafoam that you inject through the vacuum tube and the throttle body with no ill effects. You look kinda dumb driving down the block in a smoking Prius though. I also wondered how much emissions I put out during the 5 min smokefest. I never used it again for that reason.
     
    #2 F8L, Jun 20, 2011
    Prius_Angie likes this.
  3. xs650

    xs650 Senior Member

    Joined:
    Jul 2, 2010
    4,539
    1,433
    9
    Location:
    Northern California
    Vehicle:
    2010 Prius
    Model:
    II
    That probably didn't do your catatonic converter any good either.
     
    #3 xs650, Jun 20, 2011
  4. F8L

    F8L Protecting Habitat & AG Lands

    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2006
    19,011
    4,081
    50
    Location:
    Grass Valley, CA.
    Vehicle:
    Other Non-Hybrid
    Model:
    N/A
    Agreed. I used to run it in my Trans Am and C5 but neither of those had cats most of the time. :eek:
     
    #4 F8L, Jun 20, 2011
  5. redisblue

    redisblue New Member

    Joined:
    Jun 20, 2011
    2
    0
    0
    Location:
    lansing
    Vehicle:
    2004 Prius
    Model:
    Two
    I was thinking of putting it through the gas to clean out the lines. It sounds like I should just return it huh?
     
    #5 redisblue, Jun 20, 2011
  6. F8L

    F8L Protecting Habitat & AG Lands

    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2006
    19,011
    4,081
    50
    Location:
    Grass Valley, CA.
    Vehicle:
    Other Non-Hybrid
    Model:
    N/A
    In the fuel tank it won't smoke as bad as sucking it through the crankcase vacuum so you should be fine. :)
     
    #6 F8L, Jun 20, 2011
  7. oldasdust

    oldasdust Member

    Joined:
    Apr 25, 2011
    356
    47
    0
    Location:
    illinois
    Vehicle:
    2011 Prius
    Model:
    Three
    I have used seafoam poured into the gas tank on all my cars and anything with an ice no problems just read the label directions and fill the tank with gas.
     
    #7 oldasdust, Jun 20, 2011
    Prius_Angie likes this.
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)