Take a look around my channel. I've found other things that work. I think these are popular vids because I'm so surprised when things like this works. Every product I tried in the 2000's at best gave a psychological improvement. Reading scientific articles about gasoline additives at the time even said that most such products caused damage and looking back I think I did cause damage trying things.

Please tell me your specific engine! I'm dying to look up your engine details and learn from this!

Wow! Another positive comment brought me back wondering which Mustang engine you have. Engine Restorer helped me save 10-20% on efficiency and gave me more power on a Corolla which would have made 500k miles if not for a horrific accident. I was 1 oil change away from 500k miles. Oh well, the car did its job and was pushed to the max to help save a life.

I like prolong and bestline plus duralube but you can not go wrong if you stay with restore only.

Recent scientific testing by the Motor Oil Geek. He checked a bunch of additives. Prolong is on the very naughty list. It has what hurt many cars 25 years ago in it. Back when it was all snake oil. . . In my opinion. Now, I do use additives, but what I learned from the motor oil geek is why I've done so well. I've always used less than recommended. Otherwise you thin out the additives you already have and need from the oil you bought.

Lookinh forward to my oil change

Nice. Anything wrong with your engine? I'm looking forward to my 1st oil change too. New to me 2018 Mitsubishi Mirage. Already changed it's spark plugs. I've put a little over 3000 miles on it since buying it. I've gotten as high has 52 miles per gallon out of it. I love great gas mileage. It's spark plugs were the best I've ever seen for worn spark plugs. Brown. Fuel injected almost never turns the blades perfectly brown. Generally that means perfect combustion.

Okay, great! I keep emphasizing to not use it on variable valve train engines. Did you have any of those?

Yes! Great story! Lots of history had to been had and seen by that Plymouth! Many modern cars have tiny holes for variable valve timing. That's the only time I'd stay away of from Engine restore, but it's good for if piston seals weren't as good as they used to be.

Thanks for that fantastic feedback! This engine is in quite a bit better shape than that. I only used a few ounces. Hardly the full treatment for an engine that's going away. I'm sure this stuff is risky. Just check out rhkips comment of someone who's used it a lot. (Edited: his comment was pinned until I knew more to pin my own comment.) One of the highlights is that it can clog an engine's oil filter. I'd love to see how this engine does with a high quality oil but with what's going on in the world...I did this because I can't do my oil change which is due. Understand, I'm a change it when it gets dark on my dipstick kind of guy or when I can hear the lubrication not doing as well. This usually means about 5k miles. I haven't even gone 2000 kilometers on this oil and I could hear it needed changing but I was using up the last owners conventional oil when I changed the oil pan. It only got about a quart of the good stuff in there at the oil pan gasket change and another after Engine Restorer caused some oil to burn off. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jdqSZ5p5m9CyhJc.html please check out my newest favorite for oils and tell me what you think.

Your comment years later definitely was on my mind and helped me. I can go about 10k miles before oil burning. That's 2-3 oil changes. I do oil flushes now to keep the engine restore from causing oil burning for another oil change or 2.

Great to hear!

Do you use conventional or synthetic oil?

@@DENicholsAutoBravado I use synthetic blend

Synthetic worked pretty poorly for me. I read up on what the manufacturer said and they said it could help with synthetic but for best results use conventional oil. I was very surprised how much better it worked with conventional. It was tough for me to do because I've been a synthetic only guy since like 2000.

@@DENicholsAutoBravado I use conventional

I definitely helped! There were consequences I had to address however... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b85kZpt11Z26YWg.html

Oh, brother, it's only gotten better! My channel deserves new videos and I deserve listening to your music more! :D

Thanks right back at you, Adam! :D

Thanks! I'm not terribly surprised since the thumbnail has good draw and the video delivers. . . But you never know!

It's killing me to be in America, you're on so late for me now bro., LOL.

Yeah, COVID19 had shut down all the local legal areas for changing oil so it was break the law or try adding an addittive to improve the performance. Like a motorcycle engine, this oil needs changing 3 times as often as a regular car or truck engine because 1.3l isn't much for 140km/h. Sure, the countty's ordinance was for shops to stay open but they all had someone catch COVID right away. I'd have made that clearer, but at the time any non-news source wasn't allowed to talk about temporary world events without getting demonitized. KZfaq eventually realized this was too big to hurt creators and let us discuss it as a regular part of our lives.

I bet if the "old oil" would have worked better if it was conventional oil. There was only 900 km on this oil.

I got ya, I saw the video again I was at work at the time. I see there's several applications people use on this stuff. It's still kind of up in the air because one time it seems to help, another it does nothing. I'm starting to think unless you have some particular problem isolated, just stick to good old conventional oil.

Thanks! I've actually used the product for years on a Corolla that'd be still with us if I wasn't in a massive car wreck over 2 months ago. Engine Restorer kept that engine running on less gasoline from about 420 to 493k mileage on the chassis. The engine was replaced about 293k miles ago which a 150k to 250k mile engine. That engine is a rare one. Most don't get over the 200k's! Got robbed not getting to 500k miles. Been a dream to take a car that far for over 2 decades. Took care of yhat car for a a customer for 200k of its miles and took over restoring it when they weren't willing to make it safe on the road anymore. It needed all of its suspension replaced front and back and it still creaked a bit. It's probably because I cheated out and left the old d links in there. They weren't terrible, just not quiet. Lol My new tires, new suspension, new brakes, none of it was wasted. I needed it all for the maximum response to make that accident less serious and to save the life of the other driver who didn't look both ways before crossing the street.

