Valvoline Restore & Protect 5W-30, 5000 miles, 2022 KIA Soul 40,000 miles
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How many times have you used R&P on this engine? Curious how accurate these additive levels are.
This was the end of the second OC and I put VRP back in.
Looks good. No oxidation at all. Still a 30 grade. VRP does seem to show good wear control. (they claim 79% better than required by GF-7 via IVB Wear Test).
Very low wear, looks great. Any more fuel dilution and it probably would’ve dropped out of SAE30 but it seems not to matter. I should have a 5K UOA with this in a month or so too.
Obligatory BITOG .....it's totaled 
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Looks good from all I know. What are the usage conditions? Highway trips? Lots of short trips? How many months to get the 5K?
I have first round of 5W-30 VRP in daughter-in-laws '21 Tucson and sons '10 Forte. 1st run of VRP 0W-20 in my Accord currently. I won't test any of those until after 2nd round.
'19 Pilot is on 2nd run of VRP 5W-30 and I'll probably test in a couple weeks. It's getting a road trip in 2 weeks and will be at about 5500 miles at the end.
.Looks good from all I know. What are the usage conditions? Highway trips? Lots of short trips? How many months to get the 5K?
I have first round of 5W-30 VRP in daughter-in-laws '21 Tucson and sons '10 Forte. 1st run of VRP 0W-20 in my Accord currently. I won't test any of those until after 2nd round.
'19 Pilot is on 2nd run of VRP 5W-30 and I'll probably test in a couple weeks. It's getting a road trip in 2 weeks and will be at about 5500 miles at the end.
You said the Comments are Welcomed. I am going to say that with a TBN of 2.46 that this oil is more than likely a 5000-mile kind of oil.
The oil was serviceable at the time of sampling, but as Brian said, it's not likely to go a ton more miles than 5k. You'd have to get into sampling every 1k until TBN was either <2.0 OR TBN > TAN. Which may only be one additional sample. But it's very hard to make a value case to extend OCIs 1k miles for $40.
5k OCI is where I'd leave this as long as you're using R&P.
5k OCI is where I'd leave this as long as you're using R&P.
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The Tundra, Soul, RX 350, and Forester are and always have been on 5k mile OCIs.
what was the duration(time) of the OCI?
looks really good overall . Oil wasnt quite done but getting there.
What is the typical driving cycle/use of the vehicle?
About 6 months and it’s driven mostly in town but with some highway miles. It can be short-tripped pretty often.
If you want to keep a car for a long time and have less issues, a 5000-mile OCI is the best way to go.
