Valvoline Restore and Protect drawbacks?

[Elkins45]

I wish they could use a better base oil. It seems to be a basic group 3. Nothing wrong with that, per se, but it’s not an extended drain oil.

I’d love to see a PAO or at least GTL version.

Who knows, maybe the secret sauce is incompatible with more refined base oils?

Given that it’s expressly designed to loosen up gunk and release it into the engine Valvoline Restore and Protect is the last oil I would want to use for an extended drain interval. Maybe if I changed filters every 1k miles, but honestly after 5k in my Scion it was the blackest oil I have ever seen.

 

[goblin]

... If he made such a major discovery in engine oil, why to move him to grease?

They're making the genius now work on a slimy heavy suspension that will specifically look to pool around the drain plug then stay there and catch the crap that Valvoline Restore and Protect dislodged. Then it drains head first as a nice blob when you open the plug.

Once in contact with fresh air, it solidifies. The molecules rearrange into a prepaid shipping tag so you can ship that whole pancake for analysis.

Note that the molecules are also preprogrammed to detect the local air quality and the local gravity pull, so they can geolocate themselves (not too precise though, just about zip code level), so they can prearrange the shipping accordingly.

 

[melk]

Given that it’s expressly designed to loosen up gunk and release it into the engine Valvoline Restore and Protect is the last oil I would want to use for an extended drain interval. Maybe if I changed filters every 1k miles, but honestly after 5k in my Scion it was the blackest oil I have ever seen.

Well to nitpick this just a bit, Valvoline expressly states it dissolves the carbon and suspends it in the oil. Not merely “dislodges” chunks.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

I am currently running Valvoline Restore and Protect on a brand new turbo DI engine starting at 990 miles. Almost at 2K in the oil still looks clean on the DS.
Hoping to keep the engine clean as a (unused) whistle. Happy to experiment with this two year lease vehicle - though I don't feel I am going way out on a limb here.
Merry!
- Arco

 

[Brian123]

Happy to experiment with this two year lease vehicle

Will you be buying this Vehicle when the Lease is up after 2 years?

 

[mojoe]

Well to nitpick this just a bit, Valvoline expressly states it dissolves the carbon and suspends it in the oil. Not merely “dislodges” chunks.

I think that's an impoprtant distinction. Valvoline is very clear that Valvoline Restore and Protect does not clog filters, and is NOT a temporary engine treatment, the primary function of which is to dislodges sludge other buildup and clean the engine; it is a fully functioning motor oil, designed to protect new/clean engines against wear as well as clean and restore older ones.

 

[OilStained]

https://www.valvolineglobal.com/en/...as-2025-product-of-the-year-usa-award-winner/

 

[oil pan 4]

They don't make a Valvoline Restore and Protect 10w-30.
That is all.

 

[OilStained]

They don't make a Valvoline Restore and Protect 10w-30.
That is all.

This reply is more appropriate on this thread.

Thread 'Valvoline Restore and Protect in 10W-30 Grade?'
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/valvoline-restore-and-protect-in-10w-30-grade.402400/

 

[goingplacesanddoingstuff]

Given that it’s expressly designed to loosen up gunk and release it into the engine Valvoline Restore and Protect is the last oil I would want to use for an extended drain interval. Maybe if I changed filters every 1k miles, but honestly after 5k in my Scion it was the blackest oil I have ever seen.

Except if you want to run it from new. It’s not totally about extending drain intervals either, it’s about better cold performance.

 

[Elkins45]

Well to nitpick this just a bit, Valvoline expressly states it dissolves the carbon and suspends it in the oil. Not merely “dislodges” chunks.

The filter I removed after 1K begs to disagree.

 

[melk]

Impressive! What engine?

 

[Elkins45]

Impressive! What engine?

The notorious oil burning Toyota 2az-fe in my 2009 Scion xB.

To be fair I had also just done a piston soak so it will be interesting to see what the next one looks like.

 

[OilStained]

The notorious oil burning Toyota 2az-fe in my 2009 Scion xB.

To be fair I had also just done a piston soak so it will be interesting to see what the next one looks like.