Steady wid it bro god

Thank you!

If you watch my next video you'll see that I had a lot of issues using it without fresh oil. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b85kZpt11Z26YWg.html Since then, I learned that it works better with conventional oil. As I burned oil and added more synthetic it kept working worse. Well. Now I know why! At least I'm pretty sure. I'm only a few days into my oil change with conventional oil, but I think the engine is much stronger. Be sure to subscribe to see what happens next. 😁

Well...when it worked worse adding Lucas Oil Full Synthetic Oil Stabilizer stopped it's negative, oil thinning effects. I also went thicker on the oil, but this Hyundai has really loose clearances over what they should be.

Something else to consider. When you're toward the end of an oil change internal, a few ounces of Lucas Oil Stsbilizer can really help. Oil gets thinner over the time of your oil change. This thickens it a bit. It's better to add it to a hot engine. Realize, if you go for Engine Restore, adding Lucas Synthetic Oil Stabilizer will actually work you turn off the Engine Restore. If you need that to happen, great, if not, with similar issues at the end of an oil change interval, you can just add more of the same oil you had...but there has to be enough space for it. Or...go same brand and type, but go from 0w-20 to 5w-30 or 5w-30 to 10w-40. A few ounces won't change your oil in your cars thickness much but it fights against the oil in the car being older and thinner. Make sense?

You reduce how much oil goes into your car by the amount that you're replacing it with Engine Restore. How much total volume of oil and engine restore is the same as if you just had engine oil in your engine.

It replaces you don't have to worry about it that much once they start smoking and down on power that much you tend to be using at least a pint every 500 miles so you just bring it up to the full mark

@@DENicholsAutoBravado they have 4-6-8 cylinder amounts I believe its8-12-16 oz

Yes. That's their general advice. I tend to use less then recommended. Once an engine needs a product like this, there is no going back so I want to be able to add more later.

I've seen these in some gas tanks, changing fuel pumps over the years. They don't break down in gasoline. It won't be of any trouble. I appreciate it. 👍 I didn't even know it happened until people spotted it in the video. 🤣

Had this happen to me at a gas station one time. I could still see it stuck in the filling flap. Had to find some needle nose pliers to get it out.

It'll have to do for now until I'm allowed to change my oil again. I'm grateful to just be worried about car maintenance while some people worry about shelter and food.

Oh yeah! Be sure to check out my top recommendation for oil. There's better but most wouldn't want to spend more than twice as much! Lol kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jdqSZ5p5m9CyhJc.html Pennzoil Ultra Platinum, but where to buy it?

@@DENicholsAutoBravado will do 😄

@@DENicholsAutoBravado Absolutely. Amen 🥰

Careful! Before you ever use Engine Restorer consider the issues I had next first. This may a product very desperate circumstances. It's not all sunshine and butterflies with this Engine Restore and Lubrication. The journey continues. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b85kZpt11Z26YWg.html I have a part 3 coming too. No plans for a part 4. I hope I won't have anymore surprises to overcome!

That's EXACTLY right. In most of my videos I'm using less product than manufacturers of products recommend. Because the smallest changes can be huge. Most cars. Most if the time I recommend using what OEM recommended. All those vids are at the extreme. I'm actually thinking I should do a video about these types of videos to be sure people know that my natural sentiment is to not mess with the chemicals your cars actually need. Everything has a consequence. It is GREAT to see you Mr. Flyerstone. I decided to take the plunge about 2 months ago and start trading forex. I'm still not good enough to put real money at it but my eyes are on FTMO to get funded. I'm back from Germany and it's good I saved a lot and successfully grew my money with investing because as predicted, jobs as a mechanic dried up for the extended winter season. NC actually had a shorter winter, but the slow mechanics season is a bit longer, thus my name of it. I tried emailing you but somehow that didn't get through if you'd like to try giving me that again. Or use the KZfaq function on my channel to email me. Are you still stuck in that country you were traveling to or have you been able to go back home or travel again?

Once you have an idea of trading forex. You can trade cryptocurrencies.

@@Iam-wr7yn I'm already doing well with live money on cryptocurrencies, but to day trade forex makes a lot more sense to me. Crypto reveals it's quite slowly in comparison. And with a lot more money on demo, because my potential funder covers a few cryptos...I'm way to good at losing money with crypto not thinking more like an active investor.

​@@Iam-wr7yn I'm trying to say that while forex trading has improved my cryptocurrency trading, I can only swing trade it effectively. To day trade for short-term bigger wins, and consistency, that's in forex. I can't predict short-term moves on crypto well enough. To get funded I need to make 10% per month for the first 2 months and then higher income isn't required so you don't have to force your trading to pass the challenges. I think I can make a lot more money in crypto as I get more money to invest, but it's not reliable enough to a company that wants to see monthly results.

