Use Valvoline Restore Protect in VW without VW 508.00 oil specification?

[Fabulous50s]

175k mile Honda with Rotella 5w-40 T6 for 50k, some Walmart Super Tech 5-w40 for around 30k, and and some other random synthetics along the way. Always changed at the 5-5.5k range.

Never used any restore or cleaner. Car was my wife's and did a lot of short trips, it gets -30F here in the winter.

 

[z71offroader83]

Restore & Protect is gimmick marketing and Mobil 1 is a totally solid product that there's no reason to switch away from.

It’s not a gimmick. It can work.

In my experience, Mobil 1 was pretty disappointing in my VW. Sometimes burned up to 2 qts in between oil changes. Switched to liqui moly and the burning almost completely stopped. I’ve seen some VOA of Mobile 1 not looking that much different than Supertech oil. Not saying Mobil is bad, just underwhelming.

 

[Nessism1]

At 55k miles, on an engine not know to sludge up or stick rings, I'd stick to a conventional synthetic. If burning oil, that would be a different story.

 

[4WD]

Valvoline causes mayhem. Skip it.

What are the signs?

 

[Astro_Guy]

Restore & Protect is gimmick marketing and Mobil 1 is a totally solid product that there's no reason to switch away from.

The jury is still out on the Restore and Protect case. I have to imagine that we will start seeing some UOAs here shortly. Neither of the vehicles that I service are due for a change soon which leaves me the luxury of allowing our pioneering BITOG brethren to chart the way forward. I would be willing to give it a try in my Ford hybrid after seeing at least a half dozen acceptable UOAs on the 0w-20. Should those not materialize I will just continue using Mobil1 EP and sleep well.

 

[drtyler]

What are the signs?

He wasn't happy with Valvoline after this:

https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/transmission-failure-after-valvoline-maxlife.189198/

 

[edyvw]

Thank God I have seen this now and didn’t reply earlier.

 

[4WD]

Thank God I have seen this now and didn’t reply earlier.

Yeah, I didn’t open it either …

 

[Boomer]

See the cars in my signature. I use the VW oils (now made by Mobil I understand), change them and the filter every 5000 miles and all seems well with the AllTrack at 60,000 miles. I use Top Tier gas and once every two years or so, I run a bottle of Gumout fuel system cleaner through it. With the quality oil you are using, I see no need to use the special oil.

 

[OilUzer]

As I recall, I joined when I first bought this car. I was new to the idea of 0w20 oil and wanted to do some research. I suppose I joined, did some reading of threads, and never posted.

That's exact same reason I joined BITOG. Bought my Tundra and the owner's manual recommended 0W-20 and coming from 30 and 40 background, I said this sounds kind of thin for a truck ... let me investigate.

With short OCIs, I wouldn't "restore" anything in my own cars. If I buy a used car with lots of miles, I may give it a try after extensive research!

 

[TomYoung]

Valvoline causes mayhem. Skip it.

Like me?