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Will an oil analysis provide any benefit if I seafoam before the oil change?

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Old 08-10-2006, 09:30 AM
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Will an oil analysis provide any benefit if I seafoam before the oil change?
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Default If you put the seafoam in the crankcase, they will definitely detect it.
If you just suck it in through the intake and/or put it in the gas tank, the amount that makes its way into the oil will probably be negligible.

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Default you might get higher insolubles in your results
I would take sample before seafoam..
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Default So, you think i should just wait until the next change to analyze or go ahead and just tell them
that it's in there?
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mk. that's the other option is to drain a bit out and then seafoam...
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Yeah, I'd say that's the best option.
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