Valvoline Restore and Protect 2k mile filter change, MAJOR SLUDGE!!! Buyer beware!

[@mikel9656]

If you have a very sludgy engine, and use restore and protect, and it cleans the engine.... Gues where it's gonna go??? Your oil filter!!! When moving from a conventional to any syn oil, for the first 3 oil changes reduce the change interval to 3k. And do a filter change at 1000 to 1500. After 4 cycles of this you should stop getting the rapid build up in your filter.

[@DirtE30]

Agree 100%, see followup video!

[@MishtahPoog]

Yes, I'm doing exactly this, a mid-OCI filter change. I'm actually doing a 3k-mile oil interval with a 1,500-mile filter change for my first use of Valvoline R&P. I'll do another filter change when I change the oil, and then assess whether one is necessary halfway through my next 3k miles.

[@MrSamPhoenix]

I’d really love to see what’s under the valve cover.

[@wickedgrass7368]

Thank you for making this video. I've decided to run RP in my next oil change for my 05 Trailblazer. Going to change the filter every 1k miles, until I see the filters can go the duration if the oil changes.

[@CheeseBurgerXJ]

I just got a new to me tractor and have been running it for about 50 hours now, first oil change was around 15hrs as i was worried about the filter clogging. I should have cut the filter open to see what it looked like

[@huke2830]

Waiting for your results!

[@CheeseBurgerXJ]

@huke2830 im going to send an oil sample out to speed diagnostix soon, I'll make a video on what it comes back with

[@YAMAHA808]

If you've got a sludgy engine I think you're better off doing a piston soak or something to get as much carbon out before you start using VRP. It cleans really well, almost too well and starts sending all that stuff out through the exhaust. It ends up being pretty rough on the cat converter.

[@brandonhurst2188]

Im on my third change with the 5w20. The first two changes were real bad. The first being a ford blend and the second being the restore and protect. I noticed i had a bad EGR valve. After changing the oil and valve im now at 1500 miles on golden oil. I drive it hard and the stuff looks like new. Those EGR valves are a plague on us all.

[@DirtE30]

Interesting. I’d be curious to know what kind of filter you were using as well. I have seen nothing but problems from Motorcraft blend.

[@softwaresignals]

Clogged oil filters with Valvoline Restore and Protect (VRP) on older sludge-monster, carboned-up engines have been reported by others. If I were Valvoline, I would tell people that IF they have an engine with over 100,000 miles and want to use VRP, change the oil filter at 2,000 miles max, and the oil itself at 4,000 miles, just to be sure clogging doesn't affect much. At least for the first oil change with VRP. After that, 8 months and/or 8,000 miles would probably be fine.

[@Ibonic]

I think your major premise is just saying don't run the filter to 5k if you know your engine has a bunch of build up. I don't get why people are saying that you're talking crap lol. If i ran the restore and protect through my 08 Pontiac G6 part getting car with 265k, I'd change it at 3k to hopefully avoid the filter getting slam packed with gunk, just to help the process of the cleaning factor that this oil is known for. ESPECIALLY since if your filter is clogged, it'll just bypass and all that crud will just get thrown back in the engine which is kinda what we're trying to get rid of. Noice anything different with the vehicle before and after?

[@A2J_Tim]

cant get that oil in Chinanada

[@DirtE30]

Odd… Bet it will be available shortly. It’s pretty new. In the mean time just throw some Timmy’s down its yap… that’ll clean er up bud!

[@A2J_Tim]

@@DirtE30 I cant wait for it to be available I have a few vehicles I want to try it out on.

[@kevinkinsler]

Valvoline is Good Quality, and Fram is proven/good quality, Just stick with Fram Synthetic Endurance ##

[@pdlegend6829]

Watch the motor oil geeks 2 videos about this stuff. They go over how they make the stuff and explain why you need to change it often when first using it. They changed the formula to clean more slowly because in their tests they found if it cleaned TOO quickly it does just that. Clogs the filter and causes oil starvation. Thats why they recommend using over 4 or 5 oil changes, to clean it out slowly

[@bladecutter1]

That is one horribly spaced and not great looking Fram filter. i hope that was the free filter they throw in when you buy an "oil change kit" at O'Reilly's.

[@carriewuertz8945]

Wow, crazy

[@owenhill-vf7ko]

Stop the propaganda! If you have been doing 5k mile oil changes with synthetic this does not happen 😂. We have been using Valvoline Restore and Protect with zero issues because we properly maintain our vehicles. 3rd generation mechanic and engine builder.

[@lgoamity]

Fairly certain he mentioned this Engine had/has a sludge issue... So Yes while Valvoline does claim VRP won't clog the Filter during a normal Change Interval... It can't/doesn't guarantee an "abused" (dirty) engine won't show a heavily dirty filter. I myself am coming up on 3000 miles on my 2014 2.4L GMC Terrain's first interval with VRP and when I checked my filter at 811 miles it (FRAM Ultra Synthetic XG9018) it looked similar to this one... Can't say it had any heavy deposits... But compared to another vehicle's filter (@700 miles, uses same filters as the Terrain) it still retained much of its original color (K&N red)... IMO, I wasn't expecting the K&N to be in such good shape (that engine while having used Synthetic for much of its 21 Years/192k miles it had been consuming Oil, and I fully expected to see a lot more Carbon/build up... but VRP still did its job and the Engine didn't burn Oil during that Interval and seemed to perform very nicely with it... As for the Terrain's filter (which was a brilliant shock white when new and when Pleast were scraped or pressed it still revealed the white pleats underneath, until the Oil soaked back in. So yes the Filter did its job... The Oil on the Dipstick also still looks relatively "Clean" (clear/golden)... while not its original virtually translucent, hard to read on the Dipstick color.. it still wasn't anywhere near what other Oils tend to look like when it (the Oil and/or filter) is reaching a point where it either isn't suspending/retaining the Insolubles or its showing signs of age/early breakdown(?)... Suspect if the Filter (which for my Ultra Synthetic is like rated for 20,000 miles) were struggling the Oil would be showing a darker/dirtier color... But so far it's looking good Looking forward to seeing what my XG9018 looks like at 3000... Since my other vehicle (2003 Saturn ION) had always tended to show used filters to have a very twisted appearance after 3000-8000 mile service... The Ultra Synthetic with its "reinforced" mesh lining apparently should resolve that... Was also concerned how the used filters looked to "shrink" a bit after twisting... Was worried about performance issues... But Oil Analysis usually indicated that insolubles and Change Intervals were good... Just wish in the Big Picture Valvoline's Restore and Protect had been offered Years ago... to have "solved" my ION's Oil Consumption issues years ago... Then I could have spent more time/money on protecting its rusting Frame (which is what caused its "early" retirement in September... Not worth getting it Winter Ready when the Frame is like Sandstone... Just a matter of time the already large holes/cracks resulted in Catastrophic failure...

[@DirtE30]

What propaganda?! I said in the video we bought it with 125k miles on it, not my doing! It’s clearly not had good maintenance. I DO 5k mile synthetic changes and will going forward on this vehicle as well.

[@MrSamPhoenix]

The uploader didn’t say anything wrong. He basically said that Valvoline Restore and Protect is actually doing its job. He’s just recommending either doing a full oil change sooner, or at least change the oil filter a little often.

[@hoost3056]

Dude, the oil works and you putting up BUYER BEWARE is pure clickbait. Do better.

[@DirtE30]

The BUYER BEWARE is about the oil filter clogging issue… not the oil. It clearly works. I never said otherwise in the title or the video. See followup video.