Valvoline Restore and Protect 2AZ-FE Observations & Questions

[50yr Street Mech]

Awww. No fair..Nice and clean. I got globs of oil on one valve. You never told me the year of the 2AZ-FE ???? I didn't know PEA could leave a mess on a piston head. Thanks for the heads up

 

[NITester]

Adding the PEA is the only thing I had done differently when that shot was taken. My 2AZ-FE is a 2006 which isn't supposed to have the ring problem, but I bought it used at 50,000 and don't know how it was treated. I've always changed the oil between 3-4000. It runs good. The Valvoline has made a difference in how it runs too, quiet cold starts, smoother idle.

I'm looking for the BG EPR locally. Maybe a shop can sell me a can. I can either wait out the 4 oil changes with the Valvoline (I'm sticking with it no matter what), do a soak with Berryman's, or try the EPR.