Holy smokes this is an old thread!

 

I have HEARD Oly, that the ehaders arent really the constricting point of the 3.0, its the intake/head....so search around a bit more, I know there a couple of other threads about 3.0 headers...but my guess would say no....but then again, I have the 3.4, so what do I know?

EDI: Wow, I also just realized how resurected this thread is....Im sure Oly has this all worked out by now. lol.

 

i realised this after i posted...doubt ill get any replys from the original posters

 

Who knows, maybe Oly will show up, and tell all. lol.

 

Wow, and wow. This thread is OLD.

Well, the truck that this happened to is now my brothers. This wasn't my taco that this happened to.

Anyways, what happened. Too much seafoam got sucked into the engine, and snapped the connecting rod on the #4 cylinder in half, and destroyed the entire inside of the engine quite well. I bought a new rebuild and put it in, it's still running with 25k miles on it.

Lesson learned, I'm not going to use seafoam. I'll let a shop do it, if they will replace my engine if it blows. I don't trust that stuff, but if people want to use it, completely fine by me!

 

I thought as I was reading through the posts that this did not sound like the confident Old timer Oly I knew of... once I saw the dates, I knew why. He was but a young baby Oly then...

 

So what do you say oly? what to try it again with you truck now.

 

sea foam works great just dont suck the whole bottle or suck it down fast

 

Wow, very old thread, but what the heck, lot's of opportunity for learning.

What Oly was trying to do is called a "hot soak." I have done this on my 3.0 with Sea Foam, with good results.

You want to pick one of the vacuum lines that is on the passenger's side of the engine that goes into the intake manifold. You use this line to suck Sea Foam into the engine. But only let enough in to where you start to hear the idle go lower. Then lift the vacuum line out of the Sea Foam and let the engine recover.

As you get down the bottle, just before you run out, you let the Sea Foam get sucked in and let the engine stall. The stall is caused by an overly rich mixture, not hydrolocking. Then let it sit for 20 minutes. Then start it up and drive until you are no longer blowing blue smoke. Then change your oil and filter.

If you pick a vacuum line with too much capacity that doesn't go into the intake manifold two problems can happen.
1) You suck in too much liquid at once and get hydro lock
2) You don't end up dispersing the Sea Foam equally around the cylinders

You should not need to ever do this treatment if you use Techron or Sea Foam a couple of times between oil changes and keep your engine in good working order. My 3.0 has been pretty well maintained and I didn't get much crud coming out. It did help a bit, just not much.

Hope this helps,

MadCityRich

 

Yup, #1 was what happened to me.

I was just a baby at that point, crazy to think it's been almost 4 years since that happened.

Needless to say, I've learned a lot since then, and payed dearly for my mistake.

 

Oly's gotten grouchy in his old age. At one time he was just a babe in the woods, now he's just really pissed off about everything.

 

Thats a large vacuum line, I suspect it sucked too much? Hopefully, it didnt hydrolock the engine. But sure sounds like it. Bring your checkbook!

 

Uh, did you look at the date of my first post? Did you happen to read these last couple posts? This happened almost 4 years ago now.

 

Look out, Oly's gonna get mad. Oly, you really are the newest great thing for me on YT. lol.

 

No, I didnt, and your welcome. Hey, what ended up happening to the engine. Never saw a follow up on your stupid mistake??? Pop the motor???

 

There ya go....

 

Yes the motor blew up.

Yes I put a new motor in.

Yes I made threads all about it.

Yes it was a stupid mistake.

Moderators, will you please lock this thread.

*oly884 goes and punches hole though door