I had need to contact Valvoline's customer care department and took the opportunity to ask if they had removed molybdenum from the full syn Maxlife as they had with the syn-blend. I've noticed a few recent threads in which some have lamented the removal of molybdenum and questioned whether it had been removed from the full syn version.
I received this response from Valvoline:
"As for your questions pertaining to the Valvoline MaxLife High Mileage Synthetic Blend and MaxLife High Mileage Full Synthetic Motor Oil products, the Moly has been removed from all MaxLife product and replaced with another friction-modifier additive that is much better for performance and the environment."
This obviously comes as no surprise but I thought the part about a "much better" FM taking molybdenum's place was interesting and may help reassure those that felt the product had been cheapened with it's removal.
I received this response from Valvoline:
"As for your questions pertaining to the Valvoline MaxLife High Mileage Synthetic Blend and MaxLife High Mileage Full Synthetic Motor Oil products, the Moly has been removed from all MaxLife product and replaced with another friction-modifier additive that is much better for performance and the environment."
This obviously comes as no surprise but I thought the part about a "much better" FM taking molybdenum's place was interesting and may help reassure those that felt the product had been cheapened with it's removal.