High Mileage vs. Valvoline Restore and Protect

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Based on the discussions here it would seem that the cleaning potential of Valvoline Restore and Protect isn't just a marketing ploy. However, I cannot find any discussion about a comparison to high mileage oils and the seal conditioners that they typically contain. While most high mileage engines (100k+) could probably benefit from a slow, extended cleaning that Valvoline Restore and Protect seems to provide, is it worth denying them the high mileage additive package for 4+ OCIs?

I have three cars over 100k miles (107k, 131k, and 162k miles), and while I would be willing to pay the extra few bucks for Valvoline Restore and Protect to clean them out, I have also been running high mileage oils in them since 75k miles each and have not experienced any oil leaks or issues of that sort.

I am just curious if anyone has more information or more educated thoughts than my own.
 
Valvoline Restore and Protect will still have seal conditioners, just at a lower rate than High Mileage oils typically do. If you've already been running High Mileage oils, I doubt you'll see any issues with a switch to Valvoline Restore and Protect. JMO.

Wouldn't hurt to try it in the 162k ride and see what, if anything, happens.
 
KCJeep said:
Valvoline Restore and Protect will still have seal conditioners, just at a lower rate than High Mileage oils typically do. If you've already been running High Mileage oils, I doubt you'll see any issues with a switch to Valvoline Restore and Protect. JMO.

Wouldn't hurt to try it in the 162k ride and see what, if anything, happens.
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The 162k ride is (was) a severely bad oil burning Camry that just got done a piston soak with Berryman's B12 that seems to have fixed her up pretty darn well. Valvoline Restore and Protect wouldn't have made a dent (HPL Engine Cleaner and BG EPR tried and failed as well) but could be of some use now.

I was actually thinking of using the Valvoline Restore and Protect on the other two, since I just averaged out the OCIs for each. The 131k is a 2012 Civic that has averaged 6806 mile OCIs over her lifetime, and the 107k is a 2018 Pilot that has averaged 5939 mile OCIs over her lifetime. Both run just fine, but I don't put a ton of miles on either at this point (and very few highway on the Civic) so at least with the Civic I thought that maybe she could benefit from a slow cleaning since I will never get rid of her as my "around town" car. That 9th generation has been the most reliable car I have ever encountered.
 
I would never use High Mileage as the very chemicals there are more of in HM accelerate elastomer deterioriation. Just use Valvoline Restore and Protect. Orings might need to be switched to Viton.
 
I have one vehicle over 300k miles. One over 200k miles and two over 100k miles and none are using High Mileage oil with the exception of the Dodge Van only because at oil change time High Mileage was on sale. Zero oil usage in 5k OCI's.
 
KCJeep said:
Valvoline Restore and Protect will still have seal conditioners, just at a lower rate than High Mileage oils typically do. If you've already been running High Mileage oils, I doubt you'll see any issues with a switch to Valvoline Restore and Protect. JMO.

Wouldn't hurt to try it in the 162k ride and see what, if anything, happens.
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Other than higher seal condition content, what else is there to a High Mileage oil vs non-High Mileage?

Seems to me the basic rule is "if it's not leaking, you don't need High Mileage". Or is that incorrect?
 
Hohn said:
Other than higher seal condition content, what else is there to a High Mileage oil vs non-High Mileage?

Seems to me the basic rule is "if it's not leaking, you don't need High Mileage". Or is that incorrect?
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You can follow that if you wish. But at the same time it’s not going to harm things or destroy seals if you do.

As you’re implying especially these days with High Mileage oils mostly having an API SP license there cannot be much of a difference, and no one has quantified what that is.
 
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Hohn said:
Other than higher seal condition content, what else is there to a High Mileage oil vs non-High Mileage?

Seems to me the basic rule is "if it's not leaking, you don't need High Mileage". Or is that incorrect?
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Depends on the brand. Sometimes there are other differences. The High Mileage I am currently running, Valvoline Extended Protection High Mileage, is blended slightly thicker and uses a GTL base oil instead of Grp III like the standard EP offering. Add pack also appears to be slightly stouter, but they are close enough it could just be standard deviation from different used oil analysis.

Another brand may have no difference at all aside from seal conditioners.
 
Hohn said:
Other than higher seal condition content, what else is there to a High Mileage oil vs non-High Mileage?

Seems to me the basic rule is "if it's not leaking, you don't need High Mileage". Or is that incorrect?
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My thoughts have been that like most things with vehicles it is easier to prevent than to fix. Is running high mileage oil from 75k-on for three cars responsible for preventing oil leaks in all three? Maybe? Maybe not? None of them are leaking anywhere, though, so until they do I can't say that it has been a fruitless endeavor.
 
kitchbow said:
I run 5 qts. Valvoline extended protection high mileage 5w30 and 2 qts of restore and protect 5w30.......... best of both worlds and runs quiet and smooth
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Claims are it takes 4 OCI’s for Valvoline Restore and Protect to complete a cleanup …
How many do you figure in both worlds ?
 
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Not sure ......I had 2 qts left over so to avoid buying 2 5qt jugs ..... I threw that in with 5 qts ep/hm..... next oci all ep/hm 5w30
 
I wondered about the seal conditioner myself when I switched to Valvoline Restore and Protect on both my older cars. I have a 2005 Ford Taurus that consumes about a quart in 4k miles. That car is on its first Valvoline Restore and Protect change but I don't drive it very much so it'll probably take 10-12 months for one cycle.

I also have a 2006 Acura TL with 310k miles. It has a small oil leak but not enough to have to put any oil in during a change interval. I'm on my second Valvoline Restore and Protect interval. I do wonder if I may make the leak worse by not using high mileage oil but I wanted to try the cleaning power of Valvoline Restore and Protect after reading the really long thread about it here (and seeing all the positive reports).

It would make me feel better if Valvoline just came out with a high mileage version of Valvoline Restore and Protect but I think I'm going to stick with Valvoline Restore and Protect just for the cleaning unless I see I noticeable increase on the oil leak in the TL. Also I am curious what will happen to the Taurus oil consumption.
 
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