Thank you

Yes, makes sense. If you don't have enough compression, this product can help with that immediately. The 1st engine I got it for in 2019 would sometimes misfire and struggle if cold, but after this product? Not at all! 😁👍

I've had a lot of old cars, only 2 of which benefited. I'm a fan if the car needs it. 👍

Yes. And I am so far. One of my very intelligent mechanic friends had a pinned comment as he shared the products pitfalls. Be sure to check it out!

It's not all sunshine and butterflies with this Engine Restore and Lubrication. The journey continues. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b85kZpt11Z26YWg.html I have a part 3 coming too. No plans for a part 4. I hope I won't have anymore surprises to overcome!

Thanks!

Thanks Jacqueline.

Interesting. The engine used in this video needed frequent oil changes so gratefully it worked really fast.

@@DENicholsAutoBravado also typically you want to put restore engine restore in when you first do an oil change. It works best with fresh or brand new oil.

Yes it does! 😁 I also learned from Engine Restore's official website that it is designed to work with conventional oil. My issues in the next video were caused by adding more synthetic oil products. Lucas Oil Stabilizer is a good product but if you ever need a thickener and engine restore, go for the heavy duty version unlike me because it's conventional oil. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b85kZpt11Z26YWg.html that's what went wrong and right in the next videos. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hN1_bMef3KrLmmQ.html

Long as it work idc bout it taking time ....thanks

My thoughts exactly

That is the question to worry about when you see that, but everything checked out. I was living in a very wet place and most things were within 20 minutes of me. As I gained confidence that the car was well and took it on trips the additional time with heat got all the moisture out of the engine and this issue stopped.

@@DENicholsAutoBravado do you mean that milky substance was caused by taking short trips all the time? I drive about 45 minutes to work and another 45 minutes going back home at night. I guess that's long enough as I have never seen any milky substance.

That's correct. I used to live in the 2nd driest state in the nation so even with short trips I wouldn't see that, but Germany is wet most of the year, most years. That effects it too.

The bigger takeaway...in your conditions if you managed to still have white, milky stuff on the oil cap would be more concerning.

Never did a lot of work on Ford Trucks. Does the engine have variable valves or anything like that? The tiny delicate screens would clog up if it does. Check that first. If your engine is compatible with it, be sure to use conventional oil. I'm really into quality synthetics but when I used it with synthetics it stopped working.

Eh, just shorter-term like that. I might try it even of it does have variable valves. Low compression is expensive. The variable valve screens can be cleaned. If you're early enough I've heard of some accounts in this comment section of it working for years. If it's a last ditch effort, too much engine trouble, it may not last as long.

One thing I realized in my case is it had to be in every oil change or the effect wouldn't continue. I mean stock this little Hyundai is supposed to have 44 Hp. It had all of 23 wHP getting on the highway. Maybe 25 with a tail wind going downhill. 😆 After? 55 wHP. Better than stock. Engine sometimes had random misfires. The Germans don't keep compression gauges around like we do in shops in America so I couldn't verify it but I'm sure compression was improved across the board.

Random comment. A firm may be after me to be a testing engineer based on my time as an automotive technician. I long said except the degree we had to learn testing like an engineer and may learn real world system situations better. Kind of feels proven true if I get it. I've worked as a surgical tech about as long as an automotive tech and they may throw money at me to do that again. We'll see how things turn out.

I tried it,and made all the difference in the world!! Can't believe it

Gotta look up your engine, but any even older Mercedes that is modern has variable valve timing often. You cannot use this product with variable value engines. Research your engine carefully. VVT-i is the the variable valve wording that is coming to me right now from Toyota. You'd also have to check what they call the equivalent on Mercedes.

According to some users it works with synthetic oil, but not in my experience with the European oil I had in Germany. Haven't tried it yet with any commonly used synthetics in the U.S., but I will at my next oil change. Be sure to subscribe for further updates.

I have an 02 Ford that had 60 for the compression test, I'm going to try some of this, I won't get my hopes up though.

@@darktoadone5068 Sending all my good thoughts and prayers your way!

@@darktoadone5068 Oh, I haven't released the video about it, so do come back, but here's a hint I learned from Engine Restorer company themselves. Their product is neutralized by synthetic oil! Use it with conventional! If you're a die-hard synthetic user like me, this was hard to go for, but consideration your circumstances, it makes sense to give it a full try to work at the low expense of conventional oil. 1 one the good companies for this, and often very affordable, is Castro GTX - I think that's their "brand" for conventional oil. Came in a green bottle, recently I bought it in white. Their marketing changes more than their oil, LOL.

@@DENicholsAutoBravado Oh well, it didn't work so it was time to get another truck today.

It was a long shot. Do you have an idea of what you want? On to the next adventure!

I did 6 videos, I believe when I was a contractor in Germany. The rest are made in America where I didn't buy such a cheap car with engine wear.

No... I don't think so. Something is worn out. Usually in the cams. This product helps with cylinder compression issues.

Yeah. I got my respect for Engine Restorer 3 years ago. Doesn't belong in a lot of modern cars with variable valves though. Sea foam doesn't belong in modern cars either. I suggest Gumout with PEA. Works a lot better. I have videos testing that out. 4th video in my playlist but I use TCW3 much more frequently. Much better than Seafoam. Checkout the series. Did lots of tests. kzfaq.info/sun/PLh_yB9HJ4Gi6RK7jJtd8xZHMqdYveHbSH

You don't, but it is recommended for maximum effect.

