Engine Renew in a bottle ???

I got the thing running(new air filter) but had little power. On level ground it would run about 30 mph and pull down on hills. Sucking gas like no tomorrow and oil too. I was at Walmart and picked up a can of engine restore (the size for a v-8 engine.) Next day poured it in. It was already a quart low so the restore filled it. Cranked it up and took a cell phone with me in case the truck wouldn't make it back.LOL

The longer I drove it the faster it would go. After about 20 miles it would run 60 mph. By the time I go home it would run 75.

Anyway that was 6 years ago. I gave the old truck to my son. He puts a can of restore in it at every oil change. He put bosch plugs in and new wires and the old truck will smoke the tires now. It still uses some oil and loves gas but it was never great on gas to begin with. It has 85 on the speedometer and it will bounce the needle when it gets there. The Restore brought the compression back up to bring it back to life.

I've never tried Restore on a good engine but if I ever have another engine go down I'll sure try it again. It worked on that old Chevy.

Ever since, I've just used a pint of mineral spirits, or kerosene , when I wanted to flush an engine. I do keep some wd-40, or similar product, around, just because the spray can is handy .....

If the engine is very badly gunked up, disassembly is the only way to get it clean. If the rings are just 'mildly' stuck, pouring some some solvent in the plug holes and letting it soak several days will sometimes unstick them. Kroton oil is the best I've ever used for this, but can't seem to get it anymore. Heard it had a carcinogen in it. Marvel mystery oil seems to have the right combination of oil and solvent to cling to parts long enough to do some good. I'm sure there are other brands out there as good. None will fix a serious mechanical problem.
The oil additives that 'stop smoke' seem primarily to boost the viscosity.....running heavier weight oil will accomplish the same thing. I once put 70wt aircraft oil in a 6 cy ford engine with bad rings to see what would happen....it quit smoking , noticably at least, and the oil pressure went up some .....but it obviously isn't a fix.

My experience with 'seal softener's is that they are a waste of money. If seals are that old and dried up, they probably are covered in a nice layer of gunk that will prevent anything you add to the crancase from having much effect on them.

well, I've ranted enough on this topic ...:)

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I've bought a farmall 404 that had stuff in it, didn't smoke, when I got it home and changed the oil, boy you should've seen that thing smoke!

I suppose IT WORKS, but I will tell you this, BE HONEST about what you put in it to make it stop leaking or smoking.

My thoughts.

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