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Nor are they pulling pistons, taking photos of the before, running 4 oil changes and pulling the same pistons to take photos.... The VR&P is designed to clean piston deposits, they say nothing about varnish or sludge under the valve covers. I know it's not you, but others who think the the valve...

I used Mobil 1 0-40 FS forever in all my Audis and still use it in my twin turbo V8 Mercedes, and the old 13 Audi A6 we have. Worked well over all the years. However, I see the formula has changes and the Esters are not there anymore. Makes me wonder how the new formulation is going to keep...

Ya sure, tell that to my Audi Q7 that used Castrol 5/40 Euro oil thru the Audi dealer on time every time from the start and ended up gobbling oil a rate of 1 Qt every 400 miles. Stuck oil control rings thanks to that great Euro oil. Thanks to a Berryman's B12 piston soak and now running the...

The smell of VR&P reminds me of a cross between race fuel and the exhaust of the late models running at the Saturday night dirt tracks....

Seeing the used oil analysis out there on the VR&P product, I don't see an issue with wear or wear metals, so certainly don't see it as an abrasive at all if thats what you're thinking.

And honestly, what good are the Specs/Certs when those oils causes the problem anyway, as in the case of our Audi Q7 with its Audi dealer specified Castrol Euro oils and 10K mile factory recommended changes? The certified Castrol Euro 5-40 oil caused the stuck oil control rings to begin with...

If you use 91-92 octane non-ethanol fuel mixed with a good quality two-stroke oil and an ounce or two of SeaFoam per gallon, you will not have an issue with plugging carbs or jets in rarely used two-strokes again. I prefer RedLine two-stroke racing oil myself. It lubricates very well, prevents...

So a better question. If it's doing its job of cleaning, unsticking the oil control rings and giving good mileage, why wouldn't you continue to use it? All the UOA's I've seen so far have nice low wear metals. Makes sense to me to continue to use it long term. I plan to use it long term in our...

When you take a stuck oil ring engine, and go from consuming mega oil, to consuming zero oil. I'd call that a win! Also, the fact you continue to run that same engine and put many miles on it and it continues to run fine and not use oil tells me its doing what it's supped to do. After all, the...

Yes, it leaks past the rings and pistons. I ended up with a whole can in the case, I added another can of BG EPR to the case and ran it for 20 after it was up to temp at 1800 RPM and up to 3000 RPM at times. I could hear the solvents boiling in the engine at idle and shut down! Drained it and...

Couple days on the V6 which is quite a bit more time consuming than a straight inline 4 cylinder.

I was just going to post the same thing. Berryman's B12 piston soak will certainly unstick the rings if thats the reason for the consumption problem. Then go back to using VR&P to polish it off. Did the trick to our Audi Q7 too! Went from using a quart in 400 miles to using no oil in 3000...

What the world is EuroForm oil? Did a google search and cant even find such an oil.

I proves to me that Rat540 and his blog Q&A is dead wrong about VR&P wearing an engine out in a short time. He claimed it would ruin an engine with its cleaning capabilities and wash the cylinders clean making for extreme wear. With the many used oil VR&P samples as Lake has done, it proves to...

I think some smart azzes and naysayers missed the part where Lake mentioned the VR&P combined oil sampling miles run, and wear metals has shown lower than average wear metals per 1000 miles than all the oils thru his lab..... He's had months of sampling the VR&P from clients to gather this data...

Here you go! Lake sure likes it and it is showing the lower wear metals than average per 1000 miles of all the oils tested at the lab. Thats really saying something. Looks like Valvoline is hitting it out of the park here with the VR&P.

Ummm, Ethanol keeps the engine internals cleaner yes, but actually ethanol makes MORE power. Engines that can use E85 make much more power, or can make more power that if run on straight gasoline. You can run way more boost and more timing using more ethanol fuel in the mixture vs straight...

I'm running it in my 2014 GM 5.3 and our Audi Q7 in a 5w-30 flavor. Both engines are notorious for oil ring sticking, and of course the 5.3 for collapsed lifters. I dont worry about DEXOS in the least. Could care less the VR&P doesn't have it really, and of course the VR&P has no EURO spec for...

Have you been to AudiWorld at all? https://www.audiworld.com/forums/q7-mkii-discussion-211/valvoline-restore-protect-anyone-3066201/ I wouldn't consider your consumption to be that extreme at all. They are notorious for gobbling much more than that that when the oil control rings stick. We...

I'm just really happy to see that VR&P is doing what's its supposed to do in cleaning the pistons and rings up for a number of people and lowering oil consumption for many, not showing high wear on the engine components is a plus. It's actually keeping wear metals down to some of the really well...