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Old 11-21-2003, 12:26 PM
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Have any of you guys ever used Engine Restorer? I have heard its good for older engines...what do you all think?



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what happened to the tune up you were getting? I would think that would somewhat restore ur motor
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I got the the tune-up done and its running GREAT...I was just thinking it would help prolong the life of the engine and its components.

Surprisingly after all that work...my mileage still isn't up to par....weird.

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what are you getting? It can't be as bad as my 15 mpg
Old 11-21-2003, 12:48 PM
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fink,

c'mon now, you've been here too long! search your own question. there are two threads (one of which you started) that addresses your same question and others have given their results.

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Originally posted by Bob_98SR5
there are two threads (one of which you started) that addresses your same question and others have given their results.
One thing to add to what I had said in the other MPG thread is that I've since been pointed to Auto-Rx. It's said to do a much better job than Engine Restorer.

The downside is that it's expensive in terms of how it needs to be "applied":
http://www.auto-rx.com/pages/applications.htm

To save you the counting, if you have over 100,000 miles on the engine, you're going to go through:
  • Two bottles of Auto-Rx
  • Four oil filters
  • Two oil changes

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i use it every oil change. the first time i added it i noticed a smother idle.
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I wasn't asking if the Engine Restorer would improve my gas mileage.

And yes Toyo...its worse than yours, ~12MPG city.

I was just wondering if it would help renew the parts internally and essentially make everything last longer...

I tried searching but once again could not find a straight to the point yes or no...

Thanks for the replies and suggestions,

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Originally posted by 4x4Fink
II was just wondering if it would help renew the parts internally and essentially make everything last longer...
Yes, it will. But Auto-Rx does it better.
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Thanks guys, I appreciate it.

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