RESTORE ENGINE RESTORE - 4 Cylinder

[Zebrasnot]

USE EXTREME CAUTION when adding this product to your oil.
2016 Ford Fiesta SE 1.6L
No where on the can does it say not to use with V V T engines.
Just had my oil changed. Added a can of Restore 4 Cylinder. Within 10 mintes the check engine light came on.
Restore clogged my V V T Solenoids. $400 in repairs.

 

[dogememe]

Interesting. May I ask what led you to put this in your engine? Is it high mileage with poor compression?

 

[Zebrasnot]

Yes. High mileage. Car was acting sluggish. Recommendation was to add Restore to the oil.
I wish I had researched "Restore and V V T Solenoids" before I added it instead of just reading general reviews.

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[BISCUT]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

 

[Zebrasnot]

No, what?

 

[Wingo]

For worn out old school engines Restore is a pretty good product that squeezes a little more life out of them. But for these newer ones that require the 0W-whatever oils, I don't mess with any additive. The only exception is maybe a bottle of AT-205 to help with old seals.

 

[Propflux01]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

Too late now….

 

[gfh77665]

USE EXTREME CAUTION when adding this product to your oil.
2016 Ford Fiesta SE 1.6L
No where on the can does it say not to use with V V T engines.
Just had my oil changed. Added a can of Restore 4 Cylinder. Within 10 mintes the check engine light came on.
Restore clogged my V V T Solenoids. $400 in repairs.

Well, one of the links you posted said: "The bottle specifically says not to use it in a VVT vehicle, and I'm fairly certain the Prius is VVT"

Maybe your bottle didn't have that warning?

 

[eljefino]

I have a bottle I dumped in my plow truck... 85 w250 318, poster child for the stuff.

Bottle just read not to use it on 7.3 Powerstrokes, LOL.

 

[Zebrasnot]

Well, one of the links you posted said: "The bottle specifically says not to use it in a VVT vehicle, and I'm fairly certain the Prius is VVT"

Maybe your bottle didn't have that warning?

No where on the bottle does it specify not to use is a V V T vehicle.
I had purchased two bottles. One I used and one I kept for future use. No where did it say that. I specifically checked.
Yes, I returned the unused bottle.
I do not have a Prius.

 

[BAJA_05]

I always liked Rislone HM Engine Treatment per instructions on bottle. Sorry to hear about your unfortunate situation.

 

[Zebrasnot]

I always liked Rislone HM Engine Treatment per instructions on bottle. Sorry to hear about your unfortunate situation.

Thank you. I just want folks to be aware of when NOT to use it.
After installing two new V V T Solenoids I changed and flushed the oil.
The car is running well.
Log this in my extensive file of "What Not To Do"

 

[FatOrangeCat]

Did the VVT solenoid screens get clogged up causing the issue?
Reason I asked is because the Equinox I service had an intake VVT solenoid screen get blocked after a delayed OCI. Short trip, low miles a year vehicle coming from dealership oil changes, switch by me to mobil-1.

 

[Zebrasnot]

Did the VVT solenoid screens get clogged up causing the issue?
Reason I asked is because the Equinox I service had an intake VVT solenoid screen get blocked after a delayed OCI. Short trip, low miles a year vehicle coming from dealership oil changes, switch by me to mobil-1.

Yep. I replaced both solenoids. We thought maybe we could clean them out, but the car has higher mileage so instead of riskign it, we just replaced them.

 

[fantastic]

Thanks for the warning. I'm wondering if we'll see these complaints about Valvoline's new cleaning oil they've launched but I'd assume that this product is much more potent & has the cleaning ability, in short time, to really clog something up. Happy to hear that you got it fixed though.

 

[fantastic]

I have a bottle I dumped in my plow truck... 85 w250 318, poster child for the stuff.

Bottle just read not to use it on 7.3 Powerstrokes, LOL.

Interesting! Since you're already aware that the 6.0L uses oil as a hydraulic too on the injectors I find this exclusion odd. That it just lists the 7.3L.

 

[Zebrasnot]

Interesting! Since you're already aware that the 6.0L uses oil as a hydraulic too on the injectors I find this exclusion odd. That it just lists the 7.3L.

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[walterjay]

I used Restore one time on a worn out smoking tractor. It did absolutely nothing. Junk product IMHO.

 

[gfh77665]

The tractor was probably too far gone. Restore does not claim to "stop engine smoking", but it does claim to increase compression, which it does. The tractor needed something like

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[OVERKILL]

USE EXTREME CAUTION when adding this product to your oil.
2016 Ford Fiesta SE 1.6L
No where on the can does it say not to use with V V T engines.
Just had my oil changed. Added a can of Restore 4 Cylinder. Within 10 mintes the check engine light came on.
Restore clogged my V V T Solenoids. $400 in repairs.

This stuff is a slurry of soft metals designed to fill scores in the walls of heavily worn/abused engines; engines on their death bed, allowing them go another few miles.

This is like giving meth to somebody in a nursing home with a heart condition and bum knees. Sure, they might be able to get up and move around a bit, but they are still close to dying and now you've just made them dependent on meth.