Seafoaming the 1986 Chrysler New Yorker + First Drive of 2013

[@HarleyBadger]

I just thought I should re-visit this...for all those who thought SeaFoam damages engines... It's now FOUR years later, and the engine still runs like a sewing machine. Still with the renewed power and economy that this procedure provided.

[@michaeldouthitt5972]

1986 was the first year for the injected 2.5 liter 4 cylinder in the Mopar K-Cars. That engine replaced a carbed Mitsubishi built 2.6 liter engine. That Chrysler K-Car New Yorker is a nice car. Quite a few of them came with the turbo version of the 2.2 liter engine. And with the digital displays in the instrument cluster and A/C controls, it is more high-tech than the RWD Chrysler Fifth Ave. I bet the people who bought those cars new in the 1980s were between 40-50 years old.

[@jamesjetty625]

its great to see two friends of Dorothy who are into cars like I am. Waiting to see if I end up getting a 86 Caravell 2.2 Turbo in a few days!!

[@spatsbear]

If you count each individual contained VFD, there are 9 VFD displays in that car. The car is rated at around 3900lbs empty. So with a full tank of gas, and 2 passengers, we were probably weighing around 4400lbs. It was reading about 11-12mpg climbing the hill.

[@vwestlife]

Good choice on the Dart -- I test-drove one with the turbo engine and 6-speed manual and it was fun to drive. Your New Yorker looks great and sounds like it's running very smoothly now. :-)

[@Bluetailvappy]

I do agree. That engine in the New Yorker sounds sweet at full throttle.

[@spatsbear]

Cosmetically was mainly just cleaning and polishing, new vinyl roof and headliner is all. Mechanically, other than normal maintenance items, I've done nothing to it either. It does just float over bumps, but for riding as soft as it does, it handles quite well.

[@seana806]

Now here’s something that’s kind of interesting, this video was uploaded on the 17th of April which ironically was the very day the Ford Mustang debuted in 1964 which was one of Lee Iacocca’s cars. This video also happens to have a creation from Lee Iacocca, a variant/derivative of the Chrysler K Car. While the Mustang is a iconic car from the 1960’s, more of a full sized Ford Galaxie 500/LTD guy. Ironically, those were styled by Elwood Engle who styled the ‘61 Lincoln Continental along with a 1962 Mercury proposal which eventually became the ‘65 and ‘66 Ford Galaxie 500/LTD. Elwood Engle eventually found himself at Chrysler Corporation when the ‘62 lineup which was styled by Virgil Exner ended up being a flop, that explains why Chryslers and Fords of the 60’s have a similar look to one another since they were styled by the same person, Elwood Engle.

[@kcarman88]

10 years already??

[@spatsbear]

You're missing it. Seafoam is a petroleum product that can clean fuel injectors, pistons, valves, etc. In the video we sucked it in per the instructions through a vacuum line. Before finishing purposely stalling the engine with it to soak everything. Leave sit for 20 minutes, restart. The white smoke is the carbon buildup being expelled out of the engine through the exhaust. Afterwards the car is running even better, and my mpg even went up with it since the engine has been cleaned out.

[@spatsbear]

No, the original owners had it repainted 10-15 years ago. While the color does look good, lots of imperfections in it (that you cannot see on camera). I plan on getting it repainted back to factory color (sky blue) and finish putting the trim back on the car.

[@spatsbear]

Thanks :) I love the Dart - handles quite well, seats are comfortable, pretty quick car with that little 1.4L turbo, and I'm getting 28-43mpg with it.

