Nah, no Haynes; and I'm aware that I'm supposed to let the seafoam kill the motor.

Why do I have this feeling that the PCV valve is right in front of me but I'm missing it?

What should the valve be located on/around? I know it's supposed to be on the intake manifold, but can't figure out where.

 

Post a pic of your engine, we will find it for you if you would like.

The PCV is normally on the valve cover, not the manifold.

Sea foam didnt kill my engine, I poured it in quick too, just pissed the engine off then I had to pull the key out to kill it, It may be different on other engines.

after 20- 30 min start it back up and you should see the white smoke coming out of the tailpipe for a few minutes. Be careful if you have neighbors close by, might **** them off

 

Apparently I've been looking in the wrong place then. If it's on the valve cover, then it'd be pretty hard not to find. I think I've got a pretty good idea; I'll confirm tomorrow.

Thanks for the help on this wild goose chase, haha.

 

No prob, its more fun here than watching TV , for me

 

At last, success! The seafoam is sitting inside my motor right now, and I'm waiiting to go and start it up. A video is soon to follow!

I didn't realize that I was quite literally taking it directly into the PCV valve. I also noticed that my PCV valve hadn't been changed in a while, so I went ahead and picked up a new one and some vacuum hosing to replace the two after the seafoam is out of the system.

 

Looking forward to it!

 

Here is the link to the video.

For some odd reason, the smoke only came out of one tail pipe for a majority of the time, and there wasn't that much smoke. Any ideas?

 

Was the engine warmed up when you did it? if so that can cause it all to evaporate and not do the job right. Its best to do it when the engine is cold, best if its used if you start it for 3 min before it warms up, put it in right after that.

Looks like you did it right, I have seem more thicker smoke when I did mine, but maybe different models act differently, Thanks for sharing that!

 

I've already changed my plugs, but I'll probably do this again when the engine is cooler, though I'm talking a fair few thousand miles down the line. I had to drive about 5 miles to pick up the seafoam and another 5 back, so that's probably why it didn't act the way it should have. My only other idea is that the right side of my motor was just that damn clean, lmao. But, seriously, it's possible; my father had that head gasket replaced a couple years ago, so it's entirely possible that it wasn't as dirty/grimey as the left side.

 

Clean or not, Its the seafoam that smokes when used properly.