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- Valvoline Restore and Protect 2003 Tahoe 5. 3 228,000 miles initial . . .
Thought I'd offer my experience to date with 5w-30 Restore and Protect A little vehicle background: I have a 2003 Tahoe 5 3 with approx 228k miles It was dealer maintained, CarFax confirmed, up until 197k miles when I purchased it I did change the valve cover gasket after purchase and the
- Valvoline Advanced Full Synthetic | BobIsTheOilGuy
Valvoline is a quality oil The Advanced synthetic 5w20 is a stout 20wt with an HTHS of 2 7 and a respectable noack value of only 7 6% Lots of great 5w20s to choose from QSUD, VAS, M1 are all top of the class IMO
- 2 Valvoline Restore Protect tests | BobIsTheOilGuy
I never thought much about Valvoline's fairly new Restore Protect oil until The Motor Oil Geek recently posted a video on it Once I saw his video, I did a bit more research on that oil and saw a couple reports of reduced oil consumption and such, but no before and after pics, so I decided to
- Valvoline Synchromesh MTF? | BobIsTheOilGuy
Used to be called Valvoline Professional Series MTF New name is Valvoline Synchromesh MTF This stuff looks promising for folks that have a manual transmission vehicle that REQUIRES a GL-4 yellow metal safe gear box oil I found a MSDS for it here: Valvoline Synchromesh MTF It appears
- 2 Valvoline Restore Protect tests | Page 12 | BobIsTheOilGuy
Those products would be - BG, Valvoline Premium Blue Restore, Amsoil Engine flush etc "It can take up to 4 ", is incorrect Valvoline states four or more " *Piston deposit removal when used as directed for four or more consecutive oil changes at standard maintenance intervals based on adapted sequence IIIH testing "
- ZF Lifeguard 9 compatibility with transmissions that use ZF Lifeguard 8 . . .
Valvoline Max life and Amsoil signature series are actually recommended by all the parts houses and Auto parts suppliers now to use in ZF transmissions Valvoline and Amsoil claim with full confidence that their ATF fluids meet or exceed the manufacturer's recommendations for ZF transmissions
- Synchromesh: Valvoline Vs. Pennzoil | BobIsTheOilGuy
Unfortunately Valvoline doesn't offer many details about the additives in their Synchromesh product, but they state that it meets GL-4 I like that Pennzoil offers such transparency but still find it odd that they don't apply a GL-4 label, given that this fluid is said to meet that standard
- Is there a consensus on using non OEM Honda HCF-2?
I considered Valvoline's CVT fluid but decided I didn't want to experiment with it at the point just to save a few bucks $80 for four quarts of Honda fluid is a bit steep I think the days of a high-quality universal fluid like MaxLife ATF for Dexron III applications are over For CVTs at least
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