Too good to be true, but it's true!
This might seem like a long story, but I want to explain my glowing review – I rarely give reviews: I have to be either very impressed or very disappointed to bother.
18 months ago I bought a 2000 Toyota Echo (one of the best cars ever built IMHO). I live in a remote area of Australia with very rough roads and wanted a “bush-banger” to get me into town. An old Echo will do nicely. It was cheap: 19yo with 282,000kms (175,000mi) on the clock, and not well maintained. There was of course something wrong with it: noisy, no power, and burning oil. I had a compression test done: "worn engine - low compression in No: 3 cylinder". No surprises there.
I was not going to spend the money or time replacing the piston rings. I looked around for an alternative and found Ceramizer on ebay. It sounded “too good to be true”, but I had nothing to lose, so I bought it.
I changed the oil and added the Ceramizer as per the instructions. I noticed an improvement immediately – that was a surprise. After a few weeks it was obvious: the engine was quieter; my steep driveway that the Echo struggled to climb in 1st gear, it now did easily in 2nd; the hills it had laboured up in 2nd gear, it now did without complaint in 3rd.
After 500km, as recommended, I changed the oil again (full synthetic) and treated the engine again with Ceramizer. A few hundred kms later the valves got noisy, but they settled after another few hundred kms.
I look after my cars when it comes to serving them, but I work them hard; the Echo is no exception. I also keep detailed records of expenses, but in January I dropped my phone in the sea and lost the records for the period before I treated the Echo with the Ceramizer. I’m using a starting mileage of 13km/L, but I’m pretty sure it was worse than that to begin with.
So, it's been 12 months since the treatment:
Travelled: 13,000km / 8,000mi,
Mileage was: 13km/L (7.7L/100km / 30.6mpgUS),
Mileage now: 15.3km/L (6.5L/100km / 36.1mpgUS).
An improvement of 18%.
The new mileage of 15.35km/L is close to the "real world" fuel economy expected, especially considering: the Echo is 20yo; has done nearly 300,000km (186,400mi); it was not properly maintained; it travels very hilly, winding dirt-roads on every trip; and it’s always carrying a load and/or powering a 12V refrigerator.
After 12 months the Echo is “like new”: quieter, with good mileage and plenty of power; and, it still has 3/4 of the oil in the sump that it started with 12 months ago. All of this is surprising.
If you have a worn engine, give the Ceramizer a go; if it can be saved, the Ceramizer will save it. All I can say is: It’s true - it worked!
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