does this stuff actually fill in tiny score marks in the cylinder walls and help restore compression ? or is it all just a bunch of ?

 

I shouldn't reply, because I know absoulutely nothing about the product, I assume your talking about engine restore?
Yeah, I'm gonna take the educated guess and say BS!!!!
I mean, is anything ever that easy?

All that fix in a can crap is junk. From what I've been told, "some" additives work.. Like fuel system cleaners, but never anything that claims to fix actual mechanical damage.
I think miracle products should be illegal, its really not fair to people like my mother and girl friend who think there car will work better after they buy it.

 

This stuff probably doesn't work. What are they filling the hones of the bores with? Metal? I dont think so. So it cant last.

After a couple of bottles, you might as well just re-hone and ring the block, if not rebuild the whole engine.

All additives work, but in not noticably. I favorite 'additive' is the Edelbrock Ver-injection, which was a kit to inject water into the air stream to increase the octane of the fuel, to keep high compression engines from detonating.

"Ah man, I think my engine is out of juice! Any one have a bottle of Dasani?"

 

I tried it on an 88 EXP with 160k miles. Car smoked when cold, but cleared up when warm. It did nothing!!!!

It is

 

If your motors almost dead it'll help you get a little longer out of it. But it wont last. I used it in a plumbing van that was fouling plugs every week. Plugs would last 3 months afterwards. Motor ran for another year. Didnt think it would last that long. Also tried it in a diesel tractor that didnt have enough compression to fire without starting fluid. Afterwards it would start fine. Only lasted a couple of months before starting fluid was needed again. Put new bearings and 1 new sleeve in a year later.

The stuff will plug your filter though. Theres lots of solids in it. I wouldnt use it in anything I valued very much.

 

All those additives and fuel treatments are good preventative maintenance and no more. If the motor is already ****** up, you're just wasting $$$.

 

Depends on what you want it for. If you have an oil consumption and burning problem, in my experience, it works for that. Filling in gaps/grooves? Umm... yea. Sure.
Basically it changes the viscosity of the oil, and as such the oil cant leak past everything so easy. I used it because I got tired of dumping a quart every 500 miles (or less) into an old, tired engine, and it worked good, only was adding a quart at 1500, and then the next time I was doing an oil change anyway.

 

Actually, when I had my old 93 Taurus Wagon, I used that stuff. It really did work, just put it in with an oil change. Gave the car a bit better throttle response, very cool. However the taurus died a year later due to head gasket problems, so you be the judge on that one.

 

I put some of that stuff in my Camaro, it seemed to work. Before when i started my car it would crank for a couple of seconds, now when i start it, it strats better then new. It starts better than any new car i have seen. As soon as i hit the ignition switch it starts. Amazing!

 

Yeah, restore is one snake oil i won't raise the flag to. I've honestly seen it reduce the oil consumption / smoking on 2 beat old engines of mine. I don't know how it works, and i don't care. If i had another 150k mile car that smoked under load, it'd get a can o' restore

 

All additives work, but in not noticably. I favorite 'additive' is the Edelbrock Ver-injection, which was a kit to inject water into the air stream to increase the octane of the fuel, to keep high compression engines from detonating.

"Ah man, I think my engine is out of juice! Any one have a bottle of Dasani?" [/B][/QUOTE]

This actually works well, alot of people running turbocharged vehicles are using these (or something similar) to allow running more boost + more timing with less detonation. And unlike many speed parts, there's good scientific evidence behind its theory + operation...

 

This actually works well, alot of people running turbocharged vehicles are using these (or something similar) to allow running more boost + more timing with less detonation. And unlike many speed parts, there's good scientific evidence behind its theory + operation... [/B][/QUOTE]

Yep. Thought about doing that to my Talon's but never got around to it. What it does is cools the intake temps. Cooler air = more dense. You know the drill.

 

where can i find some of that edelbrock ver-injection stuff? ive always wanted to have a water injection system installed on my carbed 87.