engine restore

Has anyone tried the engine restorer that's supposed to help with smoking / rough running of engines may be thinking this could be short term fix for me until I can spare time / money for proper repair. Deep down trying to keep car and not sell it !

Snake oil, if it's knackered, it's knackered. Bore bust, new rings, valve job is only way to do it properly.

wammers said:

Snake oil, if it's knackered, it's knackered. Bore bust, new rings, valve job is only way to do it properly.

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Do you know,you are nearly as blunt as me.... No wonder some of my customers call me the grim reaper.

Cheers that's what I thought deep down

eightinavee said:

Do you know,you are nearly as blunt as me.... No wonder some of my customers call me the grim reaper.

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They don't want the truth. Just a cheap fix that's why the snake oil business is thriving. Trouble is the more expensive they make the snake oil the better some think it is.

wammers said:

They don't want the truth. Just a cheap fix that's why the snake oil business is thriving. Trouble is the more expensive they make the snake oil the better some think it is.

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Trouble is, some do work, Lucas transmission fix for one. Auto box is working fine again

Datatek said:

Trouble is, some do work, Lucas transmission fix for one. Auto box is working fine again

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Yes some do work. How many don't?

wammers said:

Yes some do work. How many don't?

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Most

Datatek said:

Most

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If your oil control rings are gummed up and you are burning a bit. Maybe, just maybe there is something you could put in to free them. But if they are so worn as to be going up and down the cylinder kissing it now and then. There is no amount of Chinese putting on liquid that will deposit .030" of metal on them.

Brake it and let me know how much you want for the suspension pump.

Ametech Engine Restore will help in the short term with certain types of high mileage wear - worn rings, for example, or slightly rattling shells.
This will buy you a few thousand miles whilst you amass the money and parts for a rebuild.
It can also help in the very early stages of piston slap onset - but again only by delaying the inevitable.

Things it cannot help with include, but are not limited to,

broken valves or springs,
camshaft wear,
slipped liners,
piston skirt damage,
big end knocking,
porous block,
blown gaskets
Piles or HIV
A solution to the Palestinian issue.

However on my old 180000-mile V6 2.8 Capri, the oil pressure light was flickering on and off at tickover and I knew the rings were going - a litre of this stuff and some 20/50 and a new filter restored healthy oil pressure and I ran the car without problems for another 5000 miles over two years (I was a student and not too wealthy).

So, it can be useful as a short-term fix

wammers said:

If your oil control rings are gummed up and you are burning a bit. Maybe, just maybe there is something you could put in to free them. But if they are so worn as to be going up and down the cylinder kissing it now and then. There is no amount of Chinese putting on liquid that will deposit .030" of metal on them.

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If you're lucky enough to only be suffering from gummed up oil control rings then running the engine on ATF gently for 50 or so miles will do the trick, the problem is if there a lot of sludge around then that'll get shifted, also if the bottom end is shot the oil pressure will drop critically low as oil fling from the big end journals will increase - I guess if it blows up then the engine was past it anyway!

StuckAgainSteve said:

If you're lucky enough to only be suffering from gummed up oil control rings then running the engine on ATF gently for 50 or so miles will do the trick, the problem is if there a lot of sludge around then that'll get shifted, also if the bottom end is shot the oil pressure will drop critically low as oil fling from the big end journals will increase - I guess if it blows up then the engine was past it anyway!

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Yeah cure or kill. But i have known people run EP90 in the sump on a well knackered lump.

wammers said:

Yeah cure or kill. But i have known people run EP90 in the sump on a well knackered lump.

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EP90 haha!!!! awesome!!

JohnnyCrash said:

EP90 haha!!!! awesome!!

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Yeah one of the impoverished mechanics at a place i worked once had an old Wolsley 1500 that was, lets say, past it's best engine wise. He ran it off the firms EP90, disgusting smell it gives off. Nothing like Castrol R that's for sure.