Rislone Users : How Often Are You Using ?

[ChrisD46]

Rislone states it’s penetrating oil formula cleans sludge , varnish and other debris from engines but does NOT mention removing carbon . I may strongly consider just running VR&P for at least 4 straight OCI’s in thd Hyundai 2.4L GDI and get a UOA after the 2nd OCI to see how the numbers look , check my OCI time frame , etc.

 

[Glenda W.]

Says it frees sticking rings. I remember the voa showed it was a fully formulated 20 grade with ester. I’d be interested in seeing long term results.

 

[Retirednow]

Says it frees sticking rings. I remember the voa showed it was a fully formulated 20 grade with ester. I’d be interested in seeing long term results.

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We have long-term results in four vehicles. We don’t follow the instructions re dosing

 

[Rand]

ugh if my oil needs rislone I'd use a different oil.

 

[Retirednow]

ugh if my oil needs rislone I'd use a different oil.

Used top of the range synthetics in every vehicle. Mobil 1, Shell Helix Ultra etc etc.

 

[Rand]

Used top of the range synthetics in every vehicle. Mobil 1, Shell Helix Ultra etc etc.

so why do you dilute it with rislone?

 

[Retirednow]

so why do you dilute it with rislone?

To clean the ring pack/ring lands.

 

[Tkonrr]

Pouring a bottle of Rislone into your crankcase may seem like a silly idea to many. We're all different and like different things. I giggle when someone gets enthusiastic about Marvel Mystery Oil or Seafoam in their crankcase. I tried Rislone in my beater Yaris hatchback last Summer with a huge oversized PH3600 oil filter on it's tiny 1.5 liter engine. That filter was loaded with beach sand sized carbonaceous bits between all the pleats. I think the world of HPL but the beater car wouldn't benefit as much as a turbo charged engine, one that races or tows a heavy load, one that operates in extreme temperatures. My 2024 Mazda CX-90's turbo engine will likely get HPL 0w-20 when it breaks in a bit more, currently only 4,000 interstate miles.

 

[Mainia]

For the Rislone oil additive user crowd - how often are you using ? I started using a bottle every third synthetic oil OCI but with a GDI engine dealing with moderate oil consumption I may move this Rislone schedule up to using every other OCI and use Rislone in between as a top off oil to clean and restore those ring packs . *Readers may say “why don’t you just use VR&P oil” ? Because VR&P doesn’t make a 30 weight oil with a HTHS of 3.5 as does M1 0W30 ESP is why .

Why do you seem to be so scared to use VRP? I use it with my turbo tuner Hyundai in the cooler winter months here in Minnesota. I run 5W-40 or a 5w-30 HTHS of 3.5 during the hot summer when I "really am beating the crap out of my car on back roads". I know you have Hyundai/Kia's so you are very hard on oil just because of the Hyundai/Kia brand, but I figure you are not doing full WFO pulls at every on ramp. You would be a perfect use case for Valvoline Restore & Protect 5w-30. Heck I even idle my Hyundai 3-4 minutes every startup in the winter and about 2-3 minutes every start up in the summer to expand my pistons before hitting them with 22 psi of boost. That is adding more stress on the oil on top of it.

I just don't see a valid "use case" from your car selection to "fear" VRP while putting in Rislone "oil additive". With modern day "premium oils" and your playing an oil chemist fearing "wear"????

This is from a previous post I posted a day ago:

I have not pulled any UOA on my 3) 3,000 miles fall-spring and a 4th VRP is up coming in 2-3 weeks, late spring and summer my car will get my stash of 5w-40 Motul 8100-Clean Gen2. This VRP 5w-30 has been the cleanest running oil ever in my car. Nothing has run cleaner as far as color, most all my top tier brands ( Amsoil, Redline Performance Euro, Mobil 1 Extended, Mobile ESP/2 years, Penz Ultra, and Motul), run to black at my 3,000 mile dump, this stuff is still in the brown/black color. I think I will pull a UOA and send it to the large local CAT dealers lab where I have a couple other pulls. No need for Polaris Lab, since I no longer have massive fuel dilution problems like I use to have.

I saw a couple people say their UOA came out with the least wear metals of other oils they have tested. VRP "SAYS" it is a premium oil with 79% better wear protection then what "Jim's oil" at the five and dime?. I know color doesn't mean bad or a less quality oil , but when ALL these top tier oils get very black at 3,000 miles and VRP is the first oil not to get black and actually show a light brown in my car that "might" be telling me something, it sure caught my eye.

Just saying............. Your oil robustness fear VRP just because of viscosity, on a none tracked and what I will assume, non beat on car like say mine is. Now I am for sure going to pull a UOA after 3 changes of VRP I will have zero "other brand" oil residual in the test.

