Perhaps consider it 'self-healing' as opposed to 'self-remanufacturing'? Biological wounds often heal with scar tissue which generally prevents the situation f

Perhaps consider it 'self-healing' as opposed to 'self-remanufacturing'? Biological wounds often heal with scar tissue which generally prevents the situation from worsening, but is still not as strong as the original undamaged tissue or bone. If it re-manufactured itself, it'd be as good as the original. This seems a bit like that, leaking the vegetable oil into the crack, as blood seeps and clots into a cut, then the bitumen and aggregate can flow together in hot days unhindered by the ordinary-occurring oxidization. Still not as good as undamaged, but better. Seems like an at least good-enough term?