Disabling Cylinders?

[caveatipse]

On my Yaris, is there a way to disable, either temporarily or permanently, a cylinder to get better mileage, without damaging the rest of the engine?

[GasSavers_BIBI]

Originally Posted by caveatipse

On my Yaris, is there a way to disable, either temporarily or permanently, a cylinder to get better mileage, without damaging the rest of the engine?

No

[JanGeo]

If you started running on less cylinders you would throw the balance of the engine out of wack firstly and secondly on the Yaris the engine is already a 1.5 liter - not too many cars made today are that small to begin with. Just break it in with out any full throttle use so you polish the cylinders up nice and smooth and switch over to SYNLUBE!

[caveatipse]

Ok, I take the bait. Tell me about Synlube.

[JanGeo]

Originally Posted by caveatipse

Ok, I take the bait. Tell me about Synlube.

You break in the engine on factory oil and call Miro at Synlube.com and tell him Jan (me) referred you to him. He will set you up with 4 quarts engine oil, 1 quart add oil, filter, magnets (which you need to put on the original filter for 100 miles before you change the oil out), tranny gear lube, and if you want the power steering fluid which a pint should do the job if you don't spill any - I baught a quart and used only half. Get all of the lube at once and he should give you an additional discount. Once done you change the filter after 36k miles and check the oil once a month and sent him an email with the mileage and any fluids added or you can call too. You will see that the engine runs quieter, smoother, gets more power, and your mileage should increase about 10-15% maybe more. The next part is the hardest . . . you have to get used to the idea that you do NOT have to change the oil for 150,000 miles or 15 years. Just change the filter at 36k and 75k. Should you want to change the oil, send it back to Synlube and they will replace it for free - just shipping charges I would think.

[caveatipse]

Originally Posted by JanGeo

You break in the engine on factory oil and call Miro at Synlube.com and tell him Jan (me) referred you to him. He will set you up with 4 quarts engine oil, 1 quart add oil, filter, magnets (which you need to put on the original filter for 100 miles before you change the oil out), tranny gear lube, and if you want the power steering fluid which a pint should do the job if you don't spill any - I baught a quart and used only half. Get all of the lube at once and he should give you an additional discount. Once done you change the filter after 36k miles and check the oil once a month and sent him an email with the mileage and any fluids added or you can call too. You will see that the engine runs quieter, smoother, gets more power, and your mileage should increase about 10-15% maybe more. The next part is the hardest . . . you have to get used to the idea that you do NOT have to change the oil for 150,000 miles or 15 years. Just change the filter at 36k and 75k. Should you want to change the oil, send it back to Synlube and they will replace it for free - just shipping charges I would think.

But what exactly IS Synlube?

[skewbe]

Originally Posted by JanGeo

call Miro at Synlube.com and tell him Jan (me) referred you to him.

pyramid scheme? Uncertified lubrication product! Jan won't shut up about it, but makes money on referrals.

[JanGeo]

Originally Posted by skewbe

pyramid scheme? Uncertified lubrication product! Jan won't shut up about it, but makes money on referrals.

No its a referral fee - no membership other than being a Synlube customer I would think - may not even need to be a customer. Once he referrs someone he also gets a referral fee. There are a lot of small companies making things out there that are not as big as oil companies making massive profit off of products they suck out of the ground. This is a mature product used in tens of thousands of vehicles made from non-petrolium products and can be 100% recycled.

[GasSavers_BIBI]

a scooter is a one cylinder, a geo got 3 cylinders and a yaris got 4

the thing about disabeling a cylinder is more for a 8 cylinders who OBSVIOUSLY doesnt need at all its for cylinder to keep moving when reaching a certain speed, but your yaris could probably not stand 60mph on 2 cylinders....

hahaha the guys got the best conventional FE machine out there for the years, and he wants better FE, MAYBE the industrie doesnt do enough and spand to much $ on useless piece of performance or luxuary I will NEVER ever fu**** need, but yessssss the making billions of dollars.

[Improbcat]

Originally Posted by JanGeo

No its a referral fee - no membership other than being a Synlube customer I would think - may not even need to be a customer. Once he referrs someone he also gets a referral fee.

So you are making money on referrals, which is what he just said. Or is synlube charging you a "fee" to refer people?

I've been reading this discussion (I'm currently at page 5 of 23) and am not impressed with synlube thus far from it. There are a lot of valid issues being raised there, including why synlube is claiming to meet or exceed certain oil standards while never having submitted their oil for testing.