Really no coolant loss. As the COVID pandemic eased and I did sight seeing the moisture from short tripping was no longer an issue. Saw this engine's internals during some gasket fixes. No signs of moisture anywhere else gratefully. The play across the horizontal line on the crankshaft was excessively worn, but other easy to check internal checks were quite sharp. I suspect the previous owner caused damage with the moisture not changing the oil and the owner before that may not have been much better. Engine internals around moving parts were much darker than that of a better maintained engine. I suspect that's why this engine complained every time I went more than 1000km without another engine oil change. All these additive products had to be sourced from American sources while in Germany. They are solidly stuck with the good advice of proper fluids at proper intervals and you won't need anything else. ... Sure...but some people really drive old cars so...I can't fully agree with their obvious philosophy based on available products and talking to other mechanical professionals.

Forgive a bit of joy at the compliment but one of the local less experienced mechanics nearly begged me to teach at the local college who had lost their instructor. The actual trained mechanics were a lot of fun to talk to getting a feel for how they look at cars and diagnostics. They'd ask for my help now and again. 😁

There is few vehicles that I've pulled apart more. Changed an engine on one once. Every time something goes wrong with one of those I paid my tuition on that pain of an engine change so I have a map in my head to the whole engine bay. Before I continue, do you have the 3.6 liter engine? Because if not, the suggestion I'm thinking may be a little off.

@@DENicholsAutoBravado thanks for the reply, no, I have the 4 cylinder engine unfortunately lol

It's alright. While I haven't worked as much on those I'm pretty sure I'm seeing it in my head. You checked behind the engine from up top and underneath? Is your tailpipe sootier than most?

Have you tried adding die, going for a drive and rechecking?

@@DENicholsAutoBravado they exhaust is quite sooty, what is that a sign of? What is they die you are speaking of? I have not done that, and have no idea what is it or how to do it. If it will help with diagnosing the problem, let me know and I will attempt it.

If the full 4 cylinder can us for most likely a 4 quart engine, figure it based on how many quarts of oil your motorcycle takes. Takes 1 quart? Don't put more than a quarter of a bottle in and don't overfill with your normal oil afterwards. I've found it works best with conventional oil so now you can save some money on your oil choice. Lol

That's accurate. I figured I just needed new injectors but something didn't sound as good and when I saw the oil I knew it was time for a change but all the shops are closed with what's going on in the world so I figured I'd risk it on my $150 car. Lol

Billy my brother from another mother how's it going bro. I just found, nicholas'Channel. Happy Easter to you God bless hope all is well 🙏 By4Now your friend Ken

@@HomeImProveMentHow Hi Ken yep hes good with cars mate

Yes. Germany is weird like that. Unless you own a sealed driveway it's illegal. My friend's shop let's me use his lift. Any time they were stuck I'd help them out to thank them as I'm a certified ASE mechanic. Many years of experience.

@@DENicholsAutoBravado Thanks, I just went out and put a little of this stuff in my car. Hoping I can get an oil change in a couple weeks.

It was 2 months until shops would open. I was so tempted to just break the law but police drive down my street pretty often.

@@DENicholsAutoBravado DE Nichols. YOU NEED a new Government. Few more years and you have to ASK to take a breath.

I was temporarily in Germany for contract work. I'm glad to be in America where someone like me, who's always cared for the environment doesn't have any issue doing a good job and being able to do it at home in my shop.

I ordered it off of Amazon com, not the DE or German Amazon.

Happy Easter! I've been slowly eating my eggs for weeks. Almost none left. Lol

I really appreciate the 411 or information about the issues with Engine Restore and Lubrication. This is a simpler car without variable valves which if I had used it on a more modern car, I could follow up with blowing those parts out, reoiling them, and what not. I have physically moved the rods and camshaft followers back and forth. I trust this engine has loose enough tolerances to survive what others would not. I could do a flush when shops open back up to be safe....but this engine is dirtier than most I've owned as it's used conventional a lot so I may want to skip that. In the camshaft. It literally has little like washer springs between the parts. So I think that's more okay moving back and forth than a couple of rods. I'll see if I can order an oil filter online. Again. I really appreciate your experience with this stuff! The solids include lead, iron, and more that I forget based on Project Farms oil analysis which freaked Blackstone Labs out until they knew he had tried it. Well...they used the word concerned. Lol

