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Wow. That's very different. You learned that's what it likes?

@@DENicholsAutoBravado Yep it runs better at that mix in hot weather

I'll have to remember that. I do occasionally run into fans of older Jeeps! I fixed up a 60's or 70's something once. They couldn't figure out how to keep it on. I replaced all the vaccum lines that were leaking vacuum and it ran tons better for a customer. It still didn't quite have a steady idle but the customer was so happy it was much easier to keep the engine on. Lol Sometimes, a lot of times, I want to fix something farther but you can't argue with a happy customer. It had to almost be 2k rpms probbaly just to stay on before I gave it some TLC. Dipping below 1100 rpm was sketchy after that. Much better.

They were usually DIY and figured with the big issues out of the way they could probbaly take if farther from there. 😁

I seem to remember he bringing me another of his collection a few weeks later. I mostly know 1996 and newer cars much better so whenever I got to competently work older tech it was quite satisfying.

Mobil 1 filters move oil so much slower they cause startup engine damage over the life of an engine. They're completely fired from any vehicles I run at this point. I don't wait 7k miles except 1 engine with a very high oil capacity. The oil is so clean at 5k miles it puts everything else I own to shame. Things can be engineered to go farther than 5k but you have to respect your use case.

Lol. Made this video 7 years ago. Not going back to shoot it again. I think the white balance was off. I had less light other videos which showed up brighter. Weird but true. 😁

No... I don't think so. Something is worn out. Usually in the cams. This product helps with cylinder compression issues.

I didn't! What is it? Also, some motorcycle oils, by their consistency are made that way with no mixing needed. Trouble with these additives is the reduce your oils other additives. It's probably why I've done so well with additives and cars. See, what I do different is that I use less so that it helps instead of knocking down the % of all other additives. With the transmission and engine using the same additives it makes additives which include traditional car additives a bad idea. Long story short, all additives shares here are just oil. They aren't any of the chemicals in the additive package for the motorcycle or cars.

I didn't! What is it? Also, some motorcycle oils, by their consistency are made that way with no mixing needed. Trouble with these additives is the reduce your oils other additives. It's probably why I've done so well with additives and cars. See, what I do different is that I use less so that it helps instead of knocking down the % of all other additives. With the transmission and engine using the same additives it makes additives which include traditional car additives a bad idea. Long story short, all additives shares here are just oil. They aren't any of the chemicals in the additive package for the motorcycle or cars.

Yes, makes sense. If you don't have enough compression, this product can help with that immediately. The 1st engine I got it for in 2019 would sometimes misfire and struggle if cold, but after this product? Not at all! 😁👍

That takes great care of a car engine, but this motorcycle requires more frequent changes based on my testing of it's oil. Maybe my engine wasn't built well enough but my oil analysis recommended much more frequent oil changes. 1000 miles was pushing it.

@DENicholsAutoBravado I change my motorcycle oils at 3000 miles. They are both air cooled, buy it's hot here in Florida

I do usually make solo videos, tis true! Lol 🤣

I haven't seen that pulled apart in several years, but there is 1 tube under there that's really hard to deal with if it isn't hard and old to get straight back on. My buddy has never seen it leak if it was old. If it was new and young it could take hours to slip back in while installing because it could flop around wrong and not get sealed up.

I put the year of my truck and the years of many Nissan designs with the same engine in the description of many of my videos. 2004 is the latest that my videos is helpful on for the American Nissan Frontier. Nissan used the same engine as late as 2005 outside of America. There are some xterras and minivans by Nissan which also use this engine. The engine bay isn't the same on the minivan but the knowledge to the engine is still accurate. That minivan is angled for maximum pain to work on! They largely don't get fixed for big problems because of this.

Thank you

Probably varies by zipcode.

Yes. North Carolina is still better than California! At my new office, the California and Chicago people are both like, whoa! The gas is half as much!

The way I use TCW3, I haven't notice any spark plug issues, I do have a follow on question about how much you drive in 2 years though.

@@DENicholsAutoBravado I drive 8,000 miles a year pure city traffic. That’s about twice the engine is in operation due to traffic. I live in the tropics.

I like prolong and bestline plus duralube but you can not go wrong if you stay with restore only.

Recent scientific testing by the Motor Oil Geek. He checked a bunch of additives. Prolong is on the very naughty list. It has what hurt many cars 25 years ago in it. Back when it was all snake oil. . . In my opinion. Now, I do use additives, but what I learned from the motor oil geek is why I've done so well. I've always used less than recommended. Otherwise you thin out the additives you already have and need from the oil you bought.

