What is a Fram titanium compared to?
Didn't you just do an oil change with Mobil 1? The same time I did?
Didn't you just do an oil change with Mobil 1? The same time I did?
Valvoline Restore & Protect
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I just changed my GDI-only Lexus 2.5 V6 over to it. That engine is infamous for GDI carboning (even had a major recall/TSB for it).
I have 180k on the engine, we'll see what this stuff can do.
This is an OG Fram Titanium only available at AAP. Has the wire backed pink media of the OG Fram Ultra. 99% 20 microns 20k rating.
Mobil 1 EP went into my daughter’s Acura RDX also with an OG Titanium.
Oh wow okay.. I thought they totally stopped making them...
Just finished my R&P oil change on a 2018 Subaru Outback. Some quick observations. Valvoline R&P is much darker than the Valvoline EP. Also smells like no other oil I’ve used. Reminds me a little of gear oil but not as strong.
I've noticed the same about R&P's smell. I characterize it as burnt rubber, personally. Not awful, but it's just different.
I just posted the C&P in the oil filter section.
Going in or coming out?
I noticed the smell as well. I thought it was quite strong, definitely different.
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Yup, as I've said before, the goal of the API approvals is not to keep your engine deposit-free, it's to keep the rate of deposit formation at an acceptable level."Traditionally the role of engine oil has been to slow down engine deposit development, but in concocting its latest engine-protecting blend, the Valvoline team stumbled upon something… surprising."
“There are some deposits that are temporary that you can wipe off with your finger, and there are others that can get very thick,” explained Dr. Michael Warholic, global technology director, Valvoline Global Operations
“We were trying to basically minimize deposits, engine wear, friction and heat, and oil formulation is a balance, so you have to pick and choose what you want it to do,” Warholic says. “What we didn’t know was before the testing that it would remove and reverse the process – that is something you can’t predict by modeling. Restore and Protect removed engine deposits. I had never seen anything like it before, and I have eight years at Valvoline and 16 years at a company that makes the additives used in oil formulation.”
Dealing with Deposits to Boost Engine Life - Engine Builder Magazine
Engine oil slows down engine deposit development, but in concocting its latest engine-protecting blend, Valvoline found something surprising.www.enginebuildermag.com
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Anecdotally, after 600 Miles of use in my 270,6XX-mile Audi A4 3.2 Avant the Valvoline Restore and Protect has taken on a distinctly red-orange tint. I am speculating based on what can be observed through the oil port baffle that the accumulated varnish is being washed away and tinting the oil.
Having performed several engine flushes in the past, along with regular use of PEA cleaners in the fuel system, and having run HPL Motor oils for over 10,000 miles I’ll assume carbon and sludge deposits are at a minimum at this point and darkening will not be rapid (in the case of this car).
VRP is easier to type and easier on the brain.So I have an important question. What are BITOG members going to abbreviate this oil to for their sig lines?I’m thinking V-R&P
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It's impossible to answer that. You have to run it. It will vary by how bad it is and how long the OCI's are.
From all available information that we have, which oil would clean varnish faster and more completely:
[1] An Ester + AN based Group V Synthetic
or
[2] Valvoline Restore and Protect.