Dang this kinda aged badly
Valvoline Restore and Protect
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Without AI, and some number of tokens, I gave up long ago trying to understand this three thousand five hundred and twenty two post thread.
CleanSump
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But felt compelled to add to it.
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CleanSump
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It was tongue in cheek, Sir. I am guilty too.I responded to a post, just like you did.
When I go to Walmart one of the things is to check out is how stocked are the Mobil and Valvoline oil, and other oils too. So, what I saw today was Valvoline Restore and Protect 5W-30 out of stock (the other two viscosity were available) and only one jug of Mobil 1 Extended Protection 0W-20.
I've probably mentioned this before, but I sometimes find the shelf where an oil should be is empty at Walmart, but if you take a picture of the tag and take it to a register or corner someone to check stock, every time they showed stock. Last time found the Valvoline Restore and Protect 5W-20 for our daughter's CR-V on the top shelf above its empty shelf space, but the jugs were well out of reach without a ladder... and turned around where you couldn't see the viscosity. Found more jugs on the top shelf across the aisle turned backwards, also.
Trust, but verify.
Valvoline has released a follow-up video to the two engines in Ford Explorers that had been run side-by-side for 500k miles on their chassis dynos, one with Valvoline conventional oil and the other Valvoline Full Synthetic. They tore down both engines to see how they looked after 500k miles.
They put the motors back together and rigged them to engine dynos, filling both with Valvoline Restore and Protect. After running two OCIs, curiosity got the best of them, so they tore them down again. This is the results after two OCIs. The chemist who developed Valvoline Restore and Protect explains why they designed the oil to not be too aggressive in its cleaning properties. Excellent video.
They put the motors back together and rigged them to engine dynos, filling both with Valvoline Restore and Protect. After running two OCIs, curiosity got the best of them, so they tore them down again. This is the results after two OCIs. The chemist who developed Valvoline Restore and Protect explains why they designed the oil to not be too aggressive in its cleaning properties. Excellent video.
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Great video!
My 200,000 mile Jeep is currently 4,000 miles into the 4th fill of Valvoline Restore and Protect 5w-30. Prior to using Valvoline Restore and Protect this engine would need a quart of oil added at approximately 3,000 mile intervals. During the first three Valvoline Restore and Protect runs the oil would darken slightly more than the other premium synthetic oil I used. The engine also had a slight oil leak from the oil cooler and valve covers.
This engine runs mechanically quieter with Valvoline Restore and Protect and cam chain startup noise disappeared during the first run of Valvoline Restore and Protect, perhaps the tensioner freed up as indicated in the video above.
I had the leaking oil cooler replaced during the third run of Valvoline Restore and Protect and the leaking valve cover gaskets replaced when I started the 4th fill of Valvoline Restore and Protect. I also replaced the PCV valve (original with 200k miles on it) at the time of VC gasket replacement.
4,000 miles into this run of Valvoline Restore and Protect and the engine remains mechanically quiet, the oil on the dipstick is light color, and the oil level remains near the full mark; very minimal oil consumption. No doubt the slight oil leaks contributed to the need to add oil and I believe changing the PCV valve helped, too. That said I’m very pleased with the real world results I’m experiencing with Valvoline Restore and Protect and will continue to use it. As explained in the video, it’s not just an oil used for cleaning. Oil analysis for this engine reveals minimal wear with Valvoline Restore and Protect.
My 200,000 mile Jeep is currently 4,000 miles into the 4th fill of Valvoline Restore and Protect 5w-30. Prior to using Valvoline Restore and Protect this engine would need a quart of oil added at approximately 3,000 mile intervals. During the first three Valvoline Restore and Protect runs the oil would darken slightly more than the other premium synthetic oil I used. The engine also had a slight oil leak from the oil cooler and valve covers.
This engine runs mechanically quieter with Valvoline Restore and Protect and cam chain startup noise disappeared during the first run of Valvoline Restore and Protect, perhaps the tensioner freed up as indicated in the video above.
I had the leaking oil cooler replaced during the third run of Valvoline Restore and Protect and the leaking valve cover gaskets replaced when I started the 4th fill of Valvoline Restore and Protect. I also replaced the PCV valve (original with 200k miles on it) at the time of VC gasket replacement.
4,000 miles into this run of Valvoline Restore and Protect and the engine remains mechanically quiet, the oil on the dipstick is light color, and the oil level remains near the full mark; very minimal oil consumption. No doubt the slight oil leaks contributed to the need to add oil and I believe changing the PCV valve helped, too. That said I’m very pleased with the real world results I’m experiencing with Valvoline Restore and Protect and will continue to use it. As explained in the video, it’s not just an oil used for cleaning. Oil analysis for this engine reveals minimal wear with Valvoline Restore and Protect.
I've also seen the Valvoline Restore and Protect jugs hidden behind other non-Valvoline Restore and Protect jugs and had to dig around a bit to find the 5W30 variants. It almost feels like someone is hiding them intentionally as some form of "hoard-without-buying" scheme. I wonder if it actually works because if I drove all the way to walmart, I'm going to spend some time looking.
They put out a video today on two 500k+ turbocharged ford engines, one ran on full synthetic and one on conventional.
After running Valvoline Restore and Protect, it cleaned the rings on both engines and freed the timing chain tensioner on the conventional oil engine.
Find the video at this YouTube link, I’m glad they finally published a video of them testing it!
Who asked around here for Valvoline Restore and Protect for motorcycles or it was in the motorcycles forum?
I think it's already up Valvoline Restore and Protect 4T 10W-40 motorcycle. This page is for the Valvoline US oils:
https://pisheets.valvolineglobal.co...-10w-40-premium-full-synthetic-motorcycle-oil
The PDS as well:
https://sharena21.springcm.com/Publ...fbeb5cd3/54f94e18-6916-f111-b824-9440c99ff6c1
I think it's already up Valvoline Restore and Protect 4T 10W-40 motorcycle. This page is for the Valvoline US oils:
https://pisheets.valvolineglobal.co...-10w-40-premium-full-synthetic-motorcycle-oil
The PDS as well:
https://sharena21.springcm.com/Publ...fbeb5cd3/54f94e18-6916-f111-b824-9440c99ff6c1
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In this case - no. It has the same or a bit more ZDDP than car oil. Also it's rated API SP, so soon we may see somebody who will try it in his car. Also, modern motorcycles have cat. converters too.
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It's an xW-40 so the SP rating doesn't matter for phosphorous content.
I know I've expressed interest and hope that Valvoline would make a motorcycle oil. Can't recall if it was this forum or where it was? But this is exciting! I'd love to see that in 20w50 since I've been using Mobil or Amsoil 20w50. But this would probably work great in my bike since it specs 20w40 (weird Victory spec). It doesn't mention anything about air cooled engines like mine, but I don't know if that makes a big difference? I typically see around 235F oil temps, sometimes a little over 250F.
Heck, once i see it around I'll probably give it a shot in my old Honda XR100. Maybe in my Victory too once I'm out of my Amsoil 20w50.
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