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I love doing oil changes but on the extreme ends of things, assuming my vehicle's engine was no limiting factor, between 3-4k mile OCIs and a 20k+ OCI, I'd prefer the latter. Though I would likely settle somewhere in the middle, doing 10-15k mile OCIs. Unfortunately, I have a Kia Sportage that...

What cars exactly, experience fuel dilution? Because I thought that was more of a concern for GDI engine doing frequent short trips, excessive idling, stop and go traffic. Which I get it, that's many of us. I'm just curious because even when driving under those conditions, neither my 2017 Sonata...

I would love to have .25 of a quart of oil consumption over 4300 miles. My 2019 Sportage drinks **** near that every day on my commute for work.

I love that you are seeing improvement in your Tibs oil consumption, especially after lots of neglect over tens of thousands of miles. Glad to see diligence and effort pay off. I doubt we will see that kind of improvement with any maintenance regimen (premium oils included) for many of the...

I'm not reading through 9 pages so forgive me if it's been answered already, but are any of these vehicles getting at least 4 oil changes with the Valvoline Restore and Protect? Because I have 5000 miles spread over two OCIs of use with the stuff in the past two months, and I'm quite certain...

I can only imagine how you must feel given the meticulous maintenance you do on your Kia Soul, and it still looses oil (albeit very manageable). Obviously you use and/or allow the dealer to use fuel additives in your vehicle. What are your thoughts on other fuel system cleaners beside BG 44K...

FWIW OP, I've had a 2017 Sonata 2.4L for 70k (bought used with 25k, totalled just over 90k) and now have a 2019 Kia Sportage with 110k (bought used with 98k) on a nearly identical 2.4L. I'm using Valvoline Restore and Protect 5W30 at 5,000 miles OCIs.But your plan seems solid to me, as others...

How do you figure that about the OEM filter?

I hope it works for your oil consumption. Worst case scenario you may be in the same boat as me, I'm afraid. I've run BG EPR twice through my 2019 Kia Sportage with the 2.4L. We bought it used three months ago, with 98k miles It now has 110k miles and, I did both applications within 5000 miles...

I must have missed that part on the website for TopTier gas. I thought part of that badge/certification was that it had to have a certain amount of PEA in it?

Sounds like a solid warranty case to me.

I'll take that as a compliment. Most of my love and excitement for something most people think twice about stems from hanging around buddies in the Marines, most of who knows a lot more about cars than I do. I still need their help on things from time to time, but I enjoy the peace of mind a...

Wasn't liking the K&N?

Hey man, I use CRC with every oil change. Do I have pictures showing it works? No. But does that mean, it doesn't? Also no. And I can't be bothered to get pictures because many other people have already posted before and after results of this stuff all over the Internet, showing how effective it...

I've learned even after years of doing my own oil changes, sometimes I still over torque the canister , even though my aim is "hand tight". It's no where close to causing damage, but anything to help remove a stuck/overtight oil filter is a very handy tool that saves mountains of frustration...

Sorry man, when I first saw your post, I for some reason read "sequence" to mean the sequence of pistons firing. Lol I did have all this planned out. Every oil change I do usually involves an extra step or two I like to take (like using the CRC) and is determined shortly after the oil change...

Here's an update of what I did to my 2019 Kia Sportage with 108k miles (previous post was at 105k miles). I wanted to go 5k miles on this OCI with the Valvoline R&P but I got impatient. For this maintenance cycle, I completed the following steps in this order: 1. CRC Intake Valve Cleaner...

This reminds me that I wanted to try the EC after at least 4 OCIs with the Valvoline Restore and Protect. I could also check the engine (valve cover, intake, pistons, etc) to see what, if any cleaning is taking place, but I'm too lazy, not quite handy enough and cheap. Now if we was taking...

I don't know, saw someone else say it. I double checked, the bottle, promotional material and their website, it just says "after 4 or more".

Having no experience with HPL products myself, but from my short time on this forum, I think it's clear the EC would work faster because I believe it's meant to. The Valvoline R&P takes 4-8 regular interval oil changes. That's a lot of driving. Im honestly considering using the EC myself, and...