Valvoline Restore and Protect ATF

[IndyFan]

There is a direct link in the original post and a description that it's likely not finished page as it's missing any detailed product information.

Here is a direct link to the product search, scroll to the Transmission section: https://www.valvolineglobal.com/en/...odel=a85f40148945ef8c&engine=bd810298f254ce06

... and you should see this

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I'd bet money that we'll see one for the ZF 8 speed transmissions soon, due to so many being on the road.

Valvoline is doing some interesting stuff with the fat wallet for R&D which came with its new owners!

I'd love to see them introduce an oil with a big dose of PAO in the base oil. That'd tempt me to move over from Mobil 1 Extended Performance or Mobil 1 ESP oils.

 

[Atalane]

Doesn't ATF have very good cleaning ability as is? I'd think all the material it cleans is suspended thus regular ATF changes would remove the gunk.

No, it is generally poor. An Internet myth from days gone by.

A genuine question: where should all the resulting gunk/dirt go in this case if there is no real filter in most transmissions? Wandering how valve bodies would take it...

 

[kschachn]

A genuine question: where should all the resulting gunk/dirt go in this case if there is no real filter in most transmissions? Wandering how valve bodies would take it...

Who knows. Valvoline states that with R&P oil the “stuff” that’s removed is in solution and isn’t trapped by a filter. But people on here have seen stuff in the filter, whether it is directly related to the oil is debatable in my mind. But we have pictures. What a Valvoline Restore and Protect ATF would do is different perhaps, that’s not the same as cleaning a piston ring for example.

 

[dubber09]

ATF factory filters are either a screen or felt of a combination of the two if I understand it right. Solid particles should be trapped by the filter, or most of them, then magnetic particles get captured by magnets. Whatever is in suspension should get removed during drains.
I believe in benefits of full ATF volume replacement when it's still relatively new, say 20-30k miles, and then just D/Fs every 30k miles after. That's what I'm doing and ATF looks very clean during D/Fs and barely any material on magnetic drain bolt.

 

[ctechbob]

ATF factory filters are either a screen or felt of a combination of the two if I understand it right. Solid particles should be trapped by the filter, or most of them, then magnetic particles get captured by magnets. Whatever is in suspension should get removed during drains.
I believe in benefits of full ATF volume replacement when it's still relatively new, say 20-30k miles, and then just D/Fs every 30k miles after. That's what I'm doing and ATF looks very clean during D/Fs and barely any material on magnetic drain bolt.

Newer boxes (Thinking of the 10X's in particular) have filters very much like a super stout engine oil filter with tons of surface area and really nice media, along with built in magnets. Far cry from the 'rock catchers' of old.

That being said, not sure the need for the product, but might as well ride that marketing wave.

 

[Johnny248]

LV

It doesn't, but I've used the red jug without any issues in ATF+4 applications (Use at your own risk).

I've heard of people running MaxLife without issue. Unsure of how long they ran or owned the vehicle for.

 

[JavierH19]

I just realized something. There are people that put ATF in their ticking engines so now they're going to put all but one quart of restore and protect motor oil and then add a quart of restore and protect ATF for that double whammy restore and protect action. Before you know it you'll be hearing that putting a quart of restore and protect ATF unsticks your lifters better than the rest. We might even get some new guy asking this very thing as his first post.

 

[4wd]

I'd bet money that we'll see one for the ZF 8 speed transmissions soon, due to so many being on the road.

Valvoline is doing some interesting stuff with the fat wallet for R&D which came with its new owners!

I'd love to see them introduce an oil with a big dose of PAO in the base oil. That'd tempt me to move over from Mobil 1 Extended Performance or Mobil 1 ESP oils.

I might do it later - have done Zeus juice in my Jeep twice and been gathering materials to do an external filter and cooler - then once that ATF
(ZF LG8 is expensive) has been used a while - I was planning on swapping to Valvoline Extended Protection anyway … the 20 microns I have are big fat OG Fram XG8A’s like Brendan uses …
My 6L80e has been on the EP for a couple years - shifts well …

 

[Jordon]

I'd bet money that we'll see one for the ZF 8 speed transmissions soon, due to so many being on the road.

Valvoline is doing some interesting stuff with the fat wallet for R&D which came with its new owners!

I'd love to see them introduce an oil with a big dose of PAO in the base oil. That'd tempt me to move over from Mobil 1 Extended Performance or Mobil 1 ESP oils.

Funny you should mention the ZF 8. I emailed Valvoline last night and asked them. I have attached their response:

 

[4wd]

BLINKER FLUID ?!?!??

That rules out BMW

 

[Johnny248]

Funny that just yesterday this video about the new R&P ATF was posted on the tube

 

[TacoFergie]

Once I see it on the shelves I'll put it in my 01 Outback with 235k miles. See what it does. I have a feeling it's close to being on it's last leg anyhow, piston slap is getting pretty bad. lol In the past at around 205k when I purched the vehicle I did a few D&F's with Valvoline Maxlife and that improved shift feel. It's starting to shift hard at times and sometimes has a longer than normal shift timing. I'm not expecting miracles, but it's a good vehicle to run experiments on. I also just changed oil using Valvoline Restore and Protect to see what happens.

 

[tired]

Alas, no CVT specification.

 

[melk]

I’d run it in my 4R100

 

[CleanSump]

That rules out BMW

I think The Valvoline Restore and Protect ATF may go in my X3 with the French GM transmission that uses Dexron VI next time anyway. I DIY and don't go to the dealer for the full bend over service.

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

"Active Dissolve Technology" Gee, didn't Tide say they have that? No matter.....

If it really works ya better have an aux filter/spin on filter or a pan with drain plug. You don't wanna actively dissolve all those baddies and then just have 'em circulating around.

Video it for us when you shove a Tide pod down your transmission dipstick tube

 

[D60]

Video it for us when you shove a Tide pod down your transmission dipstick tube

I've been adding a little ATF to my morning coffee. The Active Dissolve Technology works -- it really is cleaning me out.

It's the latest equivalent of the Tide Pod challenge!!

 

[OldTruck]

Probably doesn't meet ATF+4 specs?

I emailed valvoline, they said it covers atf +4

 

[RobertISaar]

So, one fluid to rule them all?

(With the exception of CVTs)

 

[TacoFergie]

So, one fluid to rule them all?

(With the exception of CVTs)

Also doesn't cover ULV...