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SEAFOAM #5191177 08/12/10 06:43 PM
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Ok if you use Seamfoam , is it also necessary to use Stabil??

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nope they both are stabilizers, the seafoam has added benefits though.
do a full decarb on the engine and use full synthetic oil afterwards and you will be surprised at how much better it runs.


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i didn't know seafoam was a stabilizer?

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I use the Marine Stabil every time I put gas in. I only use Seafoam once a year in the spring. Seafoam is too expensive (IMO) to run all the time.


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Originally Posted By: crappie-mark
i didn't know seafoam was a stabilizer?
yep read the can it does a lot of good stuff.


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Re: SEAFOAM [Re: hopalong] #5194246 08/13/10 03:35 PM
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2nd that...i use it weekly...quickleen...stabil and seafoam makes a good cocktail fish


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Stabil every time I add fuel. A little seafoam every three or four tanks.

hard sterring [Re: Doug E. Fresh] #5514285 11/14/10 03:22 AM
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1988 winner bass boat, any one tell me why the sterring is so hard, greased all fittings, still hard ?

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Originally Posted By: nitrokid
1988 winner bass boat, any one tell me why the sterring is so hard, greased all fittings, still hard ?


Sea Foam will not help your problem. You need new cables.





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hey you never know don, squirt that [censored] into the cable lines and find out! haha! im just kidding! dont do that really...

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Need new cables


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Re: hard sterring [Re: ChampionDon (SkeeterDon)] #5524331 11/17/10 12:57 PM
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Seafoam is the "majic snake oil" if there ever was any!!! Yes it will save your cables, I will try to make this short and tell ya how to do it, You can PM me if ya don't get it all in the post. First put down something under the dash on the floor to keep it from getting on carpet. Loosen both nuts that are on ends of cables going into steering helm (lets fluid go thru cables). Remove cables from engine. Get some vinel tubeing (home depot) that is big enough to go over the cables, maybe 3 1/2' long. Remove grease jerks and slide tubeing over entire cable ends up past cable housing. Turn steering wheel so the cable you are working on is extended all the way. Attach with radiator hose clamp to hold tubeing onto the cable housing. Fill tubeing with sea foam. Now you will need an air compressor. Take an old air fitting (I used the fitting that ya use to fill tires but any fitting will work) stick it in the other end of the tubeing and attach it with a radiator clamp. Keep the hose up so sea foam will not drain out (tie it to engine anywhere) Depending on how strong your compressor is or how plugged up your cables are) attach your air to the fitting. It may take awhile to get the sea foam to go thru the cables (I have had to leave it on overnight at 150lbs of pressure before). Once the sea foam has gone thru the cables (you will see it coming out under dash -oh yea ya might want to wrap a wrag around the nuts at the steering helm so the fluid doesn't spray all over) you have cleaned out the cables. They will now feel free!! repeat same process using moblie one oil, when it starts coming out under dash at helm turn steering wheel side to side then tighten up nuts and attach cables. GOOD AS NEW hope this helps anyone who is running regular cables. just my two cents

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Originally Posted By: FLYING BUTCHER
Seafoam is the "majic snake oil" if there ever was any!!! Yes it will save your cables, I will try to make this short and tell ya how to do it, You can PM me if ya don't get it all in the post. First put down something under the dash on the floor to keep it from getting on carpet. Loosen both nuts that are on ends of cables going into steering helm (lets fluid go thru cables). Remove cables from engine. Get some vinel tubeing (home depot) that is big enough to go over the cables, maybe 3 1/2' long. Remove grease jerks and slide tubeing over entire cable ends up past cable housing. Turn steering wheel so the cable you are working on is extended all the way. Attach with radiator hose clamp to hold tubeing onto the cable housing. Fill tubeing with sea foam. Now you will need an air compressor. Take an old air fitting (I used the fitting that ya use to fill tires but any fitting will work) stick it in the other end of the tubeing and attach it with a radiator clamp. Keep the hose up so sea foam will not drain out (tie it to engine anywhere) Depending on how strong your compressor is or how plugged up your cables are) attach your air to the fitting. It may take awhile to get the sea foam to go thru the cables (I have had to leave it on overnight at 150lbs of pressure before). Once the sea foam has gone thru the cables (you will see it coming out under dash -oh yea ya might want to wrap a wrag around the nuts at the steering helm so the fluid doesn't spray all over) you have cleaned out the cables. They will now feel free!! repeat same process using moblie one oil, when it starts coming out under dash at helm turn steering wheel side to side then tighten up nuts and attach cables. GOOD AS NEW hope this helps anyone who is running regular cables. just my two cents


Butcher - I might be willing to pay you to do that to my boat! How much would you do it for? I will supply the chemicals if you supply the equipment. I live in Denton too.

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Re: hard sterring [Re: crappie-mark] #5525573 11/17/10 07:18 PM
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I had cable steering and it was stiff as well, but it was due to the cable had rubbed the inside tubing and was binding up. Doing this process would not have worked.

This would be good to try though, cheap enough.


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Re: hard sterring [Re: ChampionDon (SkeeterDon)] #5527963 11/18/10 01:41 PM
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Ya don't have to pay me anything. I have a shop set up inside an airport hanger on 35 and 1171. We just need to find a day that would work for both of us. PM me have fun be safe

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