Lookinh forward to my oil change

Nice. Anything wrong with your engine? I'm looking forward to my 1st oil change too. New to me 2018 Mitsubishi Mirage. Already changed it's spark plugs. I've put a little over 3000 miles on it since buying it. I've gotten as high has 52 miles per gallon out of it. I love great gas mileage. It's spark plugs were the best I've ever seen for worn spark plugs. Brown. Fuel injected almost never turns the blades perfectly brown. Generally that means perfect combustion.

The clues are there, but no it didn't. Just moisture from short tripping. It stopped building moisture like this when pandemic rules eased and it drove farther than the grocery store. Loved exploring Germany in that little car!

A "fellow" mechanic broke the hook on mine and made it torture to use about 7 years ago. So... 🤷‍♂️

It really is as simple as push them in, wiggle and release....but... dirt can cause issues. Silicon spray is good for cleaning out some dirt and improving slip. If you push the lines deeper together the "quick release" gets easier to push the opposite way. They work exactly like an air chuck. You know like when you hook your air tools up and off...but the moving part is inside instead of outside.

No. I think that 2ne can was still on my cart from the last one I did. That video was like 8 years ago though so I'm not sure.

Oh really? Recently featured? Whoa! Yeah... I have 2x the subs since last upload... there's definitely an audience! The comments are growing on my evergreen content! Not slowing!

That's good advise. Already changed the thermostat prior to this. 😁💪

Oh. I used tons of penetrating oil. Balancer still worked fine. I wouldn't call it broken.

I've had a lot of old cars, only 2 of which benefited. I'm a fan if the car needs it. 👍

Yeah. I have new clutch material on my list of things to do. I don't think mine lasted very well to be so sensitive. Might be why my oil wears out so fast too since it's all swimming in the same oil as the engine, isn't it? My bad, I know cars much better than motorcycles. Tell me what I don't know if you don't mind. The clutch pack, is it in the oil too or no?

I've tried the whole bottle versus measured. Didn't work any better, so save your money and match it up.

Too much PEA will dirty a clean engine.

In Germany no oil can be on the outside of your engine. It's amazing how much more their parts rust in their engine bays then in America were a little seepage just keeps the rust at bay.

The torque app is free. I paid $5 to run it and free a LOT of years ago. It works with any basic wifi or bluetooth OBD ii basic scanner. I recommend bluetooth. If your android or ios likes wifi for internet, hooking wifi to an OBD ii can cut off your internet connection.

That's absolutely correct! PEA will dirty a clean engine a little, but clean a little off a dirty engine. Running a little every other oil change seems fine to me. Some people run it more, but if like most engines, it's pretty clean, there's no need to run these things all the time.

It definitely matters!

When the local shop that let me work on my cars there for a small fee opened up again after they stopped all getting COVID, I went through the engine. Thrust bearings worn, but oil was clean. Took just the valve cover and oil pan off because of small leak repairs, but no signs of moisture. Is this engine in great shape? No, but after I started using it to see Germany's beautiful sites instead of just trips for groceries, the engine was able to get up to temp and the cap stopped filling with moisture froth. In humid areas, short tripping has caused a lot of issues on Fords as well.

Oh yeah, saved this car from misfiring and having all kinds of issues and got it going as a fun little car.

1st, I don't know if this product can store that long. Try pouring it all out if there's anymore residue in the bottle than whatever would be slow to drip out, it has gone bad. Additives in oil packages go bad, I do not know if this product has those issues. 2nd. Don't use it on a perfectly healthy engine. Use it on something older or something with a compression issue. My nearly 500k mile Corolla did great with this product just like the Hyundai Atos did in the video. I used it for years driving lots of freeway miles. If it was a younger engine performing totally normally I wouldn't use it. 3rd. It does not work unless it's actively in your oil and synthetics typically don't work with it either. My only exception, if it's not too thick is Shell's T line of oils for trucks. Used that in the Corolla and even the semisynthetic worked with Engine Restorer. Total surprise. Normal synthetic car oils DO NOT WORK with Engine Restore. 4th. Consequences. When it's time to change your oil I need engine flushes just to really clean it out. Long before a normal oil change interval engine Restorer will turn my engine into an oil burning engine. For a few thousand miles all was usually well so long as I had done the engine flush. To be clear Engine Restorer typically took a not burning oil engine to burning usually within 3000 miles.

Why would I still use it with all those issues? 37 miles per gallon instead of 27. That's a huge difference! Worth all the trouble in my last comment.

