sea foam, now engine wont start!

[jennings93463]

my engine wont start after i barely pour sea foam in the vacuum line.
i heard a pop noise and white smoke coming out of the vacuum line
where i was pouring the sea foam. any one know whats wrong? did i
just killed my engine!!!???
the car starts then it sputter a lil then dies, now it wont even fire
i have done sea foam before on my other hondas, and it worked out
fine. maybe this engine is a little too old? help!

[jennings93463]

i just checked i have no spark, whats the problem? i checked the wires
all good.

[Lyle]

Sea Foam?
What's that? and why in the vacuum line?
Bill

[mterrens]

OK, I give up - what is sea foam, and why were you pouring it into your
engine?
Steve

[Tran Nguyen]

go here, http://www.seafoamsales.com/motorTuneUpTech.htm
sea foam cleans out all the carb dirt inside the engine. it works i have
done this to my hondas and it runs like a champ, idles great.
i pour it in the vacuum so it can suck it throughly to the engine, this will
make alot of smokes coming out of the exhaust.
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=755765&page=1
btw i check again and i have no spark.

[Tran Nguyen]

go here, http://www.seafoamsales.com/motorTuneUpTech.htm
sea foam cleans out all the carb dirt inside the engine. it works i have
done this to my hondas and it runs like a champ, idles great.
i pour it in the vacuum so it can suck it throughly to the engine, this will
make alot of smokes coming out of the exhaust.
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=755765&page=1
btw i check again and i have no spark.

[Tran Nguyen]

go here, http://www.seafoamsales.com/motorTuneUpTech.htm
sea foam cleans out all the carb dirt inside the engine. it works i have
done this to my hondas and it runs like a champ, idles great.
i pour it in the vacuum so it can suck it throughly to the engine, this will
make alot of smokes coming out of the exhaust.
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=755765&page=1
btw i check again and i have no spark.

[jennings93463]

updates! the car starts but it sputter i have to hold on to the gas
and the choke to keep it alive, it sounds like too much fuel going in
or something. i open and checked both spark plug one of them was all
black and dry, does this mean no fuel is going in? or bad sparks?
heres a pic
http://www.we-todd-did-
racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wMTAzNDYxNDZzNDEzZGZkMzF5NTQx.jpg

[dustyspath]

There are three things to make a gas engine go: Gas, Spark, and twist(Turning engine) Pouring something into the vacuum line may have affected your vacuum advance to the points, but you should keep to basics here. Unplug a spark plug and check if your coil works by clicking the points with your screwdriver or finger while holding the spark plug wire 1/8" away from a good ground like the valve cover. Fat blue plus a biting sensational shock are good signs.
Spark is caused by three things: Points, condensor, coil: I check the capacitor by replacement. Points can be filed and honed a few times before replacing but in the end you can replace those too.  Motorcycle coils can sometimes be used if yours went bad.
Newer cars with fuel injection or oxygen sensors  have computers you must defy, but that isn't a problem here.
Marshall Tran Nguyen wrote:

> go here,
> http://www.seafoamsales.com/motorTuneUpTech.htm
> sea foam cleans out all the carb dirt inside the engine.  it works i have > done this to my hondas and it runs like a champ, idles great.
> i pour it in the vacuum so it can suck it throughly to the engine, this will > make alot of smokes coming out of the exhaust.
> http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=755765&page=1
> btw i check again and i have no spark.
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