HOW TO USE SEA FOAM MOTOR TREATMENT IN FUEL
BENEFITS
applicationS
treatment recommendations
SUMMARY
Pour Sea Foam in your fuel tank to clean and lubricate your entire fuel system. It works through fuel injectors and carburetors to remove harmful residues and deposits from fuel passageways, intake valves, pistons, and chamber areas.
For cleaning a gasoline or diesel fuel system, it’s safe to add more Sea Foam to fuel. In fact, the more Sea Foam you add to fuel, the better it cleans!
Made from petroleum ingredients, Sea Foam is safe and effective when used in all types of gasoline or diesel fuels and fuel blends. Sea Foam does NOT contain harsh detergent or abrasive chemicals that can harm your engine or fuel system components.

HOW TO USE a high concentration of SEA FOAM
mOTOR TREATMENT IN FUEL
RELATED QUESTIONS
Will Sea Foam work for 2014 Chevy Impala LS 2.5 engine and can you use the same can for everything?
Thanks for the question, Carl. Yes, you can use Sea Foam Motor Treatment in your 2014 Chevy Impala. It’ll work great in the gas and oil to clean residues and deposits that reduce performance. Here’s a little more info on how to use it:
- Sea Foam Motor Treatment in fuel. I like to wait until the tank is low (1/4 -1/8 tank), add the whole 16 oz can, and then drive for at least 10-20 miles before refueling. It’s safe to add a high concentration like that and it works very well for cleaning fuel residues and deposits. Add it to fuel like this every 3,000 miles or once a year.
- Sea Foam Motor Treatment in oil. Add 1 ounce of Sea Foam per quart of oil in the crankcase. We recommend adding it 100-300 miles before your next oil change. That gives the Sea Foam enough time to circulate and clean, and it allows all the reliquefied oil residues to be drained away with the old oil. To help progressively clean up your oil crankcase, add it before every oil change.
Hope that helps and let me know if there’s anything else!
Can Sea Foam be used to remove moisture from your gas tank?
Can I add a can of Sea Foam to my almost full gas tank and wait to drive it the next day?
Thanks for the question, Dusty.
Yes, you can add a can of Sea Foam Motor Treatment to a full gas tank and let it sit until the next day. It won’t hurt anything. You can leave it in for as long as you’d like.
If your goal is regular preventative maintenance, adding it to a full tank is perfectly fine.
If your goal is cleaning the fuel system, I’d recommend waiting until the tank is low, about 1/4 tank or less, then adding the full 16 oz can. Drive at least 10–20 miles before refueling. The higher concentration works much better and faster to clean the entire fuel system.
Can I use Sea Foam in a 2004 Kia Spectra?
Thanks for the question, Mark. Yes, you can use Sea Foam in both the fuel and the oil in your Kia Spectra.
In fuel, I’d recommend waiting until the tank is low, about 1/4 tank or less. Then, add a full 16 oz can and drive at least 10–20 miles before refueling. The higher concentration works much better and faster to clean fuel gum, varnish, and other deposits.
In oil, use 1 oz of Sea Foam per quart of oil, added 100–300 miles before your next oil change.
High Mileage Motor Treatment is also a great option as it’s a great cleaner for older vehicles.
Hope that helps and let me know if you have any other questions!
Best,
Conner
Sea Foam
Hello,
I am in northern Sweden and have an ’81 VW Golf 1.6 with Keihin Carburetor. It has not been driven for 10 years. It starts and drives, but idles a bit rough. It has 35 litres of new 98 octane fuel inside the tank. Is it possible that sea foam cleans the idle jets and stabilizes the fuel for the next three years?
Thanks
Jan
Hi Jan,
Thanks for the question! Here are two thoughts:
First, as far as stabilizing, Sea Foam will help stabilize the fuel and prevent it from degrading for up to two years.
Second, Sea Foam will help clean the idle jets as the treated fuel runs through them (you’d have to run it long enough that the treated fuel has time to work through the system and into the carburetor). I’d add two cans.

Jim D.TECH
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