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Valvoline discovered their chemistry by chance. Wouldn't run something else blended in, on the chance it could render the VRP ineffective. Also, running the HPL EC with VRP kills the cost advantage of VRP. You can get 3x 5qt jugs of VRP for the cost of a case (6x 1qt) of HPL EC. Both have...

Value will be relative to geographic region. Domestic US, 4 bottles of Redline SI-1 (on Amazon) is similar in price two 2 cans of BG44k, so Redline ends up being a better value. The total treatment rate in a tank of fuel is enough with either to use a single bottle/can per OCI, so you get...

Here's one with some more rocker and the plug tube.

2nd owner here. Previous owner was a family friend and did all dealer service for 127k It's rolling over 169k now. While I've had it, it's been M1 EP or EP-HM at 5k intervals. That's usually about 20% remaining on the OLM. Also did a BG EPR treatment about 5k ago when I noticed some startup...

Recent pic and before during valve adjustment

Did a valve adjustment and gaskets/plug seals on my 04 TL. There was some heavy varnish on the front valvetrain, dirty PCV side. It's been about 1k mi since and I'm seeing very similar results to @Fa24wrx . The fasteners were previously all deep honey colored or brown, but I'm beginning to see...

Bump from the grave. The VW oil comes in what matches a Mobil Super bottle, and ESP x2 is the only Mobil product that carries the cert, so it'd be reasonable to assume VW is repackaged ESP. Between this forum and VW forums, many have pointed out that you can usually get the VW 508.00 bottles...

Let's call Valvoline a blender then, but is PBR not novel or innovative? Cummins has enough confidence to make Valvoline the house oil. Patent for oil to clean carbon deposits: https://patents.google.com/patent/US11078436B2/en And they're the lubricant supplier of the Aston F1 team. That's...

What are you going on about? Does it not show the ring land and skirt being cleaned? https://www.valvolineglobal.com/en/restore-and-protect/

Don't be condescending, you don't know me. I've already commented about ring cleaning and/or stuck rings earlier in this thread or the other Valvoline R&P thread. Try harder. Regardless of what oil is being used, it would get ingested under vacuum if the rings are stuck from carbon. Your...

New = Bad. Understood.

Base oils, definitely. However, add pack is unique from what info is available. I posted this in the other Valvoline thread: "On the SDS, Pennsylvania right to know contains a line item for an Afton Chem HiTEC 11188 - 000000276110 PROPRIETARY. If you search the Afton website, you can find...

Unless Valvoline is being straight fraudulent, the images/video of the test results show that it's not just "marketing speak" or meaningless. There's a significant reduction in hard deposits in the wetted surfaces of the ring lands and piston skirt, approaching a complete (legal phrase, up to...

Yeah no website availability yet. I picked one up from AutoZone. The shelf Val EP was marked down to 30.

It's got the Ford approval, SP, and GF-6A. The limited literature available doesn't mention extended drain intervals, so run it for 5k like any sane Ecoboost owner should, and follow up with a UOA. It's from a major company (no Triax BS) that's involved in racing (AMG F1 and lesser series)...

What is this thread about again?

Hard carbon in the ring lands is different from sludge. Like all the other posters are saying, basically all modern oils will clean sludge if changed regularly. Talk about sludge is just muddling the topic. @mco30mco I was being sarcastic about the project farm video. I think Valvoline is doing...

I'm ready for the impending project farm video! :LOL: "I soaked these carboned up pistons in different oils for 2 years, or the equivalent of 4 oil changes!"

How could anyone complain about another option that claims innovation, with purported proof via sequence testing? To add to this, if/when it hits Walmart shelves the combined price of 5 qt and a filter would be maybe $50, putting the price/qt at about $7 - $7.25. If a car has an oil consumption...

Stank smell could be some sort of sulfurized additive, more common in gear lube. On sheet 13 of the SDS (across grades), Pennsylvania right to know contains a line item for an Afton Chem HiTEC 11188 - 000000276110 PROPRIETARY. If you search the Afton website, you can find 11180 (ILSAC GF-5...