When I first met my wife, she was driving an '88 Merc Sable that burned oil
badly. About a quart a week. I took over maintenance on the car. From
past experience on my truck, I dumped in a can of restore and switched to
the Valvoline high mileage oil. After two oil changes, her car completely
stopped using oil. I didn't add restore to every oil change after it
stopped using oil, but kept using the high mileage oil. She drove it for
over a year like that with no problems. Then we bought her a newer car and
she gave her Sable to her aunt/uncle cause they needed a car. They ran that
thing into the ground and in less than a year it was dead. But anyways,
Restore works. On my '99 Dak R/T it got to the point where it was burning
1qt between 3K oil changes. Put in some restore and it went back to less
than 1/2 qt between changes. That would usually be good for about a year
and I'd have to put in more restore. I didn't add it to every oil change,
only "when needed". Flat out, it works.
brian cropp
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net [mailto:owner-dakota-
> truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Ted Wiegandt
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 8:43 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Cc: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Recycled oil?
>
>
> My wife's old Jetta burned about a quart every 1000 miles. I never
> would have put Restore in it except that it was a lease anyhow. I was
> amazed that the Restore actually worked. Granted we did not keep the
> car long term to see if there were any ill effects.
>
> Ted
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:13 PM, <jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote:
> >
> > Barry Oliver <barrysuperhawk@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Ok, I just hhad an epiphany and I want to share.
> >> Fact #1 the GF's car burns and leaks oil. A lot of oil, like 1/2 qquart
> per gas tank.
> >> Fact #2 I have 4 litres of mobil one that I just drained out of my
> bike with less than 3k miles on it.
> >
> >> What is stopping me from using the used oil in the gf's car? It's car
> oil to begin with and I know from experience (testing) that there's plenty
> of liife left in that oil..
> >> It has got to be at least as good as the generic stuff.
> >
> >
> > For what it's worth, it makes sense to me! Especially if you are
> > careful during the drain to not pick up extra dirt and such during the
> > process, but even if you do, it doesn't sound like a little dirt is
> > gonna hurt that engine any more than it already is. :-) Heck, see if
> > the local Jiffy Lube will set you up with some 50 gallon drums! :-)
> >
> >
> > --
> > -Jon-
> >
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> >
> >
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