Restore Engine Treatment?

[jretrodude]

Just curious if anyone has used the restore engine treatment in their GN? I seen the videos posted cody the car guy but? My GN has about 92,000 miles barely gets driven about 3 to 4 hundered miles a year and I use 10W-30 royal purple? If the car sits for a very very long time it will smoke from under the hood bad but then clears up after the first drive (no bad smoke from the tailpipes). I have had the valve cover gaskets replaced about 4 years ago with the cork and same with the pcv valve. I guess my question is it safe to use the restore engine treatment with the royal purple synthetic oil as glen from highway stars has told me to not use the zddp for my stock engine because the RP has all the zinc I need. When I drive it occasionally in the summer months it doesn't smoke only from the first startup when it has been sitting all winter and sometimes mid fall. I have had one occasion where it seemed like smoke was coming into the passenger side cabin that was somewhat faint but could see it a little down in the floorboard area? Thanks

 

[TurboTGuy]

How about doing a good engine and engine bay cleaning to see if that helps before you go dumping some "wax on, wax off" bottle of snake oil into your baby?

Just a thought.

 

[Joeld]

Check your rear main seal. Mine drips a few drops per month and will smoke from y-pipe after sitting as the oil burns off the y-pipe. Smoke comes up around engine and then out hood.

 

[Frederickdav]

Many years ago I used Restore in a tired old Escort. The before and after performance was quite noticeable . Whether or not it would do the same in a "real" car is hard to say.

 

[~JM~]

You might consider running Valvoline VR1 instead of a synthetic.

The VR1 has zinc. Synthetic oils tend to leak more & it does not cling to internal surfaces as well as conventional oil does.

 

[jretrodude]

Would hate to go back to conventional as the previous owner has used royal since way before I got it. Would like to stick what has been in there, it is a gunky mess by the way underneath the car could be rear main seal but don't really have to fill it with oil hardly at all.

 

[jretrodude]

Would hate to go back to conventional as the previous owner has used royal since way before I got it. Would like to stick what has been in there, it is a gunky mess by the way underneath the car could be rear main seal but don't really have to fill it with oil hardly at all.

 

[TurboTGuy]

As Redd Foxx said it.....

Wash yo' ass..........

 

[Nick Micale]

Would hate to go back to conventional as the previous owner has used royal since way before I got it. Would like to stick what has been in there, it is a gunky mess by the way underneath the car could be rear main seal but don't really have to fill it with oil hardly at all.

Just because the previous owner used RP, does not mean that is a good thing?

Like JM posted, synthetic oil will find or make leaks, and an engine designed over 50 years ago when synthetic oil was not on the market should tell you something, especially the many owners who went back to regular oil and leaks went away, he did not make this up?

 

[whitehot1]

I use Restore in my runabout car and it seems to help it run better. But I would not put it in my Buick.

 

[Bruce Urie]

I wish I could find Valvoline VR1 around here..... But have stuck with conventional oils and always add ZDDP per oil change. Nick is right, synthetic will find leaks like the FBI finds Clinton's illegal e-mails!

Bruce '87 Grand National

 

[Powertechn2]

I guess I can attest to synthetic leaks. On my truck I use 0-20. Have a small front timing cover leak/seep @ 47k miles. I just figured it was due to the 0-20, which is only available as a synthetic, but seems the synthetic part might be the issue. Car is mobil 1, and it has valve cover leaks, front timing cover too. I just figured it was due to it sitting though.