Hmm. No. Didn't use a butt dyno. I used something that is accurate as how flat your road is from one time to the next and if you put the right weight in the app. It used OBD II and GPS data to confirm OBD II speed to help calculate wHP. May have been more obvious if I had my laptop video editor working. I couldn't put the torque screen shots up. Recently, I was doing another lesson on catalytic converters and O2 sensors. For that I'll have to have decided on a new laptop. Indecision paralysis/slash struggles with what Amazon will write a customs form on for Germany had made shopping difficult. In Germany laptops cost way more for less so I'm shopping on Amazon . Com. Found people who will write laptop. $549 for $50. That's all the customs form needs! I'm sure I'm getting my money's worth. 😏 ...but it's good that I spent so little on this car. All that money saved is a laptop easily afforded... You may not know I got this little 1.0 liter 2001 Hyundai Atos. When I searched for it on Google I got no results until I let it do other years. Lol! Similar on KZfaq until I came out with videos. Maybe their AI thinks I'm interested now? Lol They really didn't make many! 5000 units were sold to South Africa and a blogger talked about it when they bought one which was a few years old. The later Atos Prime shows up all the time when I need Atos plain and simple for parts. Online it should have 40 KW/53 HP at the crank and at lower speeds it did have the equivalent 50ish at the wheels in wHP when I first got it, but only at city speeds. So what's special is that this car barely cleared 20 wHP at AutoBahn speeds and it tossed out 53! Sure I've done a lot of repairs but, it never felt like so much so when I got pushed back in my seat and my mouth dropped open, I glanced at my habitual torque app and there it was! I notice that a lot in Germany. Cars have at the wheels what they say they have. So weird! In America I always see vehicles have way less. Do you think they aren't allowed crank numbers? I have to look into this, but the same cars here all have more power too. Apologies but no apologies about the novel just now. It'd probably be a good script to tell about this car. It's just how excited I am to see you and your VW intake picture. A buddy polished one up and I learned what your picture is!

No. It really did. Lol Explains why on one of the many fuel pumps I chanted that the tank had a few bottle seals in it. They're made not to break down so no issues. I wasn't sure until I checked the bottle and saw it missing. I'd have never caught it. Someone pointed it out within a couple weeks or making the video.

Oh yeah! I also added engine flushes to clean it out and my 480,000 mile Corolla really appreciates it! Post engine flush was the first time I got it above 30 MPG. Took care of this car for probably more than 240k miles now. My customer couldn't afford repairs and gave it to me after I kept it going for them for so very long. They got it a used engine just before they started having me maintain it. Was never about oil flushes before but the last owner insisted on it. Helps I think with really old engines start over and burn less oil. Oil is staying much cleaner after 1/3 or a bottle of motor medic flush. It was a lot of fun. Fixed the axle faster than the engine flush could run through in 15 minutes. Took longer to flush the engine and change the oil. Lol

1998 Corolla coming for 1/2 million miles! Chassis kinda rattles. Can't make it like new despite a new suspension. Has character. Lol 🤣😂👍

Careful! It's a work and process. Here's a part 2 about Engine Restore issues and there will be a part 3! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b85kZpt11Z26YWg.html

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@@Mr.Caring hey! 😊

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Sometimes. . . I was very happy for a very short time. Then I started having more issues. This product can help with some things and cause other issues at the same side. It's a mixed bag. I drew on other additives I've used over the years and got it figured out, but not for 2 more videos of work. The 2nd one is about edited up. Here's the first set of issues with Engine Restore & Lubrication. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b85kZpt11Z26YWg.html

I was pretty concerned too. The pandemic had just started and I was only driving for groceries. When I started adventuring around Germany the water sludge stopped building up. I think it was from short tripping. Even during the issue, I never saw water in the oil when pulling the oil pan seal to get it to stop leaking or when I pulled the valve cover off to fix a leak.

You're welcome if you don't have mechanical variable valve timing! I know some reporting success but Engine Restore says don't... I've learned it's great with conventional oil or Shell truck oil. The truck synthetic and semi synthetic T4 and T5, maybe T6 has worked for me. Most synthetics do not.

You got that right! Best moustache comment ever!

1st, I don't know if this product can store that long. Try pouring it all out if there's anymore residue in the bottle than whatever would be slow to drip out, it has gone bad. Additives in oil packages go bad, I do not know if this product has those issues. 2nd. Don't use it on a perfectly healthy engine. Use it on something older or something with a compression issue. My nearly 500k mile Corolla did great with this product just like the Hyundai Atos did in the video. I used it for years driving lots of freeway miles. If it was a younger engine performing totally normally I wouldn't use it. 3rd. It does not work unless it's actively in your oil and synthetics typically don't work with it either. My only exception, if it's not too thick is Shell's T line of oils for trucks. Used that in the Corolla and even the semisynthetic worked with Engine Restorer. Total surprise. Normal synthetic car oils DO NOT WORK with Engine Restore. 4th. Consequences. When it's time to change your oil I need engine flushes just to really clean it out. Long before a normal oil change interval engine Restorer will turn my engine into an oil burning engine. For a few thousand miles all was usually well so long as I had done the engine flush. To be clear Engine Restorer typically took a not burning oil engine to burning usually within 3000 miles.

Why would I still use it with all those issues? 37 miles per gallon instead of 27. That's a huge difference! Worth all the trouble in my last comment.

Thanks! This is a great share of data on how it can make an old engine go a little longer! Kinda a lot longer, if you ask me!

@@DENicholsAutoBravado I believe this stuff is as good if not better than the original slick50 . I even used it on a lawnmower that was popping smoke rings you could just about jump through and they disappeared and the lawnmower about 3 more years before the connecting rod decided it wanted some fresh air . I've told people I didn't even know pulling in parking lots with their car or truck smoking either slightly or quite a lot how much I believed in this product . Now that's all true and I still to this day will do the same . The Honda was probably 20 years ago.

