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 Valvoline Restore and Protect for at least 4 straight OCI’s in thd Hyundai 2.4L GDI and get a used oil analysis after the 2nd OCI to see how the numbers look , check my OCI time frame , etc.
Rislone Users : How Often Are You Using ?
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We have long-term results in four vehicles. We don’t follow the instructions re dosing
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Used top of the range synthetics in every vehicle. Mobil 1, Shell Helix Ultra etc etc.
so why do you dilute it with rislone?
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To clean the ring pack/ring lands.
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.
Why do you seem to be so scared to use Valvoline Restore and Protect? I use it with my turbo tuner Hyundai in the cooler winter months here in Minnesota. I run 5W-40 or a 5w30 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 and Protect 5w30. 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" Valvoline Restore and Protect 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 used oil analysis on my 3) 3,000 miles fall-spring and a 4th Valvoline Restore and Protect 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 Valvoline Restore and Protect 5w30 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, Mobil 1 ESP /2 years, Pennzoil 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 used oil analysis 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 used oil analysis came out with the least wear metals of other oils they have tested. Valvoline Restore and Protect "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 Valvoline Restore and Protect 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 Valvoline Restore and Protect 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 used oil analysis after 3 changes of Valvoline Restore and Protect I will have zero "other brand" oil residual in the test.
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Valid points - I will try Valvoline Restore and Protect 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 Valvoline Restore and Protect.
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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 Valvoline Restore and Protect . *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 !
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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.
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.
I am becoming a believer in Rislone Engine Treatment for internal engine cleaning purposes. This is based on an oil change just completed on my 2006 Honda Odyssey and a recent oil filter change-out done on my daughter’s ‘04 Volvo S80 with 2.5T engine. With respect to the Honda, just got back from a long road trip. Prior to road trip, I topped up the oil with about 6 oz of Rislone figuring that the long hot run out to Wisconsin and then back to Massachusetts would do some cleaning. Well, it cleaned! The XG7317 had an even coating of molasses like sludge on the filter. I have been cutting and examining the filters on this well maintained Honda 3.5L motor and have NEVER seen so much gunk on the filter. Nothing even close. Normally, I can see some of the amber/pinkish colored filter fibers on the Fram Ultra or amber color on most other cellulose based filters, but this filter was black and slimy. Glad I did the oil change when I did.
This XG7317 was on the vehicle for 19K miles. Seeing what I just saw, my recommendation for anyone running Rislone Engine Treatment is to be sure to change the filter early. I am quite positive that most of the crud loading on the filter was from the recent Rislone treatment and 2400 mile highway run.
I did scrape the sludge off the filter with my gloved finger and with a tool and applied it to my finger. The consistency was like a slightly gritty molasses, no hard large chunks. Oil that came out and oil that went back in was Shell Rotella Gas Truck 5W-30. New XG7317 Fram Ultra (OG) was installed.
BTW, I am a relatively new user of Rislone Engine Treatment, so I do not have a “usage schedule” developed yet, and have only recently seen the effects of its use. Bought a 6 pack of Rislone on Amazon (came out to about $5 per bottle). Probably going to buy another 6 pack.
This XG7317 was on the vehicle for 19K miles. Seeing what I just saw, my recommendation for anyone running Rislone Engine Treatment is to be sure to change the filter early. I am quite positive that most of the crud loading on the filter was from the recent Rislone treatment and 2400 mile highway run.
I did scrape the sludge off the filter with my gloved finger and with a tool and applied it to my finger. The consistency was like a slightly gritty molasses, no hard large chunks. Oil that came out and oil that went back in was Shell Rotella Gas Truck 5W-30. New XG7317 Fram Ultra (OG) was installed.
BTW, I am a relatively new user of Rislone Engine Treatment, so I do not have a “usage schedule” developed yet, and have only recently seen the effects of its use. Bought a 6 pack of Rislone on Amazon (came out to about $5 per bottle). Probably going to buy another 6 pack.
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Every oil change. Minimum one bottle in two of our vehicles, two bottles in the ‘Barra’ engined Falcon.
Get the closest viscosity available from Valvoline Restore and Protect and use it. For just four changes your vehicle won't even notice it. Then go back if you are still concerned with the HTHS spec.
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