Sea Foam – A Rustic Living Essential

When coordinating all of our ideas in creating Cabin Spaces, the cabin owners / contributors had three common concerns that came up for everyone, regardless of where our rustic getaways are:

1. Water Treatment. We created a post called: Selecting a Home Water Treatment for that topic that covers all aspects of water treatment from start to finish.
2. Insulation / Heating & Cooling. We have started a collection of articles, starting with 10 Simple Ways to Make Your House Energy Efficient for Winter and have multiple articles on insulating in the works… and…
3. Keeping Motors Running. This deals with snowmobiles, cars and trucks, off-road vehicles, lawn mowers, and all of the other motorized vehicles and tools we use around the cabin.

Dealing with water and insulation are issues that are pushed front and center as soon as you buy a cabin, but maintaining everything with motor can creep up on you.  Personally, the writer of this post was forced to confront this issue a month after purchasing a cabin, where two used snowmobiles were just purchased. The sellers were very upfront about the fact that neither machine had been run in several years, and they couldn’t get them started. Luckily, a neighbor was especially experienced with dealing with snowmobiles, and when I called, he came over with a few tools, and Sea Foam.

We had heard of the product, but generally, the Sea Foam brand is targeted a lot toward maintenance of engines. However, it really shines in dire situations when trying to get a mistreated motor running again. On our two used snowmobiles we were stuck, not being able to get them going, but as the Sea Foam worked its magic through the old gas, it slowly started running. The old gas was able to smoke its way out of the system, and in about an hour both snowmobiles were running beautifully. We ended up getting amazing deals on three more snowmobiles that were in the same situation. All machines run very well, years after buying them.

This is not any miracle story, and most people with cabins probably already have Sea Foam as part of their regular engine treatment plan. We use it with every fill up of our snowmobiles and our Polaris RZR’s. It is used for when we are storing these as well, and start-ups after months of no use are not an issue anymore. The lawnmower, edger, and our two chainsaws all get Sea Foam, and we simply don’t have any of the problems that we use to have with starting engines that haven’t been used in a while. If this sounds like a shameless plug, well, it is. It is one of our “cabin essentials” that we couldn’t imagine living without.

One of the surprising results we have had with Sea Foam is with an old Jeep that is used around the land. With about 200k miles on it, it started to become a real issue with starting. After using Sea Foam, that issue has completely gone away. We use it with every fill up, and whatever was gunking up the engine before is long gone.

How To Use Sea Foam

From their official YouTube site ( we recommend watching all of the videos if you want to learn more, lots of great info on how to use it with all sorts of different engines )

Where Should You Use Sea Foam?

We took this right from their site, explains different uses of the product:

• Where should I use Sea Foam engine products? Use in gasoline and diesel fuel, oil crankcases, gas and diesel fuel filters, gasoline induction systems, automatic transmissions, hydraulics and power steering systems.
• Use in Gasoline, Ethanol, and Diesel Fuels – Sea Foam adds upper cylinder lubricity and restores lost engine power by dissolving petroleum residues from fuel injectors/carburetors, valves and chambers…
• Use in Engine Oil – In 4-stroke gas or diesel, adding Sea Foam Motor Treatment cleans engine crankcases by liquefying harmful deposits that form and accumulate between oil and filter changes…
• Use for Intake Cleaning – Sea Foam Spray Top Engine Cleaner & Lube is specially designed to deliver a high concentration of petroleum cleaning solvency to gasoline air intake systems…
• Use in Engine Fluids – Hydra Trans Tune works to clean and dissolve harmful varnish build-up from transmissions, hydraulics and power steering systems…

Sea Foam Products

Go Big: Sea Foam SF-16-12PK Motor Treatment – 16 oz., (Case of 12)

Sea Foam Motor Treatment is a petroleum based product that helps clean internal fuel and oil system components. Sea Foam is an EPA-registered product, and will not harm engine components, seals, gaskets, catalytic converters or oxygen sensors. Sea Foam helps liquefy gum and varnish deposits helping to free sticky valve lifters and rings. By using Sea Foam to help eliminate varnish and carbon buildup, mechanics can more accurately diagnose mechanical problems that may exist.

Sea Foam sf-16 Motor Treatment, 16 oz.

• The product is SF16 16OZ Motor Tune Up
• Easy and simple use kit
• 100 percent pure petroleum
• EPA registered product
• Liquefies gum and varnish deposits or internal engine contaminants
• Special Shipping Information: This item cannot be returned and has additional shipping restrictions
• Special Shipping Information: This item cannot be returned and has additional shipping restrictions

Sea Foam SS14 Cleaner and Lube

• Cures hesitation, stalls, pings, flat spots and rough idle due to carbon buildup
• Use to store and fog 2-cycle and 4-cycle engines
• Helps pass emission tests, epa registered
• Cleans intake valves and pistons
• Oxygen sensor safe

Sea Foam DC-14 Deep Creep Lubricant – 12 oz.

Mechanics, sportsmen and hobbyists love deep creep as a gun cleaner, lubricating and dispersing moisture on fishing reels, engine parts, clamps, wheels, air tools, locks, rollers, chains, gears, drawer slides, hinges and ball bearings

 

 

 

 

Sea Foam TT-16 Trans Tune Transmission Additive – 16 oz.

• Does not harm or swell seals or alter the viscosity of the transmission fluid
• Reduces rough or erratic shifting
• Removes damaging moisture
• For automatic transmissions, power steering systems and industrial or agricultural hydraulic systems

 

 

Sea Foam BBG1 Cleaner

• Highly versatile auto and truck cleaner
• Specially formulated to safely remove bugs
• Chemically neutralizes acidic bug remains
• Softens organic deposits in 30-45 seconds
• Activate with water