Did your honda have vtec?

Sounds like you'll get rich now 1 oil change at a time!

@@DENicholsAutoBravado lol 🤣 I know right... My oil catch can catches it

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It was some when starting. Almost never did again. Just a touch detected by the PCM every few weeks after that.

Do you know, sir, if you have variable valves? If you do, the small controllers would get clogged. If not, the engine is in some trouble. Wouldn't hurt to see if it can get compression up and evened out.

I didn't know it when I made the video, but it's critical to use it with conventional oil for maximum effect. Don't use it with synthetic oils.

@@DENicholsAutoBravado Thank you for your help. I will keep that in mind. One more question, since the engine is 1.8 liters so I need to add 400mls, right?

I think 250 ml would be enough.

@@saribniazi not good for vvt engine you will destroy it .

It did...it fell in. Took a few comments about it before I watched it as likely unless it's an accidental editing trick. Didn't think of checking the raw footage. It'll be alright. Things like that don't dissolve in gasoline. It won't be the first additive seal for a cap I've seen when changing gas tank drops for fuel pump or evaporate issues.

Sure. Lol Funny!

Exactly! As soon as I took trips with the car instead of just being a grocery getter, the engine stopped building up condensation! So glad someone in the comments is as smart as us!

In Germany, you can't change oil at your home unless you have a painted driveway. They are very serious about no oil getting into their ground water. You can't even wash your car because a lot of the dust is from other cars on the motorway. You can use a spray bottle and a microdiber cloth but you can't get your hose and wash your car. They're concerned about that getting into their drains and water ways as well. Repair shops were supposed to stay open but at the time of this video even all repair shops on the local area got shut down. They must have had a scare with someone getting coronavirus. I'm back in America now so of course I can change any fluid whenever I want as a responsible citizen I'd never hurt the land or the environment.

Wow that’s nuts!!

Yes, totally. Wk on cars and motorcycles but can’t change your oil was pretty perplexing and causing Lg amounts of skepticism immediately!! But ok, no experience with German laws or rules.. personally if I was actually determined I’m sure I could find an off the beaten path place to get it done with no one the wiser and not a drop of evidence or mess- pollution. It only takes 1 wrench and a collection pan and storage container…. cmon determined Americans can getRdone!! Idk man.

I've been doing some reading and apparently Engine Restore does more with conventional oil than synthetic oil so that's worth a try if you aren't doing that already.

Hows your vehicle

Any updates on your vehicle?

It was just pandemic short-tripping since all I did was get groceries. Once I got to see Germany's many great sites it kept the water burned off.

Sorry, don't know what you mean.

It sure doesn't. I would not try it in a transmission. There are some BG product additives for transmissions so good Chevy let us use them while working at Chevy. BG product additives exceed OEM standards.

@@DENicholsAutoBravado Thanks for the info. Could you please let me know which BG product would work for a slipping transmission on a 1996 Mercedes? Thanks.

Been a couple years since I've used it but it was the last thing we'd try before transmission replacement. From their website: BG ATC Plus® Automatic Transmission Conditioner PN 310 PN 3106 6 fl. oz. (177 mL) bottle PN 310 11 fl. oz. (325 mL) can PN 31032 32 fl. oz. (946 mL) bottle BG ATC Plus® Automatic Transmission Conditioner helps prevent deposit formation and fluid breakdown. It prevents thermal breakdown of fluid, restores performance capabilities of new and used ATF, improves oxidation stability, corrects and prevents transmission shudder and shifting problems.

Thanks so much. This just might save me thousands of dollars. I sincerely appreciate your help. You truly made my day.

Yes, we do need to get out there and work on something! Germans don't like compression testers. I couldn't ever get my hands on one without buying another one and when you have perfectly good gear at your home residence in America, you let it go, but I did have wHP via the torque app. I went form 22 wHP to 55 getting up to freeway speeds. Even 60 sometimes. At the crankshaft this car wasn't supposed to pull out that much power new! This product, works great with even semisyntheric "truck" rotella t5, I've found many synthetics to not work with Engine Restorer. You picked, probably one of the "perfect" oils for your test!

Makes you wonder. What would engine restore do with a new engine. Or does it only really help with worn ones? Nah, most new engines have physical variable valve timing and I wouldn't risk gumming up the engine. 1 user reported in on one of my videos it doing fine in a Mustang engine which I know had that overly small valve which Engine Restorer isn't recommended for. 🤔

@@DENicholsAutoBravado that rotella has the good dinosaurs an minerals in it lol

Did your honda have vtec?

@@MQuez 91 accord SOCH non vtec and" had head work an a bigger cam i think it was a 262 lift cam, but no vtec

I'm addicted to using synthetic oils so I have a super hard time giving up that longer oil change interval. Engine Restorer works so much better with conventional oil.

Probably because it's likely a variable timing engine. You can't use this in a variable timing engine.

​@@DENicholsAutoBravadooops 😅

Oops indeed, but every video talking about anything similar to this has a similar comment so either it's unrelated and sometimes happening to a few people in many circumstances, or it's an uncommon joke on many videos to get a spark of humor or interest through fabricated drama.