[@artstrader7954]

Great videos, guys! I laughed so hard the tears ran down my leg! 10:20, "Move it or get a New Yorker enema"! Crapallier! Ha! I own and daily drive an '87 Reliant, 2.2, LE. Clean and rust free, pushing 140k. So far one timing belt, one head gasket, three sets of axles plus a lot of little stuff she needed to keep her going. Runs rough during cool weather, great when it's warm out. 15 MPG city right now. Every shop I bring her to seems stupified by OBD1 technology. No one has been able to get her to run as well as she should. Hundreds of dollars later and nothing they 'fixed' did a lick of good! Still, she starts and runs every day, although rough and thirsty. I tried Sea Foam couple months ago by pouring some into the fuel tank, according to the directions. Didn't seem to do much of anything. That's not to knock Sea Foam, I know it's been trusted by professionals like yourselves for generations. Any further tips you can give me on Sea Foam's use? Anywho, I'm totally digging your car! It's 'grandma fresh'! I've sat in some 'Yorkers at the old Plymouth dealership I once worked for and in the local Pick-Your-Parts yards in my area (poor ol' Mopars! Yes, people do junk nice old cars for stupid reasons!) Wish I had a talking box like yours, but when they show up on E-Bay they go for around $500! Does your car run at weird temps, like the temp reading goes up and down like a damn see-saw? Mine does. I've tried everything from new thermostats, flushes, sending units, radiator caps to witch doctors trying to chase out the evil spirits and air bubbles in the cooling system. Nothing seems to work. Well, again, great car and thanks for the ride!

[@HarleyBadger]

Heya! Harley here, sitting next to Spats Bear. I answered your questions in a video, I'll post the link here in like 15 minutes :-)

[@HarleyBadger]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJnIqJxsjNx9e5I

[@spatsbear]

The car only sits really through the winter. Otherwise, it is mainly driven in the evenings or on the weekends during nice weather. No leaks at all, and all the door seals are original.

[@Jallge]

Sounds kinda like the Volvo B7TL chassis used on some buses. How much does a car like that go for anyway?

[@CEbding1996]

That is one nice New Yorker! Very clean engine!!!

[@trainships1795]

I wonder what would happened with the Turbo version of this car's engine.

[@Goondoon1972]

I just did a seafoam on the 2.2 turbo. This thing has balls now. Really helped it. 133K miles and it runs like new .

[@spatsbear]

Um, we have friends that are "real" mechanics that do it for a living, and they use Seafoam regularly. We discussed this comment last night, and again, never heard of any claims of it being hard on the engine or damaging it. Harley's last car just turned 300K miles before trading it in. Seafoamed it about once every 100K miles and never had any issues. All it did was clean the car and make it run like new again.

[@Comptekhs]

What was the factory color of the car?

[@electronixTech]

You must have done a lot of work on it. The car looks pristine. I remember my highschool electronics teacher bought a brand new 1984 New Yorker that same year and I got a ride in it to an awards banquet. I remember it being a smooth riding car.

[@PNWJMc]

Love that color. Did you ever repaint it?

[@spatsbear]

Thanks. Though I do plan on getting it sanded and repainted back to the factory sky blue color.

[@TheDarkPhoenix23]

A buddy of mine just bought a pristine example of these. Where in PA are you guys?

[@MrGoldenwaffler]

the color of the looks great. Long live the 83 to 88 e body new yorker.

[@spatsbear]

I never heard of that before, nor can I find anything online about it. Do you have a link to any references? Seafoam is just a petroleum product. And the car runs better than ever after cleaning the carbon deposits out of the engine.

[@gabriel.954]

The 1986 Chrysler New Yorker weighs 2,719 pounds and has a 103.3-inch wheelbase, and is 187.2 inches long. It has two engine options: A standard 2.5-liter four-cylinder that produces 100 horsepower at 4,800 rpm An optional turbo four that produces 146 horsepower at 5,200 rpm

[@jenniferwalker501]

Love love the car we had a 1993 new yorker til my hubby got nailed on the passenger side when he was turning on yellow light I was soooo bummed out

[@ThundercatDarklion]

Pawsome!!!! My Grandpa had a 1980's Dodge Dipomat and it was dual fuel Gasoline / Propane and there was a midsize propane tank that took up the trunk space in the trunk. Also my dad has some 1980's Dodge, Plymouth, & Chrysler cars when I was a kid in the 1980s he mostly bought used. =^.^=

[@lonnybush]

Love cars that talk!!

[@classof2k10]

Ya know, I'm still bent on getting a LeBaron.. maybe from about 82-86... still love your car though! :3

[@WillWatchAnything]

I'm amazed at the pickup that car has when you went full throttle. Let's see one of these ultra modern hybrids do that.