 

[ChrisD46]

Why do you seem to be so scared to use VRP? I use it with my turbo tuner Hyundai in the cooler winter months here in Minnesota. I run 5W-40 or a 5w-30 HTHS of 3.5 during the hot summer when I "really am beating the crap out of my car on back roads". I know you have Hyundai/Kia's so you are very hard on oil just because of the Hyundai/Kia brand, but I figure you are not doing full WFO pulls at every on ramp. You would be a perfect use case for Valvoline Restore & Protect 5w-30. Heck I even idle my Hyundai 3-4 minutes every startup in the winter and about 2-3 minutes every start up in the summer to expand my pistons before hitting them with 22 psi of boost. That is adding more stress on the oil on top of it.

I just don't see a valid "use case" from your car selection to "fear" VRP while putting in Rislone "oil additive". With modern day "premium oils" and your playing an oil chemist fearing "wear"????

This is from a previous post I posted a day ago:

I have not pulled any UOA on my 3) 3,000 miles fall-spring and a 4th VRP is up coming in 2-3 weeks, late spring and summer my car will get my stash of 5w-40 Motul 8100-Clean Gen2. This VRP 5w-30 has been the cleanest running oil ever in my car. Nothing has run cleaner as far as color, most all my top tier brands ( Amsoil, Redline Performance Euro, Mobil 1 Extended, Mobile ESP/2 years, Penz Ultra, and Motul), run to black at my 3,000 mile dump, this stuff is still in the brown/black color. I think I will pull a UOA and send it to the large local CAT dealers lab where I have a couple other pulls. No need for Polaris Lab, since I no longer have massive fuel dilution problems like I use to have.

I saw a couple people say their UOA came out with the least wear metals of other oils they have tested. VRP "SAYS" it is a premium oil with 79% better wear protection then what "Jim's oil" at the five and dime?. I know color doesn't mean bad or a less quality oil , but when ALL these top tier oils get very black at 3,000 miles and VRP is the first oil not to get black and actually show a light brown in my car that "might" be telling me something, it sure caught my eye.

Just saying............. Your oil robustness fear VRP just because of viscosity, on a none tracked and what I will assume, non beat on car like say mine is. Now I am for sure going to pull a UOA after 3 changes of VRP I will have zero "other brand" oil residual in the test.

Valid points - I will try VR&P 5W30 on a great candidate engine (relatives Hyundai 3.3L V6 GDI ) which got bulk dealer oil for its life now showing some crud under the oil fill . It uses a cartridge filter which makes it easy to check the filter pleats at the end of my proposed 4K mile OCI run (7 qrt. sump) using the VR&P.

 

[Retirednow]

Valid points - I will try VR&P 5W30 on a great candidate engine (relatives Hyundai 3.3L V6 GDI ) which got bulk dealer oil for its life now showing some crud under the oil fill . It uses a cartridge filter which makes it easy to check the filter pleats at the end of my proposed 4K mile OCI run (7 qrt. sump) using the VR&P.

Why such a short oci?

 

[ChrisD46]

Why such a short oci?

2017 Kia 3.3L GDI engine is dirty plus it’s mostly a short tripper in use . I’ll do 4K miles first then check the cartridge filter and oil condition - if it looks overly dirty or dark then out the oil goes and on to the 2nd OCI of VR&P . *Hyundai / Kia engines used for mostly suburban , big city driving will never see a 5K OCI from me as their engines chew up oil and dirty up internals like they invented the term , so 4K mile OCI max for me with Hyundai / Kia engines !

 

[alcyon]

Rislone does work, just slower. Once I did a piston soak on my Honda I ran Rislone, HPL EC30 and Gumout Multisystem Tune Up in it to continue cleaning and stop the rest of the burning. It took 2 years of patience but it finally subsided. If VRP was out I would have just ran it. Good luck and if I as trying to cure a consumption with Rislone I'd run it every oil change.

as far as i know, rislone works in one OCI vs 4 OCI of VRP

 

[Retirednow]

as far as i know, rislone works in one OCI vs 4 OCI of VRP

Disagree. We’ve found on multiple engines that multiple runs of double dose Rislone 4102 required. Safe but slow and we much prefer it that way.

 

[Plawan]

For the Rislone oil additive user crowd - how often are you using ? I started using a bottle every third synthetic oil OCI but with a GDI engine dealing with moderate oil consumption I may move this Rislone schedule up to using every other OCI and use Rislone in between as a top off oil to clean and restore those ring packs . *Readers may say “why don’t you just use VR&P oil” ? Because VR&P doesn’t make a 30 weight oil with a HTHS of 3.5 as does M1 0W30 ESP is why .

I use it every OCI for the entire duration. It can be bought for less cost than a quart of oil at JB tools online. The effect on viscosity appears to be minimal mixed with xw30 and probably hardly measurable in a X20 grade. Rislone claims it is multi viscosity. I dunno what the W rating is.