Valvoline Maxlife Blend of 10W30 & 5W30, 8,026 miles, 2002 Sequioa... Another Yawner

[chinee]

Apr 29, 2019, 329, 980 miles - Added a mix of 2 qts 5W30 and 4.5 qts 10W30 for this fill, primarily just to use up some oil laying about the garage.
Dec 5, 2019, 334,716 miles - added 1/2 qt 10W30.
Jan 26, 2020, 335,614 miles - added 1/2 qt 5W30 PP HM.
Jul 25, 2020, 338,022 miles - Oil change.
OCI 8,026, time on oil, 15 months.

Changing the oil this time around, I noticed a little seepage on the underside. Meant to take a closer look but it was just too hot to be under there. Maybe I'll get to it soon. So it may not be oil consumption but a small leak, either way, I'm not alarmed.

Had more miscellaneous oil laying about so filled with 5 qts 10W30 PP HM and 1.5 qt 0W20 PP.

See you guys in another 15 months or so.

 

[paulri]

Nice report, that's for sure. Congrats on 330K on a Toyota. We do a lot of short tripping on ours, not sure if either will reach 330K but I'd like to try.

15 months to drive 8000 miles--you do a lot of short tripping yourself?

 

[chinee]

15 months to drive 8000 miles--you do a lot of short tripping yourself?

Not a lot of short tripping, I have a 2nd car that I share the miles pretty evenly between, 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off. And remember the miles are low these last few months because of the pandemic, we were in lockdown for a time in Florida and I still don't go out unnecessarily.

 

[Lubener]

Very impressive 8000 mile run.

 

[Gene K]

Let's see approximately 1 ppm native iron + 4 ppm iron from initial fill shock.... you forgot to include the iron for the other 7000 mi

At this rate I'm not sure it will ever wear out.

 

[wpod]

Maxlife is a top tier oil.

 

[jimbrewer]

Where do I get me some of this Miscellaneous brand oil?

 

[hemitom]

Apr 29, 2019, 329, 980 miles - Added a mix of 2 qts 5W30 and 4.5 qts 10W30 for this fill, primarily just to use up some oil laying about the garage.
Dec 5, 2019, 334,716 miles - added 1/2 qt 10W30.
Jan 26, 2020, 335,614 miles - added 1/2 qt 5W30 PP HM.
Jul 25, 2020, 338,022 miles - Oil change.
OCI 8,026, time on oil, 15 months.

Changing the oil this time around, I noticed a little seepage on the underside. Meant to take a closer look but it was just too hot to be under there. Maybe I'll get to it soon. So it may not be oil consumption but a small leak, either way, I'm not alarmed.

Had more miscellaneous oil laying about so filled with 5 qts 10W30 PP HM and 1.5 qt 0W20 PP.

See you guys in another 15 months or so.

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Is this the blend or full syn maxlife

 

[silversapphire]

This 4.7 engine is fantastic.

 

[SR5]

Nice, 5 ppm Fe wear metal in 8k miles & 15 months, all on a SynBlend. That’s below the mythical 1ppm iron per 1k miles. Both Valvoline and Toyota did a good job here.

At the end you still had a retained TBN of 2.8 which is ample, and at KV100 = 9.95 cSt you are still in grade for a 30.

People sometimes get-up Valvoline for a lack of metallic adds in a VOA / UOA, the usual Moly & Boron thing. But there is more to an oil than a simple VOA can show and these excellent results indicates that this oil is working well.

I‘ve always had a soft spot for Valvoline synblends, you are using the MaxLife, while I’ve just come off a round of DuraBlend myself.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[chinee]

Is this the blend or full syn maxlife

Definitely a Synth Blend.

 

[Greasymechtech]

7ppm total wear??? That's high. Should improve after engine breaks in. Update us at 500k or 750k miles.

Timing belt motor... not enough HP to hurt itself...... the way a motor should be built. Also, has room for PH8a sized filters(and even longer ones).

I won't make any recommendations. Whatever you did for ~340k miles is working.