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if i use sea foam through my brake booster as a top engine cleaner. will it clean out my

fuel ports and injectors. my stealer said i had stopped up fuel ports and needed

to be cleaned out and wants to charge 120.00 plus if it fouls the plugs to replace

them total charge 180.00 what do yall think all this is because of hard starting prob and some missfire dealer already replaced cat,dist cap, rot button, brand new ac plugs and still has promblem with cold start and then misses at times on high accel after engine wrms to op. temp

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if i use sea foam  through my brake booster as a  top engine cleaner. will it clean out my

fuel ports and injectors. my stealer said i had stopped up fuel ports and needed

to be cleaned out and wants to charge 120.00 plus if it fouls the plugs to replace

them total charge 180.00 what do yall think all this is because of hard starting prob and some missfire dealer already replaced cat,dist cap, rot button, brand new ac plugs and still has promblem with cold start and then misses at times on high accel after engine wrms to op. temp

 

 

 

 

No it won't clean out the injectors as it doesn't actually pass through the injector but through the intake valves.

 

For your plugged injector problem, you could try a couple bottles of Techron FI cleaner or berryman's B-12 in the tank. I have had good luck wth those 2 in the past. Put in a double dosage for a tank and followup with a regular dosage tank and you should be good to go.

 

Hard start could also be fuel pump or fuel filter problem but I'm assuming your stealer has diagnosed those as ok.

 

Good Luck.

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I would run 1 can in the brake booster and dump 1 can in the gas tank or double up on the tank. I would even run a tank of high octane gas with it just for good measure. Its gonna smoke real bad when u put it in the brake booster, just follow the directions on the can.

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