Valvoline Restore & Protect

[CB900F2]

Still no R&R in Canada!.. Yet they promote it on their Canadian site website!..

 

[Patman]

Still no R&R in Canada!.. Yet they promote it on their Canadian site website!..

It must be coming soon (although Valvoline doesn’t respond to emails asking them about it) The fact that Valvoline oil change places are using it in Canada is a good sign that it might be sold in Canadian Tire and/or Walmart here in the near future.

 

[toxic]

Anyone running this oil full time or do most only use it a few times and switch back to something else?

Currently on my first oci with it but will be done with the 4 changes by the end of February or March doing 5k oci. Probably gonna do a uoa on the 3rd or 4th and see hope it’s holding up at 5k, might extend it to 7500 or switch to something else after. Don’t have any issues with it so far halfway through the first fill of it, still looks pretty clean too. Using upf64r filters on it as well, 2018 Cruze 1.4 with 78k on it currently but putting about 5k a month on it.

 

[ndarkside93]

I drank the kool aid. I saw that Rock Auto now has VRP, so I ordered a pack of 6 quart.
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However, I noticed some difference in the label.
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Notice no mention of liqui shield and 79% less wear ?
Batch number
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The other label I commonly see :
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which type of label do you have with your bottles ?

Both of my jugs have the liquid-shield and wear defense labeling.

 

[KnappAttak]

Here you go!
Lake sure likes it and it is showing the lower wear metals than average per 1000 miles of all the oils tested at the lab. Thats really saying something. Looks like Valvoline is hitting it out of the park here with the VR&P.

 

[4WD]

Here you go!
Lake sure likes it and it is showing the lowest wear metals per 1000 miles of any and all the oils that has been tested at his lab. Thats really saying something there alone! Looks like Valvoline is hitting it out of the park here with the VR&P.

Hole nutter tred on dis

 

[wpod]

I am still hung up on Auto RX and VSOT.

 

[Patman]

Anyone running this oil full time or do most only use it a few times and switch back to something else?

I am 2500 miles into my first OCI with VRP and I have yet to decide if I’m going to continue using it after 4 intervals or if I will switch to something else. It currently isn’t available in Canada so I have to grab it when I cross over the border, which isn’t that big of a deal other than the fact that I can never find it in the Walmart I usually visit in Niagara Falls, I have only found it at the other Walmart in town which is an extra 30 minute round trip. So it’s a slight hassle, and having it available in Canada would certainly make me more likely to consider using it long term.

 

[dubber09]

Running VRP for just over 1k km in Sportage, was planning on replacing oil filter at 2k km mark but oil looks clean on dipstick after 1k... hmm. Much cleaner than what Pennzoil Platinum would look like when I ran it.

 

[buster]

Running VRP for just over 1k km in Sportage, was planning on replacing oil filter at 2k km mark but oil looks clean on dipstick after 1k... hmm. Much cleaner than what Pennzoil Platinum would look like when I ran it.

The color change has more to do with the anti-oxidant interacting with heat. This is a product designed to clean very slowly over at least 4 OCI. You may also not have any carbon to clean if the engine was well maintained.

 

[YZJB]

Planning to run this full-time in all the cars which it’s suitable for (ie not diesels and not the Focus RSs).

 

[doverlabs]

Wouldn’t this clean up engines as well as any Top Tier Amsoil product?

 

[alcyon]

I sure hope VRP could clean out coked turbo passages. Will be doing an oil change this Saturday with my new stash of Restore & Protect.

 

[Jetronic]

I am 2500 miles into my first OCI with VRP and I have yet to decide if I’m going to continue using it after 4 intervals or if I will switch to something else. It currently isn’t available in Canada so I have to grab it when I cross over the border, which isn’t that big of a deal other than the fact that I can never find it in the Walmart I usually visit in Niagara Falls, I have only found it at the other Walmart in town which is an extra 30 minute round trip. So it’s a slight hassle, and having it available in Canada would certainly make me more likely to consider using it long term.

Are there issues with buying (and bringing cross border) larger quantities. I would buy all I need for my foreseeable future with that car in one sitting.

 

[Patman]

Are there issues with buying (and bringing cross border) larger quantities. I would buy all I need for my foreseeable future with that car in one sitting.

I don’t believe that you would have a problem with that, other than having to pay duty on having spent more money. I usually spend less than $100 when I cross the border and they just usually ask if I have bought any alcohol or tobacco products and I don’t have to pay duty even though I’m usually only across the border for a couple of hours. I don’t think motor oil concerns them.

 

[alcyon]

Just did my oil change, out came Shell Helix Ultra 5W-40 and PIAA oil filter, in went Restore & Protect 5W-30 and Wix Oil Filter.
I like the smell of R & P, its kinda like vintage "wood".

 

[ndarkside93]

Just did my oil change, out came Shell Helix Ultra 5W-40 and PIAA oil filter, in went Restore & Protect 5W-30 and Wix Oil Filter.
I like the smell of R & P, its kinda like vintage "wood".

Very accurate description of the smell

 

[OilStainedNapkin]

Wouldn’t this clean up engines as well as any Top Tier Amsoil product?

Probably better imo

 

[SimpleSyrup]

Some DIY videos about R&P from Nigeria in a Honda.

Part 1:


Part 2: (1k miles)

 

[jkasch]

They sell it in Nigeria but not in Canada?