LSJr. The TRUTH About Valvoline's BOLD Engine Cleaning Claims

[rondhol]

Nope, 1qt for 4,000 or 5,000 miles is not normal. My car burns that much oil and next year I'll try Valvoline Restore and Protect to lower it down.
In the video above the Valvoline R&D men say that Valvoline Restore and Protect is designed to clean slowly your engine, not rapidly as the previous Valvoline Blue Restore, so it doesn't plug in filters and catalytic converters.
So that's why it's recommended to do at least 4 OCI because the oil is designed to clean slowly, step by step.

It depends which car and model. Many VW engines consume engine oil since they are brand new and 1qt for 2k miles are not rare either. Especially 2010-2020 TSI engines.

 

[MolaKule]

I don't have idea.
Either that OR could be the opposite - nano particles adhere to critical engine internal parts to protect them while the cleaning takes place. For example, oil nano particles stick only to bear metal parts, creat film and protect them, but don't stick to varnish and sludge and those get washed away. They could be many different nano scenarios.
I'm still thinking there is something to do with the higher amount of Boron too. For sure it's not one miracle ingredient, it's a combination of two or more components. It's also related to something that keeps the TBN high for a longer period and that could be related to borax too. Valvoline Restore and Protect contains significant amount of Calcium too. That may reacts with Boron creating calcium borate and so on, and so on.

We dismissed the nano-particle theory some time ago in another thread and the cleaning has nothing to do with the borates or the calcium.

 

[MolaKule]

Post in thread 'Will Mobil & SOPUS Develop Valvoline Restore and Protect Equivalent ?'

Dec 3, 2024

Any public speculation on what the new wonder ingredient is?

A stab in the dark but it could be one of two ionic liquids such as: non-hydrophobic 2-ethylhexyl lactate or
1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate,

OR

a specially synthesized glycol ester.

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"I think there is more than one cleaning component but I think this may be the major cleaning component, an estolide:

See Page 7 of 12.

https://www.biosynthetic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2015-Brochure-E-Version.pdf


Estolides are bio-based oils synthesized from fatty acids or from the reaction of fatty acids with vegetable oils. Estolides have many advantages as lubricant base oils, including excellent biodegradability and cold flow properties. Promising applications for estolides include bio-lubricant base oils and in cosmetics. In this review, the synthesis of estolides from fatty acids using four different types of catalysts, namely, mineral acids, solid acids, lipases, and ionic liquids, is summarized. The summary includes the yield of estolide obtained from varying synthetic conditions (time, temperature, catalyst). Also reviewed are studies comparing the physical properties of estolides synthesized from refined fatty acids against those synthesized from fatty acid mixtures obtained from vegetable oils such as coconut, castor, Physaria, etc. By varying the structure of the fatty acids, estolides with a wide range of pour point, cloud point, and viscosity are synthesized to meet a wide range of application requirements. Currently, estolide products are being commercialized for personal care and lubricant base oils for automotive, industrial, and marine applications. The application areas and the demand for estolides is expected to grow as the drive for switching from petroleum to bio-based products keeps growing."

https://aocs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aocs.12323

From Lube-Tech:

Estolides - The innovative alternative of ester base oils

https://www.lube-media.com/wp-conte...innovative-alternative-of-ester-base-oils.pdf "

 

[Japanese]

I think there is more than one cleaning component but I think this may be the major cleaning component, an estolide:

Thanks a lot!

 

[Revving2Redline]

Thanks a lot!

@MolaKule He's quite the oil stud. I would say a lot about how much I have learned from him but sometimes its so much my brain kinda breaks down and turns to mush from all the knowledge. I try to understand the basics and use a dash of common sense along with my real world driving experience of over 800k from two Hondas in less than ten years and the rest of my experience I try to beef up the stats in luck and guile.