Made the "switch" from M1 to Valvoline Synthetics

[1 SX]

Short Thread, I got cheap is all that happened here $23.97 for Valvoline full synthetic 5Qt vs 29.84 for M1. As much as i love M1 i don't think it and offers five dollars+ more protection, per OCI, (that almost pays for the OEM Hyundai oil filter) so Valvoline it is for now. Its for the Hyundai/Kia 2.4L coupe that's far from picky on oil, so as long as it clean-ish and full... The last time I used Valvoline synthetic oil was an honest 15 years ago, but it never let me down, i also used Valvoline maxlife ATF red recently for the Elantra automaitic transmission, and it shifted perfect.
The perception I have on Valvoline is it's meant for old vehicles and it's kind of thick lol but im probably wrong it's just I remember that name when I first started driving, and was equivalent to a Band-Aid in a bottle for older vehicles.
Also going to change the manual transmission fluid before i put in Amsoil. So i will drain and fill transmission using the Valvoline 75W90 synthetic fluid. use for a few days until amsoil gets here, and change it again.. I called Kia dealer, and they dont have qts of 75W90, and told me just to go to autostore, and pick up 75W90 GL-4, and change it out, no special fluid required so thats what i did.
Don't get me wrong this is not a bashing thread of M1, I will still pay the premium and use it in the Sonata, and change it twice a year about every 6-7K miles per OCI. I will also change the coupes oil twice a year, but i might only have 3-5K miles on the OCI.. and OEM Hyundai filters are what i use now thanks to BITOG.
Thats where im at this am.

 

[doublebase]

Sounds reasonable enough to me!

In all honesty I think the only thing really separating these off the shelf major brands is price, why pay more unless you’re absolutely convinced one is better than the other? And measurably so.

 

[sopususer]

In my opinion you haven't taken the tiniest step backwards in quality or performance. Valvoline is a top notch oil.

 

[Ronin73]

Valvoline is great! I use it, too!

 

[ChrisD46]

I think you took a step forward ! Valvoline Advanced has less VII's than M1 plus it has a low NOACK and the addition of moly to help keep a GDI engine cleaner and wear less .

 

[1 SX]

I'll be the first to admit I have used mobil 1 for so long that I've never even looked at any other oil on the shelf, nor researched the competition.

 

[FowVay]

In years past Quaker State was the recommended oil brand from Hyundai. Now that would be a money saver.

 

[BigGeo]

Don’t forget about the valvoline rebate: $5 Rebate

 

[gregk24]

I believe M1 uses superior base oil, however the reality is Valvoline is also a high quality oil as most are these days. I just picked up Valvoline Synthetic 5w30 for my mothers GMC Terrain 2.4 as it was on sale.

I just recently switched to M1 after using Pennzoil Platinum in my Accord since purchase, but might re-evaluate at some point if price keeps going up.

 

[benjy]

its quite likely that most fake synthetic oils of the same viscosity are very similar + only the rice + marketing differ as they must meet the advertised spec

 

[Killer223]

my old jeep ran nothing but valvoline. it's still running to this day with original engine @ 530K second transmission, second rear axle, rebuilt front countless times. but that 4.0 just keeps going.
worry not about the oil. with the jeep while i owned it it was changed every 5K miles. i'm not sure what my son changes it at now. i suspect close to 5K. he's put 150k ish miles on it.
my friend from high school used M1 only and his crx only mad 160K miles before needing rings.

 

[SatinSilver]

It's probably good to switch things up among the major synthetics. That way the engine gets different additive packages. Use one for a few intervals then change it up. Kind of interesting to see if you notice any differences between the different brands. Like how quiet the engine is with a certain one.

 

[busdriver]

I put Valvoline EP in the Accord simply because of the Moly

 

[Ignatius]

I like Valvoline, especially EP, because of how nice of an add pack they usually having in their products. I appreciate the current $5 rebate as well as jug design with the easy pour spout.

 

[tblt44]

Not a fan of that squeeze pack gear oil.
I do like valvoline over Mobil 1 gear oil

 

[ceecbtg]

I like Valvoline and I usually use it even if here it's not so famous. Price/quality sometimes is really good (performance, base oil quality, price etc). Anyway M1 is different pov, it's one of bosses, Valvoline buy from bosses.

 

[BigShug681]

its quite likely that most fake synthetic oils of the same viscosity are very similar + only the rice + marketing differ as they must meet the advertised spec

So what is a “fake” synthetic and how do you know which ones are true and fake

 

[MalibuRam65]

I’ve only used M1 or castrol for my engines but everybody I know that use Valvoline have nothing but goodthings to say about there products.

 

[gman2304]

Also going to change the manual transmission fluid before i put in Amsoil. So i will drain and fill transmission using the Valvoline 75W90 synthetic fluid. use for a few days until amsoil gets here, and change it again.

Saving $6 by switching from Mobil1 to Valvoline…running Valvoline MT synthetic for a short change then dumping it for Am$oil . All of these brands are high quality but, but, but…! Is it me or is your logic all over the map?

 

[Zee09]

At least with Valvo you won't need the earplugs anymore.