Mystic Z-28

Okay I don't know what happened to my original thread but anyway....one of you said that this engine restore stuff might have changed the viscosity of my oil, resulting in slightly lower oil pressure? Would that mean that the engine restore stuff made my oil thicker? And my oil now has 900 miles on it, so when would be a good time to change it? Thanks in advance.

L SS 1

just change it for peace of mind.

ebk06

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Engine restore is very thick so yes im sure it changed the pressure since the pump would have to work harder to move it. I have used the stuff and feel it works for its intended purpose but i would never use it again. To me the stuff is like radiator fix in a can. It really just hides problems for a while until the problem become so pronounced irrevesible damaged is caused. But thats just my opinion.

garygnu

did you do a leak down or a compression check before adding the restore?do a compression check it would be interesting to see if it helped.

Mystic Z-28

Not i didn't do a compression check. I just added a little bit of it because they claim you will feel some extra HP if your engine has over 50k miles on it. To be honest i did notice a little bit of extra power.

dannyz

I use restore in my 1990 bronco all the time, [200,000 miles] and it BUILDS up my oil pressure. Something isn't right.

HAZ-Matt

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I don't see how increasing the thickness could lead to pressure loss. It will increase pressure at expense of flow in most of the normal operating ranges.

I personally would not run any engine/transmission/whatever restore type products except perhaps on a powertrain I don't really care about. Which product did you put in it and how much? What was going on with the car that you wanted to try it out?

PontiacFan

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Hook, Line, & Sinker, ...

Mystic Z-28

It looks like this.



And nothing was going on, I just wanted to see if I would notice any extra power from it. Since it claims that you will. It had to of done something to my oil pressure though. I've driven the car the last few days and the pressure hasn't dropped anymore. It stays at about 25-30 psi around idle and just below 40 psi driving down the highway.

Titanws6

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What weight oil are you running? I've only used this on very high milegae vehicles, never noticed any improvement. Change the oil and see what happens, maybe go w/ a 5w30 and see if pressure changes.
Try seafoaming the car next go round, seems other members have had good results with that product. Search around on here. The only way to really find extra power is to start modding, power does not come in a can.

Damian

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I never recommend putting that stuff in an LS engine. The clearances are too tight, and this can clog bearings from getting proper lubrication. Or even worse, stop up the pump.

The ONLY time I ever tell someone to use Engine restore is if it's a Honda and the rings are shot. Then it does help for a short period of time.

Mystic Z-28

I'm using 10w30 castrol edge full synthetic. Should i change my oil right away then?

Damian

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I'd get it out of there asap.

A good idea would be to flush the engine. Go buy some elcheapo house brand 5w30, 4 qts of it. Then buy 2 qts of some elcheapo house brand Dex/Merc trans fluid. Put the 4 qts of oil/2qts of trans fluid in the motor and let it run for about 20 minutes. Drain it back out, and put your oil of choice back in.

Trans fluid is basically a 10w oil with a **** ton of detergents in it. I use it all the time to clean up sticking lifters on older engines, or various other problems. Works great. It should help flush most of that restore out of the pump.

Good luck.

Damian

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Also forgot to mention. When flushing the engine, use a 2001 Chevy Silverado Puralator oil filter. It's a longer filter, and will allow you to run a full 6 qts and not be over capacity. I'd recommend doing that after the flush too. The PF46 filter is too small IMO. I always run the truck filters on LS engines because you can use more oil.

Mystic Z-28

Thanks for the advice. I did what you said today and then put some more castrol edge 10w30 FS back in and the oil pressure is back to normal now. Definitely won't put anymore of that engine restore crap in there again.

Titanws6

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Damian to the rescue once again.

HAZ-Matt

iTrader: (8)

Glad you were able to get that stuff out of there and the pressure is decent.

SILVER 2288 SS

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same thing happened to my firends z28 he changed his oil and pressure was right again

IRONFIST

What does "engine restore" claim to do? From a pure physics stand point pressure is the measure of the resistance to flow... so if you lost pressure you lost resistance to flow. Being that it's thicker than oil that makes no sense.
Good thing you got it out of there...

LilJayV10

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Does that Edge stuff blow your hair back like in the commercials?