Lucas Upper cylinder lubricant is SAE 30 oil. Try my playlist in the subject. You are watching the end of a series potentially missing some core concepts. Or, maybe I did just explain it poorly. What Fuel Additives Improve Gas Mileage?: czcams.com/play/PLh_yB9HJ4Gi6RK7jJtd8xZHMqdYveHbSH.html

@@DENicholsAutoBravado Thanks 👍

You are most welcome. Have you had a chance to watch any? At the beginning I didn't know Lucas was just SAE 30 oil. Nondetergent, what engines used before oil filters was the way to go. If your gas tank is exceptionally dirty either products could break a fuel pump cleaning the tank, but then the next fuel pump would last much longer, or more usually the clean out just makes everything last longer. Only a problem that I had because of contmainated gas ruining by gas tank around the 1st video i replaced my fuel pump 3 times for what tiny parts of my gas tank I couldn't clean out. If you've watched some of those videos, I have what I do now, which is better than some of those videos.

Huh. Cool. Didn't know. I was actually following weird forum advice that the Nissan Maxima of some year that I don't remember, had the cheapest knock sensor which you could wire in.

Hey, I'm glad a few tips with the project helped!

Thanks! I've actually used the product for years on a Corolla that'd be still with us if I wasn't in a massive car wreck over 2 months ago. Engine Restorer kept that engine running on less gasoline from about 420 to 493k mileage on the chassis. The engine was replaced about 293k miles ago which a 150k to 250k mile engine. That engine is a rare one. Most don't get over the 200k's! Got robbed not getting to 500k miles. Been a dream to take a car that far for over 2 decades. Took care of yhat car for a a customer for 200k of its miles and took over restoring it when they weren't willing to make it safe on the road anymore. It needed all of its suspension replaced front and back and it still creaked a bit. It's probably because I cheated out and left the old d links in there. They weren't terrible, just not quiet. Lol My new tires, new suspension, new brakes, none of it was wasted. I needed it all for the maximum response to make that accident less serious and to save the life of the other driver who didn't look both ways before crossing the street.

Yes! I had this issue already I think! When enough gasoline built up and gummed up on the cat clog... I know when it blew up! It really was violent! It was loud. The car limped for a while until I did more maintenance. I took a look at the cat when resealing the oil pan gasket... had to remove some of the exhaust to do this anyway, and I found the cleared, formerly clogged hole in the honey comb. When it blew there was spark of heat, metal and explosion results careening down the road behind me in a beautiful German country side!

Absolutely. That's what it's for. 👍

That's incredible. 😁

@@DENicholsAutoBravado Its not bragging if you can prove it and I can show the results.

I just like how much these little changes can make a difference. I even throw a little in on a rental car. I want the best performance and gas mileage everywhere I go. I use TCW3 the most. It's better for these 4 stroke engines.

If the full 4 cylinder can us for most likely a 4 quart engine, figure it based on how many quarts of oil your motorcycle takes. Takes 1 quart? Don't put more than a quarter of a bottle in and don't overfill with your normal oil afterwards. I've found it works best with conventional oil so now you can save some money on your oil choice. Lol

Interesting. I've mostly seen engines perfectly in time. Having them out of time is very unusual. You've probably seen something I haven't. I hear you. I've seen engines, which were a couple teeth off run before. Just not as well. I was shocked when I figured out a PT Cruiser was 7 teeth off. It could hardly idle and needed a lot of gas to stay on and also cruised poorly. The customer disagreed, just fix the idle, he asked. It cruises and speeds up fine. Plenty of power he said. No... his car was gutless, I thought. They had changed the timing belt themselves and I guess built up in their mind that they didn't cause it issues. Have you worked on something more sensitive before?

They literally sale oxygen sensor removing tools. Last I checked there was 2 sizes. You may want to look up your specific vehicle, but this car took the most common oxygen sensor socket removal tool. I've needed the other so little it's rusting.

Nope. Super low count model mostly sold in South Africa. (At least 1 year) The Hyundai Atos. You'll see them enough in Europe. I used it effectively in a 400k+ mile Corolla. Pre 2000, 2000 and later engines have vvti... engine restore isn't recommended on any engine with variable timing with small oil passages.

As unused oil? Detergents can fall out of suspension and get thicker. Oil aging with use gets thinner.

@@DENicholsAutoBravado No it's because the molecules that make the oil thinner when the oil is cold are smaller and evaporate before the molecules that are longer and bigger

...oil is complex isn't it! Okay, so cold flow is worse when it's old? That I definitely believe on experience. Don't want older more used oil on freezing days.

Yep! Didn't know until after I uploaded the video. Good catch! Whenever I change someone's fuel pump, there's a chance a few are in there. Never hurt anything. 🤷‍♂️ Those lid covers, meant to hold back petroleum like fluids, don't disintegrate even in caustic gas.