Originally Posted by ChrisD46
For quite some time I was paying $17.97 on roll back at WM ... Regular price is $19 . QSUD is fine to run with say a 5K mile OCI ... *For GDI engines I now believe the best oil attributes (for the price) are now with Valvoline Advance Synthetic in 0W20 , 5W20 and 5W30 (as long as they don't change the recipe) . I pay between $21 and $23 at WM for it and it will exclusively go into my 2017 Sonata 2.4L GDI now .
Being both a Valvoline Advanced and a Pennzoil Ultra Platinum user, what made you decide to discontinue the PUP?
My M.O. is to do a two-way alternate... PUP and Valvoline. I can't find a single thing wrong with any of these-2 in my GDI.
So that's why I decided to alternate.... at least until we get more info on the SP recipes coming out. One of these oils has the proper Gokhan / Buster numbers for GDIs. The other has the best cleaning power. That tells me both oil brands are needed and best (in the mid-market pricing) for our GDIs.
I cannot get on-board with Valv Modern Engine. Not until Valv tells us their secret cleaning ingredient, that doesn't show up in UOAs.
I like the viscosity and Moly levels of Quaker State Ultimate. Rotella Gas & Truck too. Might use these-2 in our Kia MPI engine.