Did a search and have found very little on Valvoline. Have used M-1 and PP but wondered about the lack of love for Valvoline Full Synthetic?
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Its good oil. It uses titanium as an AW/FM additive, and is considered very good. dexos1 Gen2, so high performance specs.
They spend their marketing differently. They are fine and they are on rebates a lot (which is why I use it often). They are also NAPA synthetic so you can get it cheap when on sale if you have NAPA nearby.
Valvoline's product data sheets are actually more useful to me than typical SOPUS or XOM publications.
Originally Posted By: PandaBear
They spend their marketing differently. They are fine and they are on rebates a lot (which is why I use it often). They are also NAPA synthetic so you can get it cheap when on sale if you have NAPA nearby.
I agree that Valvoline products are fine stuff and so is Valvoline-made NAPA Synthetic, but the formulations of SynPower and NAPA Syn are not the same.
They spend their marketing differently. They are fine and they are on rebates a lot (which is why I use it often). They are also NAPA synthetic so you can get it cheap when on sale if you have NAPA nearby.
I agree that Valvoline products are fine stuff and so is Valvoline-made NAPA Synthetic, but the formulations of SynPower and NAPA Syn are not the same.
Originally Posted By: Bottom_Feeder
I agree that Valvoline products are fine stuff and so is Valvoline-made NAPA Synthetic, but the formulations of SynPower and NAPA Syn are not the same.
Interesting, I remember reading on the forums that said they are (or at least at one point) the same formula. Thanks for correcting me.
I agree that Valvoline products are fine stuff and so is Valvoline-made NAPA Synthetic, but the formulations of SynPower and NAPA Syn are not the same.
Interesting, I remember reading on the forums that said they are (or at least at one point) the same formula. Thanks for correcting me.
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Originally Posted By: PandaBear
Originally Posted By: Bottom_Feeder
I agree that Valvoline products are fine stuff and so is Valvoline-made NAPA Synthetic, but the formulations of SynPower and NAPA Syn are not the same.
Interesting, I remember reading on the forums that said they are (or at least at one point) the same formula. Thanks for correcting me.
This is correct. While Valvoline does blend the NAPA synthetic, it is not the same as Valvoline Advanced Synthetic.
Originally Posted By: Bottom_Feeder
I agree that Valvoline products are fine stuff and so is Valvoline-made NAPA Synthetic, but the formulations of SynPower and NAPA Syn are not the same.
Interesting, I remember reading on the forums that said they are (or at least at one point) the same formula. Thanks for correcting me.
This is correct. While Valvoline does blend the NAPA synthetic, it is not the same as Valvoline Advanced Synthetic.
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Exactly right PimTac.
Not the same. One cool thing I learned here recently... Sunoco oil made by Valvoline.. that explained why Sunoco Ultra full synthetic ran really well in my Altima 3.5 VQ.
Sunoco must be a east coast thing, I’ve never seen one in my area. Reading on their website I see they had the dial a Matic octane feature on their pumps way back when. We used to have a Hancock station with that similar setup though it was not used at the time. I used that station during the gas rationing period in the 70’s.
Exactly right PimTac.
Not the same. One cool thing I learned here recently... Sunoco oil made by Valvoline.. that explained why Sunoco Ultra full synthetic ran really well in my Altima 3.5 VQ.
Sunoco must be a east coast thing, I’ve never seen one in my area. Reading on their website I see they had the dial a Matic octane feature on their pumps way back when. We used to have a Hancock station with that similar setup though it was not used at the time. I used that station during the gas rationing period in the 70’s.
I use Valvoline full synthetic with Maxlife technology 5W30 in a few of my vehicles and they seem to run fantastic on it. Very smooth...
Yeah PimTac Sunoco is an East coast deal. They are located in Philadelphia.
I like their gas has well. The oil can be had from Petroleum Service Center. 12 qt case is $40 for the decision full synthetic. Interesting note.... The additive package looked rather similar to Valvoline Advanced full synthetic.
I like their gas has well. The oil can be had from Petroleum Service Center. 12 qt case is $40 for the decision full synthetic. Interesting note.... The additive package looked rather similar to Valvoline Advanced full synthetic.
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Originally Posted By: PandaBear
They spend their marketing differently. They are fine and they are on rebates a lot (which is why I use it often). They are also NAPA synthetic so you can get it cheap when on sale if you have NAPA nearby.
I agree that Valvoline products are fine stuff and so is Valvoline-made NAPA Synthetic, but the formulations of SynPower and NAPA Syn are not the same.
+1.
I just posted two UOAs that document the change in formulation.
Originally Posted By: PandaBear
They spend their marketing differently. They are fine and they are on rebates a lot (which is why I use it often). They are also NAPA synthetic so you can get it cheap when on sale if you have NAPA nearby.
I agree that Valvoline products are fine stuff and so is Valvoline-made NAPA Synthetic, but the formulations of SynPower and NAPA Syn are not the same.
+1.
I just posted two UOAs that document the change in formulation.
I would use Valvoline no problem.
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