Here is the VOA of Valvoline synthetic 5w30 a member said he would like to see. Not bad, I’d use it.
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Valvoline synthetic 5w-30 VOA
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It a good oil. Been using Valvoline synthetic 5w30 oil in my 2007 Corvette 6 speed manual so far all is good. I usually only drive it about 2000 miles a year so I'm just changing it once a year. Kind of surprised at the 1610 Ca. It is a little higher than I remember.
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Is this Advanced, Extended Protection, or Extended Protection HM? Thanks!
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This looks good. I am going to use it in my 3.5 Ecoboost next.
That's a good amount of moly for an OTS product right?
Why does this have so muck Moly, whereas the European version doesn’t? Is moly bad for bmw b58 engines?
I don’t know the details, maybe @RDY4WAR can chime in… not even HPL’s true Euro oils use moly. Something about the chemistry must not play nice; they usually have higher boron and low-to-zero moly.
No single additive is universally beneficial in every application nor synergistic with every additive package. (including MoDTC) If there's conflicting chemistry, it will move the needle in the wrong direction. Trust that if HPL leaves out a specific additive from a particular formula, it's because they found no benefit or a negative result. No all of their Euro oils are molyless.
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Well that makes sense no benefit, negative interaction. Thank you!
I am looking at the Valvoline European 0w-20 and the 5w-30 but both have lower Calcium at~1100 ppm but more Magnesium at ~500 ppm. Any thoughts around this would be appreciated.
Maybe due to EURO oils being low SAPS?
I am hoping you can help me. I am looking at the Valvoline European 0w-20 and the 5w-30 but both have lower Calcium at~1100 ppm but more Magnesium at ~500 ppm. Any thoughts around this would be appreciated.
This is what I found on the PQIA.org site
SN PLUS Motor Oils – Calcium Down, Magnesium Up
The SN PLUS Service Category was introduced as a supplement to API SN specification in 2018 to mitigate low speed pre-ignition (LSPI) events in Turbocharged Gasoline Direct Injection (TGDI) engines. Such LSPI events can cause engine knocking, decreased efficiency, and in the worst case, catastrophic failure due to cracked pistons.
As seen by the differences in the API SN and SN PLUS samples examined by PQIA over the past year, the SN PLUS formulations in the samples show lower calcium and higher magnesium levels than API SN. Whereas the average level of calcium in the API SN samples examined by PQIA is 2,060 ppm, the average of the SN PLUS samples examined to date is 1,217ppm. This represents a decrease of 41%. The average level of magnesium, however, has moved up to 691ppm, over 30 times above a negligible base of 22ppm.
