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Old 06-17-2008, 07:05 PM   #1
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"Restore" oil additive????

http://restoreusa.com/faq.html

it claims to restore compression and make the engine run smoother. i am very sceptical of things like this, but am curious if anybody has used it?

below: a really good informative site about that talks about some additives that have been sued by the FTC for false claims and it was not mentioned.

http://www.carbibles.com/additives.html

there are a couple of people there who have used it and said it works, but i am STILL not convinced.

i am just curious if anybody has used it... ???
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Old 06-17-2008, 07:21 PM   #2
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Re: "Restore" oil additive????

Works for what? Making thicker oil and getting less leaks and blowby? Sure. "Restoring" your worn out engine to new? Uh, no.
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Old 06-17-2008, 07:55 PM   #3
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Re: "Restore" oil additive????

I got it, its blue and has grey deposits in it, if you don't shake it well enough.
Doesn't have too much viscosity so dunno, hope its not a crappy resin.

I couldn't get lucas, lucas is nice. Also running a dabble of seafoam in the oil.
downside, someone said to change it 200miles after adding the foam, gunks up the filter with crap it loosened or something.

edit: marvels mystery oil is supposed to be good, dunno what for or whats in it, its really old though.
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Old 06-17-2008, 08:37 PM   #4
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Re: "Restore" oil additive????

exactly what i thought... i will stick to my occasional seafoam in oil. seafoam has never done me wrong.
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Re: "Restore" oil additive????

unless your engine is smoking or has extremely low compression dont bother with that stuff
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Re: "Restore" oil additive????

my engine is crap, didn't test compression, got to pull it out of storage. What do you think of lucas? its supposed to match any viscosity?
Edit: I won't be using restore again, seafoam YES! but going to work up for a new block. Better than trying to salvage this. in the long run...

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