Valvoline Full Synthetic EP w/Maxlife

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I saw this at my local Walmart yesterday when picking up oil. Lately I've been getting Kirkland's Full Synthetic oil from Costco because it was cheaper back then at $27 for two, 5 qt jugs but have gone up in price. I figure I'd switch up to high mileage oil in one of my vehicles and I've always like Valvolines high mileage variant. Didn't realize Valvoline came out with this offering and bought it. Funny enough it was a few dollars cheaper than their regular Full Synthetic Maxlife. I got mine in 5W-30 but picture in this post is an example. Anyone try it out yet?
 

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I’m running the 0w-20 extended protection maxlife in my 2011 ram 1500 5.7 hemi with a Fram ultra xg2 oil filter.
Just changed it the other day, was running the regular extended protection 0w-20 prior.
I think I’ll run it till 5k-6k miles and send a sample off.
I think the extended protection maxlife 0w-20 is a little thicker then the regular extended protection 0w-20, I’ve noticed a little higher oil pressure with it so far, and my hemi seems to be a little quieter with it too, maybe more moly or a better base oil?
Not sure, just my observation’s so far.
 
I have been using Val for ever, its really affordable.
Have you seen this one before? From what I remember last seeing on shelves it was only Extended Performance, Full Synthetic, synthetic blend Maxlife or dino maxlife. The one I purchased is Full synthetic Extended Performance Maxlife which is new to me. It's like they put all the tiers into one.
 
Have you seen this one before? From what I remember last seeing on shelves it was only Extended Performance, Full Synthetic, synthetic blend Maxlife or dino maxlife. The one I purchased is Full synthetic Extended Performance Maxlife which is new to me. It's like they put all the tiers into one.
Yeah, if you read their own specs there isn't really any difference between them except a few minute changes in additives. I just use the synthetic high mileage, it seems not much different than advanced or extended as far as I've read. 25$ is cheap and I'll take it
 
This the next oil I will try:
VALVOLINE EXTENDED PROTECTION FULL SYNTHETIC HIGH MILEAGE MOTOR OIL SAE 5W-20
based on the HTFS formula that people have developed this has HTHS of 2.8 and HTFS of 2.34, which is up there in w20 oils with fancy oils like Ravenol ECS 0W-20 and Schaeffer's Sup. 9000 5W-20.
specs from 2023 datasheet:


Specially for me with 5-7K OCI this spec is a good insurance

oildensity15.6KV40KV100VI (info)HTHSA_Harman indexVIIHTFS (BO DV150)
VALVOLINE EP FS HIGH MILEAGE 5W-200.840048.00
8.70​
1622.80
0.9503​
2.49%​
2.34
 
i have this oil on my future radar to buy,looks like a good product,now if i can get actual specifications would be nice
 
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