Oh no! That felt like a car pun. Checking on the needs of an engine...well yeah, that check engine light turns on asking me to check it! Lol What would you like to know about your car? How something works? What's the best oil? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jdqSZ5p5m9CyhJc.html What's your question?

Surprisingly, yes!

I don't think it's meant for that at all. On some engines those routes of engines may sound worse using this.

If the lifter is noisy because of sludge restricting the oil flow, restore can help clean this up. But don't use it on cars with vvt.

I've heard of Amsoil. Is that the same?

Happy it worked out!

But it didn't have it on after he tipped it in lol

He's right! I had to watch it again to find out!

Hope it doesn't cause any issues for you. Might be caught in the filter or dissolved in the fuel.

I've seen lid tops when I changed fuel pumps before. I don't think they disintegrate in gas. It'll be alright. Thanks for your concern. 👍

I saw the same thing!!😭 glad it won’t do any harm

When the local shop that let me work on my cars there for a small fee opened up again after they stopped all getting COVID, I went through the engine. Thrust bearings worn, but oil was clean. Took just the valve cover and oil pan off because of small leak repairs, but no signs of moisture. Is this engine in great shape? No, but after I started using it to see Germany's beautiful sites instead of just trips for groceries, the engine was able to get up to temp and the cap stopped filling with moisture froth. In humid areas, short tripping has caused a lot of issues on Fords as well.

Oh yeah, saved this car from misfiring and having all kinds of issues and got it going as a fun little car.

Part of my ancestry is German. Lol

🤣 Until I read that I didn't know it. Good catch! I've seen few of these in gas tanks over the years. Didn't seem to be an issue.

Your face is as hairy as a wookies and you smell like one too. Lol

@@DENicholsAutoBravado Thank you, sir… Please excuse me while I leave Las Vegas 😜

Jokes aside, you hairy, but loveable wookie, my work required tight facial hair or safety masks for our dangerous work wouldn't seal. I considered it a place holder for my goat, I mean when my smelly goat could be a goatee. Lol okay. That one wasn't as funny. Lol Currently sporting a beard! 😁

My laptop broke so I couldn't put up the screenshot for the wHP, but 53 wHP instead of 22 wHP when going from 80 to 100 KPH. I felt pushed back in my seat! I will be doing further testing and updating but I'm very impressed so far.

@@DENicholsAutoBravado Seat of the pants field testing?

Negative. Used OBD II tool. It's only as accurate as the weight you put in for the car, but I didn't change it since the 1st test so I'm sure it has changed relatively accurate. It was just over 20 wHP and went to 53 wHP at the time of this video. I thought the transmission was whining because it only whined in gear but now I think it was engine instability making the transmission whine. It's just unbelievable.

@@DENicholsAutoBravado I was going to say just what you said in your last sentence. Almost tripling the hp by just poring some additive into your engine. There's got to be more to the story. I mean if I put a few ounces of that stuff in my engine my hp is going to almost triple? Everybody is going to be buying that stuff.

The engine was supposed to already have that power. The real power was missing and this helped this engine perform like it should again. Rhkips has made an excellent comment covering issues this stuff causes if you'd like to take a look. I'll pin it up.

Lol. A few people spotted that. Wouldn't have ever realized otherwise without the comments. Changed lots of gas tanks. A few had a few random items like that in it. Won't cause an issue at all. Check out my fuel series on fuel additives. Did a lot of experiments and learned a lot. kzfaq.info/sun/PLh_yB9HJ4Gi6RK7jJtd8xZHMqdYveHbSH

Yes, I hear you there. I tested the oil for moisture. It was negative. No oil in the coolant either. During the pandemic I was doing more short-tripping and getting out less. Once i could take farther drives because we could get out and about more it cleared right up. Personally, I hadn't seen this issue much unless there was a real problem, but one of my fellow professional mechanics observed Ford SUV's doing this a lot, especially an early turbo which had too much turbo air cooling.

@@DENicholsAutoBravado Good to see you had no additional issues to tackle.

It's just really wet in Germany. A few engines do this without a head gasket being blown.

When I started doing trips and seeing sites the oil was hot enough long enough to not get some moisture build up. A lot of grocery getters, in wet places can get like this.

Yep! You caught it! I didn't know until it was pointing out to me after putting up the video. Changed a fuel pump once on someone's Chevy truck or SUV which had a ton of them in the tank. Not reactive to gasoline? Pretty impressive.

Works way better with conventional oil!

Yes, I checked all that when i changes the valve cover gasket. This car doesn't have a PCV valve but it achieves similar results with the baffling in the valve cover. Made sure it was clean and clear with some brake clean. Mostly, it was just short tripping. This video was made during COVID lockdowns and when I could explore Germany more it just wasn't an issue.

And for sure, I was also worried about blow by gasses too. Never a drop of coolant in the oil. There never was a drop of oil in the coolant either.

Can I tell you a secret which tens of thousands could know if they'd watch my less popular content like they do the big videos? Simple Nondetergent SAE 30 oil is a Lucas Upper Cylidner Lubricant killer. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/psx8ZLt11MquoGg.html

It's tough to say why the 500 mile engine rebuilt failed. There's so many failure points. It takes a lot of experience to build engines well and there can still be issues. I've never rebuilt an engine and if I did it'd be very costly, especially if I didn't thoroughly blueprint the whole engine to be certain every part of it was rebuilt in specs. Would I succeed the first time? I don't know. Was it a full rebuild or was there a specific defect which was repaired?

