I remember when I first started working on motorcycles and cars back in the day. While WD-40 remains the GOAT of products to fix all that ails you, another name was often regarded as a second Wunderkind; Sea-Foam.
Is your engine misfiring? Sea-Foam. Do you have an oil leak? Sea-Foam. Is there a weird smell coming out of the exhaust that absolutely isn't burning oil or an exploded Subaru head gasket? Sea-Foam. Do your own joints ache when you stand up? You guessed it, Sea-Foam.
Even today, many garage mechanics will attest that Sea-Foam is the end-all, be-all product for at-home repairs. But there's a question that, apparently, has been asked countless times by the internet. If Sea-Foam can do it all, can you run a motor purely off the stuff?
Well, Scott from the popular YouTube channel Kentucky Ballistics has a new venture, Kentucky Kustoms, where he dives into machines, builds, and answers weird internet questions only Scott could ever dream up. And his latest is answering whether or not you could run a pocket motorcycle purely on Sea-Foam.
According to the can, Sea-Foam Motor Treatment cleans injectors and carb jets, is a fuel stabilizer, removes moisture from fuel and oil, adds lubricity, frees lifters and rings, is a carbon cleaner, can lube your upper cylinders, and is a de-icer. Likewise, it works for gas and diesel engines, as well as two- and four-strokes. Nowhere, however, does it say that you could use it to fuel a motor.
It does say it's flammable though.
Scott's pocket bike of choice is everyone's favorite Coleman pit bike. You know, the one you can pick up at either Walmart, Sportsman's Warehouse, your local Ace or True Value, or Tractor Supply. It's a cheap, 196cc pit bike with a whopping 6 horsepower. It's also apocalypse-proof, with folks around the world mistreating these machines to such a degree, you almost feel bad when they throw them off jumps, thrash and bash them, and do all manner of things not specificed as "good" in the owner's manual.
And Scott's no different. The man loves torturing both weapons and machines. But will the pocket bike run off pure Sea-Foam? Is the wonder drug of mechanics everywhere flammable enough to allow the Coleman to run? Will it catch fire? Will Scott end up just blowing the whole thing up with a .50 cal tracer round? Click the video above and find out.