What filter, Out/In, and Valvoline Restore and Protect grade?

 

[Revving2Redline]

I am currently running Valvoline Restore and Protect on a brand new turbo DI engine starting at 990 miles. Almost at 2K in the oil still looks clean on the DS.
Hoping to keep the engine clean as a (unused) whistle. Happy to experiment with this two year lease vehicle - though I don't feel I am going way out on a limb here.
Merry!
- Arco

Nice
I remember the Ferrari & Pennzoil Ultra commercial keeping it factory clean. If its not dirty, do I not need Valvoline Restore and Protect? . Would Mobil 1 Extended Performance, AMSOIL Signature Series, Redline and HPL keep a engine factory clean if used from after the factory fill or after around 2,000 miles of breakin first? Clean is one thing, wear is another and though they go hand in hand, I might consider wear more important. Dirty oil isn't a bad thing at times; its identifying its cleaning, it's easier to see on a dipstick, gets me excited to plan on changing oil at a set interval based on consumption or miles traveled.

 

[mojoe]

Nice
I remember the Ferrari & Pennzoil Ultra commercial keeping it factory clean. If its not dirty, do I not need Valvoline Restore and Protect? . Would Mobil 1 Extended Performance, AMSOIL Signature Series, Redline and HPL keep a engine factory clean if used from after the factory fill or after around 2,000 miles of breakin first? Clean is one thing, wear is another and though they go hand in hand, I might consider wear more important. Dirty oil isn't a bad thing at times; its identifying its cleaning, it's easier to see on a dipstick, gets me excited to plan on changing oil at a set interval based on consumption or miles traveled.

If its not dirty, do I not need Valvoline Restore and Protect?

Not for it's cleaning (restoring) properties, no. It might be useful for it's protecting properties though.

It's almost as if Valvoline Restore and Protect's marketing, which has so effectively highlighted what appears to be it's fantastic cleaning ability, has backfired and convinced so many peoiple it's not an effective motor oil for anything else.

 

[Brian123]

The notorious oil burning Toyota 2az-fe in my 2009 Scion xB.

To be fair I had also just done a piston soak so it will be interesting to see what the next one looks like.

Thank you for the Oil Filter pic that you posted. Could you give us a bit of history on this 2009 Scion xB, like when you purchased this vehicle and what oil's you have used as well as the OCI's.

 

[Wheel366]

I get the exact same smell. Almost like a hint of gear oil.

Kirkland 0W-20 had the same smell but more potent, imo.

 

[AJB0009]

I think that's an impoprtant distinction. Valvoline is very clear that Valvoline Restore and Protect does not clog filters, and is NOT a temporary engine treatment, the primary function of which is to dislodges sludge other buildup and clean the engine; it is a fully functioning motor oil, designed to protect new/clean engines against wear as well as clean and restore older ones.

I don't think that Valvoline's own marketing department could have written that any better.

 

[Elkins45]

Thank you for the Oil Filter pic that you posted. Could you give us a bit of history on this 2009 Scion xB, like when you purchased this vehicle and what oil's you have used as well as the OCI's.

What filter, Out/In, and Valvoline Restore and Protect grade?

The oil was Valvoline Restore and Protect 0w-20 and the filter was a Pentius PLB3614 that was removed at 910 miles.

Post in thread 'Pentius PLB3614 C&P <1000 miles'

Dec 24, 2024

I have no way of knowing if all that carbon is due to the piston soak or the Valvoline Restore and Protect loosening it up. I replaced the filter with a Supertech and I'll probably remove it in another 1k miles to see what it has caught.

• Elkins45

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I bought this car with 120k miles in January of 2024 and have driven it 12k. It wasn’t a horrific oil guzzler like my first one was, but it still needed topping off every few hundred miles. I gave it a Berryman’s soak immediately before this Valvoline Restore and Protect fill. When I pulled this filter at 910 miles I topped it off again and ran it for 3K.

I did a 3K C&P on my other Scion with Valvoline Restore and Protect here: https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/t...line-restore-and-protect.397446/#post-7298271