What filter of Valvoline restore and protect
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Use PRO-TEC filters for their synergistic effects with this oil.
It really does not matter since you will be changing the Oil Filter at 4000 miles when you change your oil. The stuff works slowly so you will not load up the Oil Filter. We have not seen an oil filter on this board get so loaded up from using VRP. There was a Video that the guys from Valvoline said that this oil would not load up the Oil Filter.
If you suspect your motors have considerable amounts of deposits to remove. I would suggest (based on my own experiences) numerous cheap as dirt filters (once a month) for the first 4-6 months.
After that, the Fram synthetic endurance filters seem to work well.
I don't agree. I was quite close to loading up a filter past its capacity after 6 months of VRP.
Whew! Cue up the Molly Hatchet, 'cause we are "flirtin' with disaster!"
I knew that my decision to leave a SuperTech filter in the car for the longer interval was risky, but I had NO IDEA how much crud was still waiting to be dislodged by the Valvoline. Much longer and this filter would probably have just been in bypass mode full time. The R&P seems to be REALLY rolling now, and breaking up a ton of junk from this tired old motor.
Anyway, enough bloviating, here are the pics.
Whew! Cue up the Molly Hatchet, 'cause we are "flirtin' with disaster!"
I knew that my decision to leave a SuperTech filter in the car for the longer interval was risky, but I had NO IDEA how much crud was still waiting to be dislodged by the Valvoline. Much longer and this filter would probably have just been in bypass mode full time. The R&P seems to be REALLY rolling now, and breaking up a ton of junk from this tired old motor.
Anyway, enough bloviating, here are the pics.
I knew that my decision to leave a SuperTech filter in the car for the longer interval was risky, but I had NO IDEA how much crud was still waiting to be dislodged by the Valvoline. Much longer and this filter would probably have just been in bypass mode full time. The R&P seems to be REALLY rolling now, and breaking up a ton of junk from this tired old motor.
Anyway, enough bloviating, here are the pics.
AC Delco or FRAM Tough Guard
The new Purolator LX filter at Walmart is very high capacity if you’re concerned about loading.
Supertech and pull it at 1000 miles to see if it's loading up.
I don't agree. I was quite close to loading up a filter past its capacity after 6 months of VRP.
Whew! Cue up the Molly Hatchet, 'cause we are "flirtin' with disaster!"
I knew that my decision to leave a SuperTech filter in the car for the longer interval was risky, but I had NO IDEA how much crud was still waiting to be dislodged by the Valvoline. Much longer and this filter would probably have just been in bypass mode full time. The R&P seems to be REALLY rolling now, and breaking up a ton of junk from this tired old motor.
Anyway, enough bloviating, here are the pics.
I knew that my decision to leave a SuperTech filter in the car for the longer interval was risky, but I had NO IDEA how much crud was still waiting to be dislodged by the Valvoline. Much longer and this filter would probably have just been in bypass mode full time. The R&P seems to be REALLY rolling now, and breaking up a ton of junk from this tired old motor.
Anyway, enough bloviating, here are the pics.
Whew! Cue up the Molly Hatchet, 'cause we are "flirtin' with disaster!"
I knew that my decision to leave a SuperTech filter in the car for the longer interval was risky, but I had NO IDEA how much crud was still waiting to be dislodged by the Valvoline. Much longer and this filter would probably have just been in bypass mode full time. The R&P seems to be REALLY rolling now, and breaking up a ton of junk from this tired old motor.
Anyway, enough bloviating, here are the pics.
I knew that my decision to leave a SuperTech filter in the car for the longer interval was risky, but I had NO IDEA how much crud was still waiting to be dislodged by the Valvoline. Much longer and this filter would probably have just been in bypass mode full time. The R&P seems to be REALLY rolling now, and breaking up a ton of junk from this tired old motor.
Anyway, enough bloviating, here are the pics.
Any topline off the shelf.
I'm running a MOBIL1 EP filter for the full interval. After changing it out, I'm keeping the filter. In a few hundred miles, I'll approach 5k miles.
It may be well worth it to change filter half way thru OCI, cut it and figure what to expect later. May also want to keep OCI under 5k miles.
And what effects are that? How does a filter have “synergy” with oil, exactly?
VRP is intended not to overwhelm the filter by cleaning too fast, but if the engine is very, very dirty, it can definitely load up the filter before your normal oil change. That has been my experience and that of several others as well.
My advice: grab a couple Pentius UFXL filters for each from amazon. These filters have a lot of media area and will buy some margin against plugging while not costing much.
Run the VRP/Pentius for 2k miles and take off the filter and cut it. Based on what you find, you’ll know if you need to say with 2k filter changes or can go a full 4k-5k or so.
If you have reason to believe the engines are very badly sludged, cut it to 1k at first, then work up to 2k and then to 5k.
