Stories from the Autoparts store

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 12/10/2018 at 12:54 • Filed to: tales from the auto parts store

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Went to O’Reilly to get some intake cleaner (seafoam or whatever...no i don’t know if it does anything but what the heck...doesn’t hurt to try) and I was gree ted by a greenshirt

GS: can I help you?

Me: just trying to see if this CRC is better than seafoam for intake cleaning

GS: Intake manifold?

Me: yes

GS: what Vehicle?

Me: Land Cruiser, something about the PCV systems on these gums up the works pretty regularly...I really need a catch can.

GS: ah yeah, all those Land Cruisers were like that *reaches for seafoam*

Me *hmmm, maybe this guy is part of the Land Cruiser scene around here...wouldn’t surprise me since we are right in the heart of cruiser country...i’ll give heed to his words*

GS: yeah all those old british cars were like that

ME *ah, no...he’s an idiot* *grabs bottle of CRC and proceeds to check out.

benjrblant > HammerheadFistpunch 12/10/2018 at 13:10

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This is par for auto parts store service. You’re lucky he didn’t grab a can of brake cleaner.

Just Jeepin' > HammerheadFistpunch 12/10/2018 at 13:12

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TBH, that would have been my level of clue a few years ago, but at least I wasn’t working in retail trying to help people with their cars.

HammerheadFistpunch > Just Jeepin' 12/10/2018 at 13:18

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I give non-car people a pass for not knowing the difference between a Land Cruiser and a Land Rover. I t’ s like having 2 first names as your (i.e. John Tim ) You expect some people to call you Tim but if you are going to say “oh I know Tim, we go way back he and I” then ya better damn well better know that his name is John.

For Sweden > HammerheadFistpunch 12/10/2018 at 13:35

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Seafoam is good HHFP

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > HammerheadFistpunch 12/10/2018 at 13:40

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I once had one of those yahoos sell me air hoses instead of fuel hoses, you get one guess what happened a week later...

HammerheadFistpunch > For Sweden 12/10/2018 at 13:40

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I know that it technically works, but so would water. Methanol cleans pistons up real good. Im hoping to cleanout some carbon in the intake not just the pistones

Longtime Lurker > HammerheadFistpunch 12/10/2018 at 13:44

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I overheard this one before, but it's a little more excuseable in Canada where they haven't sold a new Landcruiser for over 20 years.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > HammerheadFistpunch 12/10/2018 at 13:50

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This guy called Project Farm on Youtubers is pretty good with testing all that stuff. All kinds of things, here are some with seafoam. I run seafoam through my diesel every now and then. I think in one he actually does test it against water.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2rzsm1Qi6N1X-wuOg_p0Ng/search?query=seafoam

HammerheadFistpunch > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 12/10/2018 at 14:01

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I’ve seen his videos before.  I can say that I still don’t have a lot of evidence to support what I want to do will work.  

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > HammerheadFistpunch 12/10/2018 at 14:03

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I mainly rely on diesel purges for any kind of reliable outcome. But so many old mechanics have told me seafoam works so, I kind of use it like purge, I wait til the tank is low and put a bunch in, it’s cheaper than  purge products.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 12/10/2018 at 14:04

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something like this I would assume

CobraJoe > HammerheadFistpunch 12/10/2018 at 14:05

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but if you are going to say “oh I know Tim, we go way back he and I” then ya better damn well better know that his name is John.

At my sister-in-law’s wedding, the best man gave a speech along the lines of “I’ve known her for a long time”.... and mispronounced her name mulitple times.

Full disclosure:  she’s from Ukraine and is already pretty tolerant of people misprouncing her name, but her name isn’t that hard and he was way off. 

HammerheadFistpunch > CobraJoe 12/10/2018 at 14:16

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This happens to me a lot actually since I have two first names. I’ m okay with it...whatever...unless you REPLY TO ME IN AN EMAIL. M y signature is on all emails and my full name IS the email. No forgiveness.  

razorbeamteam > HammerheadFistpunch 12/10/2018 at 14:25

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FWIW, I used seafoam on my Range Rover a few years ago. As luck would have it I had to pull the intake a few months later to do the headgaskets and the intake runners were squeaky clean. Obv. I hadn’t seen them before, but the rest of the engine was pretty gross. The PCV tube was caked pretty good.

When I did the seafoam treatment, there was a lot of dark smoke that came out of the tailpipe for the first few minutes before it turned white. 

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 12/10/2018 at 14:25

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Thankfully it was a 4 banger diesel so it didn’t flash. Scared the shit out of me though.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 12/10/2018 at 16:12

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And you installed them anyway......

wafflesnfalafel > HammerheadFistpunch 12/10/2018 at 16:13

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interesting - I had somewhat of a similar experience a couple years ago. I would run an injector cleaner through my Mazda at every oil change and I popped into Oreill y’s. The Gumout product had worked the best for me, but a very eager young employee came over and asked if he could help. I explained my situation, just to play along - didn’t want to crush his dreams - and he immediately says, “you don’t want that, you should get SeaFoam instead.”  After 30 seconds of conversation it was clear he didn’t know what he was talking about...

I wonder if Oreilly’s and Sea Foam have some sort of sales incentive for their employees or something.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 12/10/2018 at 16:16

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I gave the g uy my old hose, saying I need another fuel hose of that size and my mistake was not looking to closely at the hose he gave me. Lesson learned I guess ¯\_()_/¯

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 12/10/2018 at 17:17

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It’s to the point now the local O Rielly’s just slides me the keyboard and lets me get my own parts.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > HammerheadFistpunch 12/10/2018 at 23:14

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I went in looking for wheel rim wax, as they have a large chemical guys display , for my winter steelies to try and keep some salt off of them. After trying to explain the concept and product to employee A, “do you want turtle wax, how about M equia r s?.. here some tire shine” only to have moron #2 come over and repeat the exchange at which time bumblefuck #3 comes over.

I miss the old crew that used to work there, but they got moved to a new stor 12 miles away. 

VCeXpedition > HammerheadFistpunch 12/11/2018 at 00:17

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PREACH!

VCeXpedition > HammerheadFistpunch 12/11/2018 at 00:23

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I love SeaFoam. I use it whenever I find a can in my garage and my hood is open. I do however have to wait until after dark because the huge plume of white smoke seems to disturb my neighbors. If I’m honest, it bothers me some too, so at night I don’t pay attention to it.

Does it work? Yes, I’m sure my engine runs cleaner, smoother and gets better fuel economy, although I don’t measure any of that because I don’t want to be disappointed in the technology that is SeaFoam.