Zebisko Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 I put some seafoam in with this tank of gas, and while driving to the parts store, I notice my gas needle rising! Seafoam gets a +1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingbobdole Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 WARNING!!Results not typical I have no idea how seafoam could possibly do that.. I kinda thought that the sender unit was sealed to some extent and did not get fuel inside of the electronic parts.:-\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebisko Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share Posted February 19, 2007 I'm just assuming the float was stuck, or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertsubaru Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 I'm just assuming the float was stuck, or something. Thats what I would think. Your float was gummend up and the seafoam un gunked it. If I was you after you run this tank of fuel i would change fuel filters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchsub Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Yea i second that. If there was enough junk in your tank to gum up your sending unit and you used seafoam now that junk is in your filters. Change em out at somepoint soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quazar Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 seafoam is awesome. i use it in all my older vw's and my subaru GL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 OK how to be scared in one easy lesson The fuel sender is NOT a sealed unit. It is basically a rheostat with with a float attached to the wiper arm.. Over the years the sender can get a film on it. Also if there is too much sulfur in the fuel (a rare but common way to fill a fuel gauge) it will foul the circuit. The seafoam cleaned the rheostat. Oh and dont worry, the car wont blow up. The tank is sealed and without oxygen the gas wont blow up. nipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebisko Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 Yeah, my car was stored for about a year before I bought it, so I was planning on doing fuel filters anyway. Thanks, though, I sometimes neglect to realize to do such simple things as that. Purolator is a good brand, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank B Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 OK how to be scared in one easy lesson The fuel sender is NOT a sealed unit. It is basically a rheostat with with a float attached to the wiper arm.. Over the years the sender can get a film on it. Also if there is too much sulfur in the fuel (a rare but common way to fill a fuel gauge) it will foul the circuit. The seafoam cleaned the rheostat. Oh and dont worry, the car wont blow up. The tank is sealed and without oxygen the gas wont blow up. nipper Chevron Techron counteracts the effects of sulfer on sending units too. It didn't "fix" my chevy's faulty unit, but it did change it's behavior a bit. Maybe I need another treatment?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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