Additives/Cleaners or NONE?
 

Has anyone used seafoam in their Accord? How did that go? I've used it in vehicles, before, got the huge white cloud of smoke.. is that really carbon burning off, or is it the seafoam burning off? I've done it to my Accord once, back at around 175k ..... Now I'm reading that it could cause older seals to fail .. . I'm at 194k right now

Also, I always use lucas oil stabilizer, but now I am a little skeptical about it, too.... Does anyone have any information about the actual science behind it?

I've also done the gunk motor flush to it, before, but I am concerned about trying that again, too.. Is it really such a bad idea to run solvents through?

What about the lucas fuel treatment with upper cylinder lubricants and fuel system cleaners?? Is that a good idea? I usually run fuel system treatments with the tank almost empty, since they're less diluted then, is that okay?


Just some random questions and thoughts for the day.. any input is appreciated

Use nothing; using Seafoam and/or Lucas will not add even a single mile of longevity to your car, all it will do is enrich the makers of those products.

Got a good reason to believe something is actually dirty & needs to be cleaned? That's the only time I'd use something like that.

Heh! Yeah! It's a 1993 and has 194k on it :D

$5 for some stuff to pour in the fuel tank every 10 years is pretty small cost, even if it is wasted.

Once every oilchange is a waste of money.
Once every fuel-fillup is a REAL waste.

Wouldn't worry about fuel additives. Seafoam is good to use in the crankcase for KNOWN issues, sludge, sticky or noisy lifters...I've used it with success in some of those situations. If the vehicle has been properly maintained and runs fine with no issues...I wouldn't worry about additives, most are snake oil anyway.