does using Engine Restore acually do anything for an engine with lots of miles on it?
rick_458
Gimme a break :drunk: , all it does is lighten your wallet, a lot like Slick 50 and all the other "snake oil" additives.
Vince
Vince
I have used it b4 and have seen improvement. I guess the real test would be take a motor that is high mialage say over 100k, do a compression test, change oil and add engine restore, then wait like 2k miles and recheck compression to see if it helped restore the compression like it is supposto.
yeah, it works somewhat. I'm not sure its going to do anything for a knocking rod, but it does help out with oil consumption and poor compression due to pitted bores. There are, of course, a lot of things its not going to help with that you see a lot of in older motors, such as valve seals that are gone, sloppy timing, worn bearings, out of round bores etc. If you're chewing through oil and need to buy yourself some time, by all means, spend the 5 bucks and see if it helps. At that point you really have nothing to lose anyway.
K
K
Ha ha, very funny.....NOT!! I just do not believe in stop gap measures to deal with engine problems. Pour in "snake oil" additives are a pet peeve for me. Sure some work somewhat by raising the oil viscosity to the point where the oil control rings can again somewhat control the oil...for a short time. An additive that claims to bond to metal or fill microscopic voids in metal are a bunch of baloney, plain and simple.xntrik said:
Vince
I used to make fun of it too until a mechanic friend convinced me to try it. He was a retired GM mechanic that didn't normally believe in "snake oil" either. It didn't do much after the first 500 miles like they claimed but by the time I hit 1,000 I could tell a definite difference. I started using it around 140,000 miles in my LeSabre, I now use it religiously and will roll over 182,000 this week. NO, it will NOT fix a motor that's just plain worn out or has rods knockin' to get out but it DID cut my oil consumption in half, raise my MPG's back up 1-2 MPG, give it a noticeable improvement in power almost back to where it was a few years ago and it quieted it down. For a motor that's just plain worn out don't bother but for one that's still tickin' along with a ton of miles that's showin' it's age but is still too good to replace, rebuild or retire it's absolutely worth it if you plan to drive it into the ground. I don't weigh the cost against the price of an oil change or gas saved. I weigh it against the cost of a new car and monthly car payments, It costs me about an extra $65 a year for the Restore, it probably saves me about that much in gas and oil so that's a wash but when you compare that to an average monthly car payment...... Laugh all you want guys, I'm a believer.rick_458 said:
The air filter hose on my T-bird popped loose & it ran like that for possibly a month, followed by a fairly large increase in oil consumption. I put a can of Restore in it, not really believing it would do much, but over the next year or two, the oil consumption decreased noticeably, although not to the original level. I usually pass "snake oil" claims off as BS, but this stuff actually appears to do some good.
I've heard Lucas (fuel system cleaner) is good, Seafoam is the best, MMO (marvel mystery oil) is alright, does a good job at freeing stuck rings (pour in plug holes, wait overnight, crank engine without plugs to purge cylinders of MMO, wipe mess, install plugs and go)
I use acetone in my fuel, 2.5oz/10gal, and picked up a couple mpg. :thumbup:
I use acetone in my fuel, 2.5oz/10gal, and picked up a couple mpg. :thumbup:
I dont know about useing seafoam in the oil, but I swear that stuff works awesome in the gas. It helped my vette pick up a little pep, as well as my truck. But this past summer we tried some in a jet ski that had set a couple years with old gas. Within 30 seconds of running it, felt a MAJOR difference :thumbup: Felt like an entirely different jetski after that!ChevelleSS_LS6 said:
Brad
I beg to differ with this statement. My senior year in highschool, I did an "experiment" for a 4-H project to see whether or not some of these so-called snake oil additives did any good. I took a well used 3.5hp briggs motor, pulled it apart and photographed both the cylinder walls and piston skirts. I also measured compression, and did a "seat of my pants" power feeling on my old go-cart. I poured in a measured amount of Engine Restore, keeping engine restore/engine oil ratios the same. I ran the engine for 40 (I figured 2000 miles for a conservative oil change, 2000 miles/60 mph average= 40 hours.) hours at varying RPMs, shut it down and did compression tests again. It had jumped amazingly, and I changed oil, added the same amount of engine restore, and repeated the 40 hour engine run. I measure compression, more increase was noted, and I put the engine back on the old go-cart. Even for a small 3.5hp briggs, I noticed an increase in power. To not be biased, I used a friend who did not know about the test, and he noted the increase in performance as well. Again I disassembled the engine, photographed the cylinder walls and piston skirts again, and they were also notable smoother. Though I understand that a small Briggs engine is much different that a small block in size and strength, the components are similar as is the general function. I received a blue ribbon at the state fair, and have become a believer of the stuff.302/Z28 said:
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