Re: Engine Renew in a bottle ???

Posted by RMinVA on May 11, 2007 at 18:26:11 from (209.145.80.52):

In Reply to: Engine Renew in a bottle ??? posted by Sam F. on May 11, 2007 at 14:03:33:

My Dad had a 1980 chevy pickup with a 305 that he used to knock around on the farm. Had mice to get in the air filter and cut a big hole at the rear of the filter. Dad always went by if it ain't broke don't fix it. So I have no idea how many years that hole was in the filter before it was found. The truck lost power and he parked it. Then after a year he told me to junk the truck or do what ever I wanted with it.

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.

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