Valvoline Maxlife 5w-20 Blend (Red bottle)

[ZZman]

 

[ZZman]

This was bought just prior to testing.

 

[PandaBear]

That's a lot of Moly and Sodium.

 

[BTLew81]

Nice TBN for a 14 dollar per 5 quart oil.

 

[addyguy]

Thinner than I thought it would be - thought it would closer to 8.8 - 9.0 cst. Nice to see lots of moly still in it....

 

[06VtecV6]

 Originally Posted By: ZZman

I got this oil in my car and it's been roughly slightly less then 7000 miles on my current OCI on a Honda Accord, 2006 V6. I am about to change it out as the MMS is at -1700 but am I still good in terms of being safe especially since I am about to make the change any day now?? I am worried I could have gone too long. My previous oil was Motorcraft 5w-20 and I never went beyond 5-5.5 k on that oil. Is the Max-life good enough for 7k OCI? Btw, I am in hot and humid severe climate right now too.

 

[Char Baby]

Calcium could be a bit higher!

 

[daman]

 Originally Posted By: Char Baby

Calcium could be a bit higher!

ya was just thinking that too, i would like to see more if i ran this oil..

 

[chevrofreak]

The high sodium content offsets the lower calcium level.

 

[daman]

Ya but i would still like to c more tho...

 

[chevrofreak]

So what you're saying is that you want to see full-synthetic levels of additives in a synthetic-blend oil?

 

[daman]

Who said that??? :) how is saying be nice to see little more Ca asking for full-synthetic levels? i'm greedy

 

[chevrofreak]

Much more and it'd be approaching the levels found in the Quaker State synthetics (1500-2000ish, and they don't have the sodium).

 

[daman]

I guess i'm just used to seeing at least 2000 ppm.

 

[ZZman]

 Originally Posted By: 06VtecV6

I got this oil in my car and it's been roughly slightly less then 7000 miles on my current OCI on a Honda Accord, 2006 V6. I am about to change it out as the MMS is at -1700 but am I still good in terms of being safe especially since I am about to make the change any day now?? I am worried I could have gone too long. My previous oil was Motorcraft 5w-20 and I never went beyond 5-5.5 k on that oil. Is the Max-life good enough for 7k OCI? Btw, I am in hot and humid severe climate right now too.

The TBN is good on this oil so you are probably about at its limit at 7,000 miles.

 

[pickled]

High sodium ad pack designs are quite annoying. They sometimes throw off your eye for seeing other low level coolant contaminants. Castrol and Mobil5000/7500 are also sodium offenders.

 

[wirelessF]

Nice oil, loaded with moly. Might go with this instead of the full syn maxlife.

 

[chevrofreak]

 Originally Posted By: pickled

High sodium ad pack designs are quite annoying. They sometimes throw off your eye for seeing other low level coolant contaminants. Castrol and Mobil5000/7500 are also sodium offenders.

Valvoline uses sodium in pretty much everything they make. There must be a good reason. I don't mind, as long as it's doing my engine some good.

 

[chevrofreak]

 Originally Posted By: wirelessF

Nice oil, loaded with moly. Might go with this instead of the full syn maxlife.

The full synthetic Maxlife has even higher levels of goodies in it.

 

[Jason8691]

Unfortunately the Maxlife Syn doesnt come in 5W20