[@HarleyBadger]

First of all, Seafoam has been around for 70 years. Never caused engine damage. Gaskets have NOTHING to do with it. The only "damage" will be if engine parts are ALREADY damaged. Every type of automotive gasket on the market has been tested by submerging in Seafoam for 3 YEARS and there was NO gasket damage. I don't give a damn what the almighty INTERNET says, I use it, always impressive results. We are both engineers. We don't need Internet heresay...we can figure things out for ourselves.

[@elliothenning8791]

hey Spats you still have that car? MAN that is NICE!

[@spatsbear]

Still have it, never getting rid of it :) I’ve had it for 12 years now, not a single problem.

[@elliothenning8791]

@@spatsbear nice, I have a 1986 Pontiac Parisienne that was an old taxi cab,still in excellent condition with 85,550 original miles on it. The best part is it's huge trunk, great for buying a bunch of vintage fans an hauling them to my shop for restoration and adding to my collection

[@elliothenning8791]

old cars are like old fans, built to last, run forever, and have some real character that you just don't find on anything new

[@startrader9503]

I feel like NOBODY appreciates the 70s and 80s town cars around here, WHERE do you find such clean examples...

[@Trance88]

I feel as though you should drive this car more often than you do. Do you take it out on weekends or at least a few times a month during the non-snowy months? I chuckled when you said "crapalier". Yeah, looking to get rid of mine within the next year. XP When you take this car through a carwash, do you notice any leaks? My parents had a 1985 LeBaron GTS (with voice alerts!) when I was little. Probably the most memorable car of any of my parents cars. I remember it leaked some.

[@jm-mi7kl]

no, the white smoke was the pale oil in Seafoam burning in the engine. pure carbon doesn't make smoke when it burns in air..

[@spatsbear]

Actually, doubled checked it. The car weighs around 2800lbs empty. So with fluids and us in it, probably around 3500lbs or so.

[@brentaudi9354]

Fun video. Where was your drive? City, country, etc? Very nice drive!

[@brentaudi9354]

Is this a three speed or a four speed?

[@MyerShift7]

3. Chrysler didn't have their 4AOD until their horrid Ultradrive of... What, 1989?

[@stillshaolin88]

hey man i'm thinking about getting an 86 new yorker, 19k original miles, spotless...i have mechanic buddies who are good with cars but I myself am retarded when it comes to cars. can you give me any pointers on how to care for it? anything to watch out for? car seems awesome and a steal at $2000 but it was kept in storage for a long long time. should i worry about things falling apart from lack of use? it seems like it was very very well cared for...thx and sorry for being all over the place

[@psalerno123]

Dude, thats is a fucking awesome deal!

[@malekrhaddad]

Cleanest engine bay ever!

[@spatsbear]

Thanks :3 The fuel economy definitely increased, as well as the throttle response and everything else. Blew 27 years worth of carbon out the exhaust haha.

[@spatsbear]

Yeah, now that I can have a camera man, I am appearing more often hehe. That would have been crazy to drive it around with a huge white cloud smoke screen haha.

[@freddy2064]

This was my friends first car and u remember sitting in it and thinking, this thing is so comfy and smooth. Nice car!

[@spatsbear]

They typically sell for $3k to $5k right now.

[@zacongpow]

Beautiful New Yorker! Mine is a daily driver and looks nowhere as good as yours.

[@spatsbear]

Thanks, and I have seen the videos on yours too. Pretty sweet.

[@james42519]

funny there is no blow dry at the car wash.

[@juanchernandez3640]

beautiful car. I should have not sold my 1987 Turbo, it was silver with the allow spoke wheels.

[@Averythefanman]

That is a Beautiful car.

[@clownsgmex]

There is 1 up for sale for 1100 is that good kan I turn this into a lowrider

[@donaldcurtis9229]

I have a 82 white burgundy leather interior beautiful card 90,000 miles I was my parents I take it to car shows its showroom condition

[@Turkeydoodlers]

I see I miss understood what it did sorry about that :) it looks to be in nice condition nice car!

