You mean like Amsoil?
Valvoline Restore and Protect cons?
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True. A Dexos rating means nothing because if it did Amsoil would have a Dexos 1 sticker
At least Amsoil says their SS line meets or exceeds the Dexos 1 Gen 3 requirement.
Valvoline is silent on the topic.
No it’s a license not a rating. No stickers involved.
Can y’all imagine how great it would be if Liqui Moly came out with a VRP type product?
Regardless of no official DEXOS approval , Valvoline says VRP is their best oil but it is not a long drain oil . If you stay under a 5K mile OCI you are getting Valvoline’s best oil (VRP) for cleaning and wear protection . If staying under 5K miles in use then doubtful it’s a con .
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That was a big reason why I switched from VRP to ESP in my Civic. I wanted to go back to 9-10k intervals and I didn’t feel as if VRP was as capable of that as ESP would be. If I was doing 6k intervals then I’d be comfortable with VRP but beyond that I would need to do a UOA to confirm (and I haven’t done a UOA since I retired, my last company was five minutes away from the Wearcheck lab so dropping off samples was so convenient for me for those 14 years)
I Does that means use it from new for life of the vehicle but still changing it not leaving it in for the entire vehicle life?
Change this oil every 4000 or 5000 miles. This is not a Forever Oil! There was an oil that was marketed as a Forever Oil, the name I cannot think of, but it started with an S!
I wonder if this could be used for the 9-10k intervals after the clean up. I'm not pushing for that and I myself don't do such intervals but out of curiosity I wonder if it would make it, especially if the manufacturer recommends a longer OCI like you are trying to do.
I have VRP in my wife's CRV now and I'm gonna run it based off the MM, not a specific mileage or time.
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that website also looks like it hasn't be updated in 15 years.
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so that is another CON.
I guess I will stick with other brands i have been buying over last 30 years... BP (Castrol), XM (Mobil 1) or Shell (Pennzoil Ultra Platinum)
Con: usually priced higher than other products like Mobil 1 ESP, PUP, Castrol EP, etc.
VRP might be a great product for cleaning up a dirty engine but what if you have a new(er) engine that may not need cleaning? Do the aforementioned competitor products not do enough of a good job to keep the engine clean that VRP should be needed?
VRP might be a great product for cleaning up a dirty engine but what if you have a new(er) engine that may not need cleaning? Do the aforementioned competitor products not do enough of a good job to keep the engine clean that VRP should be needed?
Then it's an API SP oil.
From the discussions here I would say the ESP should be ok.
Many other versions sadly not so much. Ask the Audi crowd on here about the Euro oils, ask @Glenda W. about her previous choices.
I'm using it in my Pilot which still has VCM enabled, no burning hoping to keep that way. Same in daughter-in-laws Tucson. In my Accord which has always used some from when I got it with 49k, no clue on prior versions or OCI's. That leaves my other cars which two of them also have it, why not, good oil. The last I maintain will get it as I use up other stash. It already got a new motor at 82k from burning oil, scored cylinders on dealer changes at MM.
Its past that when I ran it both times once with Liquimoly Motor Oil Saver and other time with Schaeffer's #132 Moly.
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