Won't start after sea foaming

[the great him]

well it was friggin amateur hour at my garage today... FML. i checked the main battery terminals, but i over looked the secondary ones, and one of those was lose... as soon as i tightened it down and hit the key i got the free "whine" of the starter spinning things over with no plugs... put everything back together and tried it again, fired right up with a big plum of grey smoke.... :redbrick::whipping2:fear::der::loco::doh::bash::rockthrow:

 

[zgensler31]

If it makes you feel better I did the exact same thing about a year ago. Almost bought a battery and then someone was like, why is this cable so loose....
I can guarantee you wont make that mistake again though. Glad it was something simple

 

[MyHigh]

arty:

Glad to hear the news! Would've hated it to have been anything worse.

 

[bpowa]

Did u loosed the battery terminal or it just got loose over time?

I still think 2 cans of seafoam is too much.

 

[Sherwood4Runner]

Dude, happens to the best of us...I've done the similar things. Glad you got it figured out, you've had enough troubles with you truck this last year!

 

[PitbullRescuer]

Dude, really? LOL, just busting your stones. Glad it was an easy fix.

As for two cans of Seafoam, I don't think it's too much at all. My last one got two through the PCV hose, one in the oil and one in the gas tank. Smoothed it out quite a bit after it sat and then restarted and blew it out.

 

[the great him]

Did u loosed the battery terminal or it just got loose over time?

I still think 2 cans of seafoam is too much.

the battery terminals loosened over time.


i dont see 2 cans of sea foam being "too much". the o2 sensor, plugs and cat are the things i could see being affected my generous amounts of sea foam... but i figure im gonna need a new cat anyways being that im at almost 300k, and im coming up on a full tune up so a new o2 isnt really a big concern of mine and i just put new plugs in last week and when i pulled them out to see see if i had hydrolocked or soaked the plugs they were still good, just a little dirty -nothing a can of brake clean could not take care of.

 

[MattAK]

well it was friggin amateur hour at my garage today... FML. i checked the main battery terminals, but i over looked the secondary ones, and one of those was lose... as soon as i tightened it down and hit the key i got the free "whine" of the starter spinning things over with no plugs... put everything back together and tried it again, fired right up with a big plum of grey smoke.... :redbrick::whipping2:fear::der::loco::doh::bash::rockthrow:

I used to drive tour buses in Alaska. One day we were out in Chicken, AK (Google it!) with 44 people and when I went to leave the bus wouldn't start. I checked everything (so I thought) and nothing fixed it. Got on the Satphone with the mechanic, went over everything again. Still nothing. So about 2/3 of my guests were able to cram on the second bus that was traveling with me and I stayed with the rest to wait for a rescue bus that was 2 hours away. When that driver got to us, he was like "Oooh I drove that bus last week, it's got a loose battery cable, did you check that?" :frusty::frusty: Started right up. Neither I nor the mechanic thought to have me check the stupid cable. The guests were pretty good-natured about the whole thing.

I feel your pain sir.

 

[shadyluke]

Dude, really? LOL, just busting your stones. Glad it was an easy fix.

As for two cans of Seafoam, I don't think it's too much at all. My last one got two through the PCV hose, one in the oil and one in the gas tank. Smoothed it out quite a bit after it sat and then restarted and blew it out.

SeaFoam is not a lubricant. I would never add it directly to your oil as it will affect the viscosity potentially causing damage to your bearings. After you SeaFoam an engine through the intake you should change the oil. Not all of that junk is pushed out the exhaust, it does end up in the oil too.

 

[PitbullRescuer]

SeaFoam is not a lubricant. I would never add it directly to your oil as it will affect the viscosity potentially causing damage to your bearings. After you SeaFoam an engine through the intake you should change the oil. Not all of that junk is pushed out the exhaust, it does end up in the oil too.

I'm well aware that Seafoam is not a lubricant. Don't think I ever stated nor implied it was. it's a cleaner and I use it as such. I also change the oil very shortly after I Seafoam anything. Been using it for some time on many different vehicles, never had an issue.