[@Sansui350A]

The other factor here is that you lot take care of your rigs quite well, there may not be all that much build-up in there in the first place.. in your case I'm sure it was fine.. I was only making a point for the others here that may not have taken such great care of their rigs and expect a miracle from Seafoam.. I apologize if I come across as a prick, just didn't want some of your potentially inexperienced viewers gettin' into some trouble. Cheers mate.

[@valtito9297]

did you get donuts?

[@magicmichelmagicmich]

Hello, I want a steering column for a full newyorker chrsler 1986 turbo. Y has t he near you? thank you

[@spatsbear]

Thanks.

[@Comptekhs]

One day I would like to own a Reliant K Car again owned two different models. The first one was brown gold color and was a Aries 1984. This one the engine bay caught on fire due to a recall that never was fixed. Then the newer model was a Reliant K two door model gray in color and had the bucket seats and center console. The engine died on this one due to Walmart not tightening the oil filter on. I would never let them touch a car. Then had the engine replaced with a turbo then sold it off.

[@Boosted00]

Hey , just wanted to add a correction. This new yorker isn't anywhere close to 4000 lbs even with all the oils and even a full tank of gas , not even 10 extra full tanks of gas would bring it to 4000 lbs lol. Curb weight of this a new yorker is roughly 2850 lbs, with a full tank and the 2 of you in it I'd say you were at around 3300-3350 LBS on this drive.

[@spatsbear]

Tommy 910 Correct. I meant to say around 3000lbs originally in the video. Brain fart heheh

[@Boosted00]

@@spatsbear haha all good. You still have the New Yorker? My dad just bought an 86 2.2 Turbo one with about 200,000 kms (115k miles roughly) in absolute mint condition, was a west coast British Columbia car all its life and the thing is gorgeous in and out . Great little weekend car for my pops.

[@HarleyBadger]

@@Boosted00 Yep! It's currently about a meter behind me.

[@MegaRadio90]

Sounded normal to me before all that. I've had a lot of 2.5 & 2.2 engines. But what a great car to have and hang on too!!! :)

[@spatsbear]

Thanks :3

[@spatsbear]

It was just a cheapo carwash. I just needed a quick rinse.

[@Turkeydoodlers]

I don't understand this video, why would you want to purposely damage this engine? Unless I'm missing something

[@inkey2]

I miss those living room sofa seats. All the newer cars have that communist, euro feel. Like sitting on a concrete slab with a thin layer of covering

[@jrt2792]

I have a '90 New Yorker with pillow seats. I sat in a new Hyundai Sonata. It just didn't feel the same.

[@Goondoon1972]

Have you check the error codes yet ? Here is a link for info..cheers. kzbin.info?o=U&video_id=BgvG3Bm9UHs

[@hayden93]

Sea foam is only bad for modern engines

[@unlisted9494]

Seafoam can damage engines, it all depends on what material the engine uses for certain gaskets.

[@spatsbear]

Yes, Harley is my other half.

[@DrakeAShort]

That car is cute

[@HarleyBadger]

*sigh* I am forever going to be amazed at the tards that look something up on Google and then suddenly say they are an expert. Spatsbear and I are both engineers. Between the two of us, we have a combined 50+ years of mechanical and electrical experience...we don't know our facts because we're 12 years old and know how to use Google, we know because we have tested, and disassembled, and re-tested, and learned the difference between the truth and Internet bullshit.

[@spatsbear]

haha :D

[@Sansui350A]

Here's the deal, it's not the Seafoam ITSELF that is the issue, it's burning all that shit through the engine that CAN cause the damage.. doesn't always do it, just not exactly very nice to the engine, and while it WILL run better for a time, it IS very hard on it.. ask a "real" mechanic about this and they will tell you. EricTheCarGuy is one such person on KZbin I'd poke about it; scottykilmer is another.

[@Sansui350A]

Seafoam can do some NASTY shit to an engine.. not but a teardown can honestly clean an engine properly. I'm talking valve damage, pitting, all kinds of shit. Be careful.. hopefully you've not done anything to her.

[@spatsbear]

Thanks.