I don't typically extend my oil change interval anyways..
Valvoline Advanced vs Extended Protection
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I use these oils in my Ram, I do spring/fall oil changes and will never see more than 5k in that time frame. In fact it’s usually 3-4k. They both have healthy levels of moly and boron so I think they both work fine. But I’ve usually gone with the extended just for the slightly higher levels of the add pack just because it gives me the warm and fuzzy 
and I didn’t want to spring the cash for the super high quality boutique oils.
and I didn’t want to spring the cash for the super high quality boutique oils.That's typically the same oil change, time frame I follow, is spring and fall.. and miles are typically about the same..
“Extended” means additional time or distance depending upon the use. When talking about oil it could be either or both. “Extra” or something similar would suggest additional or more, not extended.
Unlike some others Valvoline does not put a number on it though.
Unlike some others Valvoline does not put a number on it though.
Valvoline never has, pushed extended oil change intervals.. even a long time ago when I used to manage their quick lube facilities..
@Furious you have a point about something, prior to the work being done, I was using Mobil 1 after the work was done they put in Napa 5W-20 full synthetic, they told me to change that out, in about 500 miles, and put my Mobil 1 back in it and that's what I did, and after about 2,000 miles I sent in the sample, so you have engine work being done, and then you also have a change in oil two things that could have brought iron levels up.. It's not that it was really high to begin with, but between those two scenarios it could have brought it up..
Thank you
Thank you
We take our work vehicles there and even with a full syn change they put a 3k sticker on the windshield. All about profit.
The VIOC and Valvoline are not the same now though.
It's all about the bottom line.. now more than ever I'm sure, one store I managed, we did full service repairs.
Under 5K, just about any API approved synthetic will do.
It was between EP and conventional oil.
I'm mixed on the results with EP. It was certainly yellow, but 10,000 mile drains with a turbo, etc. They were probably easier miles than what most of us do though with idling, short trips, etc. I loved that video though. I wish more manufacturers would do tests like those.
I'm sure it doesn't count for nothing, that both engines were run to 500k miles. That's not a small number, even in a lab.
If it is the same Valvoline tear down video I saw then that was 500,000 miles (on a dynamometer) put on two Ford Explorers with 10,000 mile oil changes. The synthetic oil engine was much better than the conventional oil engine as far as varnish and sludge. But 10,000 mile changes on conventional oil is crazy. To be fairer it should have been 10,000 mile oil changes on the synthetic versus 5,000 mile changes on the conventional.
Any API SP synthetic should be good for 5,000 miles, unless you specialize in numerous short trips.
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