Valvoline Restore and Protect in 10W-30 Grade?

[JGmazda]

Perhaps a silly question, but..... I've always used a 10W-30 grade in my 2001 Buick. (3800 engine). I thought I'd give Valvoline Restore and Protect a try.

Since I live in AZ., I've never felt the need use anything but this grade. Valvoline Restore and Protect does not come in a 10W grade. I know I can use the 5W-30, but just wondering...

Any opinions on why Valvoline doesn't include this grade in the Restore and Protect line?

 

[skyactiv]

Because of expected low volume sales, additional distribution/warehouse slotting requirements and shelf space, who knows.

 

[Hermann]

The 10w-40 MIGHT shear to a 10w-30

 

[Patman]

There’s no need for that obsolete viscosity when 5w-30 exists.

 

[RDY4WAR]

There's not point. The 5W-30 will do just fine. If they did make a 10W-30, it would likely be a lesser product anyway.

 

[burbguy82]

Perhaps a silly question, but..... I've always used a 10W-30 grade in my 2001 Buick. (3800 engine). I thought I'd give Valvoline Restore and Protect a try.

Since I live in AZ., I've never felt the need use anything but this grade. Valvoline Restore and Protect does not come in a 10W grade. I know I can use the 5W-30, but just wondering...

Any opinions on why Valvoline doesn't include this grade in the Valvoline Restore and Protect line?

You will find no Valvoline Restore and Protect 10w30.

You will also find that many 5w30s are slightly thicker than a 10w30 at 100c.......food for thought. Your 3800 will run 5w30 no problem IMO.

 

[Hohn]

There’s no need for that obsolete viscosity when 5w-30 exists.

There's not point. The 5W-30 will do just fine. If they did make a 10W-30, it would likely be a lesser product anyway.

Heed these. In PCMO applications, 10w is functionally obsolete in the same way that vacuum tubes are. Yes, they still work and do the job, but nobody (apart from a handful of crazy sound/music people like me) uses vacuum tubes for new applications. They are obsolete and anachronistic, long replaced by transistors that are now just nanometers in size.

The only place for 10w IMO is in applications where you need to hit a much higher viscosity grade while still keeping a reasonable index. We're not yet at the point where a 0w-60 is feasible. So to get multigrades in the 60 grade range, we have 10w-60s. (that shear like made, but that's beside the point).

 

[Japanese]

If you want/need 10W-30 grade - use Valvoline Advanced:
https://www.valvolineglobal.com/en/advanced-full-synthetic-sae-10w-30/

 

[Dave1027]

The 10w-40 MIGHT shear to a 10w-30

Valvoline doesn't make Restore and Protect in 10w40. Only 5w30, 5w20 and 0w20.

 

[Patman]

Valvoline doesn't make Restore and Protect in 10w40. Only 5w30, 5w20 and 0w20.

They do make Valvoline Restore and Protect in 10w-40 actually, for the Australian market

 

[Hermann]

They do make Valvoline Restore and Protect in 10w-40 actually, for the Australian market

I saw it on Amazon a while back. This may be a 71 year old brain fart.

 

[JGmazda]

If you want/need 10W-30 grade - use Valvoline Advanced:
https://www.valvolineglobal.com/en/advanced-full-synthetic-sae-10w-30/

Yes, I've been using the "Advanced" with good results. Very good oil IMHO. I just was curious about running the Valvoline Restore and Protect and seeing what a used oil analysis would produce.

 

[dubber09]

Wife's Forte likes 10w-30, I tried it awhile back and the engine loved it. I switched her car to 10w-30 on last oil change and plan on sticking to it, running Mobil 1 oil at the moment.

 

[JGmazda]

You will find no Valvoline Restore and Protect 10w30.

You will also find that many 5w30s are slightly thicker than a 10w30 at 100c.......food for thought. Your 3800 will run 5w30 no problem IMO.

Okay... That's really good to know. Funny thoughts....showing my age... back in the "day", 5W-30's were considered inferior because of all the VI-Improvers needed.

I suppose technology moves on. I think I'll try the 5W-30 grade next OC.

 

[JGmazda]

I appreciate the responses and opinions guys. Thank you!

 

[fantastic]

Yeah, like you've heard here, no worries using that 5w. Check stock before you go..that stuff must be flying off the shelves.

 

[JGmazda]

Yeah... I've checked a few stores near me when I was there. They only had a few jugs of the 5W-20 on the shelf. Walmart and O'Reilly.

Crazy. This stuff must have the magic elixir potion in it.

 

[wlk]

They do make it, just not here, hopefully yet.

 

[Chris142]

Heed these. In PCMO applications, 10w is functionally obsolete in the same way that vacuum tubes are. Yes, they still work and do the job, but nobody (apart from a handful of crazy sound/music people like me) uses vacuum tubes for new applications. They are obsolete and anachronistic, long replaced by transistors that are now just nanometers in size.

My dad had many tubes he had collected throughout his lifetime. He had a friend that had a recording studio he would sell tubes to occasionally. He said they sounded better than transistors.

 

[RDY4WAR]

Okay... That's really good to know. Funny thoughts....showing my age... back in the "day", 5W-30's were considered inferior because of all the VI-Improvers needed.

I suppose technology moves on. I think I'll try the 5W-30 grade next OC.

Less about technology, more about profit margins. A 10W-30 can be made with cheaper, lower quality base oils and VII compared to a 5W-30. Since major brands are all in a race to the bottom, they happily exploit the lower production cost. Thus, many API 10W-30 oils tend to be as volatile or worse, less oxidation resistant, and no better shear stability than their 5W-30 counterparts. You're paying the same price for a lesser product.