Sea Foam drowning
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Sea Foam drowning
Hey guys and gals, just wanted to start by saying thanks to everyone who has posted anything on this forum that has helped me in the past. This is my first time posting anything because normally i can just read through the post already on here and pretty much solve my problem so thanks.
This is not the case today though so here goes. I have a 2006 f150 with the triton 5.4 v8. I i changed my oil and filter over the weekend and decided to run a can of seafoam thru the intake yesterday. I ran half a can thru the gas tank and i added about seven ounces to my oil as well. I followed the instructions on the can regarding the 10 to 15 minute hot soak at the end of the can but i may have messed up in a few areas. I did not remove the intake shroud, i simply pulled the air filter and shoved the red straw as far down the intake as i could. second, after the hot soak i ran the truck pretty hard for a little while to burn off all the sea foam and then parked in a parking lot and revved the engine to about 4000 rpms for a while to make sure all the white smoke was cleared.
The truck seemed to run pretty good until this morning on my way into work. During what i will call moderate acceleration the truck would hesitate around 4500 rpms. it did that twice and i figured there was maybe i had knocked so carbon deposits loose somewhere and they just had to burn off.
The hesitation persisted and got worse on my way home from work and left me sputtering on the side of the road. Then a full stall. While trying to start the truck back up, i noticed alot of black smoke coming from my exhaust and googled searched the symptoms up to that point. Google said it was most likely the mass airflow sensor so i disconnected the sensor and pulled out the air filter for ****s and giggles to see if i could get more air into the mix since i seemed to be running very rich.
Made it to advance and picked up a bottled of airflow sensor cleaner and went to town. Reinserted the sensor after it fully dried and my truck ran pretty good in the parking lot for about ten minutes until it was time to pull out the parking lot then boom, stall
I had the guy in advance plug up the code reader and got the following codes. P0191, P2196, P2198, and P0102. I disconnected the air flow sensor again and the truck started up and allowed me to limp home. I got home and let the truck cool down for about two hours and started her up. she ran rough but she ran, until i plugged the air flow sensor back in and then boom, fatality.
Im thinking its the airflow sensor but i just wanted to get some opinions on how to proceed from some people that know more about cars and trucks then i currently do.
This is not the case today though so here goes. I have a 2006 f150 with the triton 5.4 v8. I i changed my oil and filter over the weekend and decided to run a can of seafoam thru the intake yesterday. I ran half a can thru the gas tank and i added about seven ounces to my oil as well. I followed the instructions on the can regarding the 10 to 15 minute hot soak at the end of the can but i may have messed up in a few areas. I did not remove the intake shroud, i simply pulled the air filter and shoved the red straw as far down the intake as i could. second, after the hot soak i ran the truck pretty hard for a little while to burn off all the sea foam and then parked in a parking lot and revved the engine to about 4000 rpms for a while to make sure all the white smoke was cleared.
The truck seemed to run pretty good until this morning on my way into work. During what i will call moderate acceleration the truck would hesitate around 4500 rpms. it did that twice and i figured there was maybe i had knocked so carbon deposits loose somewhere and they just had to burn off.
The hesitation persisted and got worse on my way home from work and left me sputtering on the side of the road. Then a full stall. While trying to start the truck back up, i noticed alot of black smoke coming from my exhaust and googled searched the symptoms up to that point. Google said it was most likely the mass airflow sensor so i disconnected the sensor and pulled out the air filter for ****s and giggles to see if i could get more air into the mix since i seemed to be running very rich.
Made it to advance and picked up a bottled of airflow sensor cleaner and went to town. Reinserted the sensor after it fully dried and my truck ran pretty good in the parking lot for about ten minutes until it was time to pull out the parking lot then boom, stall
I had the guy in advance plug up the code reader and got the following codes. P0191, P2196, P2198, and P0102. I disconnected the air flow sensor again and the truck started up and allowed me to limp home. I got home and let the truck cool down for about two hours and started her up. she ran rough but she ran, until i plugged the air flow sensor back in and then boom, fatality.
Im thinking its the airflow sensor but i just wanted to get some opinions on how to proceed from some people that know more about cars and trucks then i currently do.
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From: Joplin MO
You should not have used Seafoam. It's hard on converters, it was designed for old carbureted engines.
Use Techron or another fuel additive with PEA in the fuel tank. If you want a complete combustion path cleaning, take it to a shop that does BG or Motorvac jobs.
Do not put any solvent like that in the oil.
If you got Seafoam on the MAF, it's probably toast.
Use Techron or another fuel additive with PEA in the fuel tank. If you want a complete combustion path cleaning, take it to a shop that does BG or Motorvac jobs.
Do not put any solvent like that in the oil.
If you got Seafoam on the MAF, it's probably toast.