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Update: 205,000 miles on the 2014 Jeep Wrangler 3.6 and 4,000 miles on the 4th fill of Valvoline Restore and Protect 5w-30. Zero oil consumption plus the oil is not very dark. Fuel economy increased, too. I suspect the piston rings are sealing better than before and the VVT system may be...

Great video! My 200,000 mile Jeep is currently 4,000 miles into the 4th fill of Valvoline Restore and Protect 5w-30. Prior to using Valvoline Restore and Protect this engine would need a quart of oil added at approximately 3,000 mile intervals. During the first three Valvoline Restore and...

I’ve had the ATF and filter changed every 60,000 on any vehicle with an ATF. The transmission is functioning fine at 200,000+ miles in my 2014 JKU

2014 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited just crossed the 200,000 mile mark. Always used top quality synthetic oil changed when OLM read 20% remaining, differential oil changed every 30k miles, automatic transmission and transfer case oils changed every 60k miles. Engine is quiet and this vehicle runs very...

Excellent wear pattern. Toe and camber set perfectly for this driver’s use

No, my hands are all oily when holding them. Perhaps at the next change I’ll set up a video camera to analyze the filter

My Avatar picture shows current condition at nearly 200k miles. Daily driver and off road trails, too. The product MaxlOne (no affiliation with the company) does amazing things to a vehicle exterior

The Pentastar has a cartridge oil filter which I inspect at each oil change. This engine has never exhibited metal flakes captured by the filter and only pin point sized bits of dark particles (carbon bits?) when using Valvoline Restore and Protect. The oil filter I’ve used at each change was a...

Oil leak from valve cover gaskets. I’ll allow that as acceptable maintenance at 200k miles 🙂

Post in thread 'Valvoline Restore and Protect' https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/valvoline-restore-and-protect.381635/post-7469402 Just posted several photos of this engine’s internals at 197k miles to the above thread

Just had the valve cover gaskets replaced and had the shop take pictures of the valve train and underside of the cam covers; 2014 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited with 198,000 miles on the 3.6L Pentastar engine. The engine has had two changes of Valvoline Restore and Protect 5w-30 (10,000 total on...

45 years ago I lived in Phoenix, AZ. Castrol GTX 20w-50 was my oil of choice. At 220k miles the automatic transmission of my 1980 BMW 733 didn’t want to shift out of 1st gear when cold. I took the car to the shop for diagnostics and it was time for a thorough automatic transmission rebuild. As...

Since I’m only removing the oil in the power steering reservoir and not doing a complete fluid change we’re talking about only a few ounces exchanged every 5,000 miles or so. This results in the fluid never being completely fresh or completely dirty. I used to pay shops to change power...

Power Steering fluid? With each engine oil change I take a turkey baster and use it to remove fluid from the power steering reservoir and then refill the reservoir with fresh proper spec fluid.

Update regarding the 3rd fill of Valvoline Restore and Protect 5w-30 in my Jeep. 2,500 miles into this fill and the crankcase oil level is still at the full mark on the dipstick. Coolant reservoir tank level when the engine is cold remains at the previous cold temperature level therefore the...