That is the most intelligent ask yet about that issue. Congratulations. 😁 I was short-tripping. After the pandemic opened a little that first summer I took the car on trips and never had moisture build up again. I did check the oil and coolant. No mixing. 1st thing I concerned myself with. Went through all the tubing and ventilation when I fixed the valve cover gasket leak. It was indeed vented. Engine restore worked fantastic though. Increased wHP from like 22 to 55. It definitely put the pep back in it's step. The trick was it only worked that well with conventional oil.

@@DENicholsAutoBravado That's GREAT TO HEAR, T.Y. for your response, SIR.

Whoa! You're right! I did! I don't think it'll do much of anything though. 🤣

I approve of this message. Didn't know I was responding with my Trading Nichols channel for teaching trading stocks and what not.

Lol! That's funny! If that happened I don't know it! When on on Wi-Fi I'll have to check that out! Lol

I'm going to guess the seal was firmly attached and I swiped it away with my hand which you wouldn't see after pouring it in, but I still will be reviewing the footage for sure!

lol

Absolutely!

The formula is the same either way. It's just the size of the bottle. I got more for less expense. I didn't even use a 4 cylinder size of bottle amount to achieve strong results.

It's just really wet in Germany. A few engines do this without a head gasket being blown.

Tons of people comment on the stash. Lol

Most of them refer to Hitler who had his stash WAY tighter and I delete them. If I didn't anti-semites would then add in slurs. I've been to Dakau. It was horrendous and for a time I wondered if I'd ever be whole again. Not sure what you're saying about the stash, but my friends and family have seen it for so long that they say I'm not me without it. I do have periods of having it a bit wider, but sometimes for work, breathing protection works better with it trimmed tight. I'm not just a professional mechanic. I also work in toxic and biohazard specialties. Ran the program for that while I was in Germany.

I reviewed the raw and unedited video. And I think you are right. I've changed a lot of fuel pumps and seen a few of these in there without an issue. These caps don't melt down in gasoline. Maybe the manufacturers were looking out for us. I don't think what you saw was an effect of editing down to keep the video going faster for interest. An odd scene some people have talked on is including opening the original bottle. I found it maximally difficult. Requires tools definitely. Maybe mine was made wrong.

Could be, but gladly not the case.

I lived at an apartment in Germany and they weren't supposed to shut the shops down but they did due to COVID19. Remember Italy was only a country over and it hit them very hard. Cops drive by all the time. I can't get away with changing my oil. The local shop let me use their lift because I'm a professional mechanic and I help them out now and again. I was just in Germany on a temporary contract. I have a nice shop at my house in NC. I understand it sounds confusing but Germany doesn't want one drop of oil in their water supply. You can't even wash your car for their fear that road grime includes oils. In the country I read I could have got away with it or if I had a sealed concrete but I wasn't going to do that at a temporary apartment. Lol This little tiny 1.0 liter engine had me flying down the autobahn. It needed a lot of oil changes. There are motorcycles with lot more power. In fact I own 2 that have more power. Lol

This little guy needs oil changes as often as my Yamaha WR250R. Look that up and you'll see some of my garage in good ol' America.

Yep! Didn't know until after I uploaded the video. Good catch! Whenever I change someone's fuel pump, there's a chance a few are in there. Never hurt anything. 🤷‍♂️ Those lid covers, meant to hold back petroleum like fluids, don't disintegrate even in caustic gas.

Nope. Super low count model mostly sold in South Africa. (At least 1 year) The Hyundai Atos. You'll see them enough in Europe. I used it effectively in a 400k+ mile Corolla. Pre 2000, 2000 and later engines have vvti... engine restore isn't recommended on any engine with variable timing with small oil passages.

This little rescue car or mine was a 2001 Hyundai Atos with a itsy bitsy 1.3l engine. Sold it when I left Germany. Engine stayed strong for my journey with it having fixed it up nice.

Car has 485,000 miles. I've had friends use it for 5 years. If it causes damage it's slow. I can have an engine unbalanced from a lack of compression or I can enjoy a smooth engine. I don't think an imbalanced engine is good for engine stress either.

I definitely don't recommend it for engines which are fine, you know?

Nice! When I paired it with conventional I gained more wHP that the car was rated for new! From lack luster, to superior! 😁👍🕊

What caused oil burning for me was adding Lucas Synthetic Oil Stabilizer. Do not add synthetic anything with Engine Resyore. 😁👍

@@DENicholsAutoBravado I use synthetic oil?

Interesting. You're not the first to have synthetic oil success, but I haven't. I should be asking which synthetic oil did it work with?

@@DENicholsAutoBravado Ive used it wit Mobil 1 in my 2013 accord 3.5 coupe. And I used it with Pennzoil which I'm doing currently in my 1999 Tacoma 3.4 with 80k miles. It made my truck actually start within a second instead of cranking for 2-3 secs before starting which is how long it's taken o start for years before I added the additive. What issue did u have with synthetic oil??? I don't wanna ruin my vehicles