I haven't seen any modern car manuals, but in every old one there was a list of different oil grades to use for operating in different ambient temperatures. It's never been a one size fits all situation. And as far as i know, the natural laws of physics haven't changed.
Filling the filter and that "priming" are some funny stuff 😂😂😂 Please explain how that so called priming procedure helps extend the life of the engine...combustion or something like that. Is that what you said? This oughta be good 😂 Did you look up the torque specs for you oil plug and filter too? If not, you better start doing that. 😂
5w30 for sure if you own a Pentastar V6 regardless of cap. Reliability over a marginal increase in fuel economy. Anything less than SAE 30 scares me. Especially in a turbocharged application. Lubrication is one thing, heat dissipation and thermal breakdown is another.
I'll try 5w-30 Valvoline Restore and Protect on my yes, 2017 V6 Pentastar with 166,000 miles. Bought it with 162,000 miles and dealership used Pennzoil Platinum. Asks for 5w-20 but same concept as other 5w-20 motors. I've only used 5w-30 or 10w-30 in previous vehicles. If 5w-30 is not a big difference between 5w-20 as far as performance and wear, then I'm confused why they went with it if the price is the same? Let me know if I'm in the ballpark or not as far as using the Valvoline Restore and Protect. After that many miles my Pentastar is probably needing a good oil.
Engines that have low tension piston rings require the lighter weight oils. The higher weight oils can cause the rings to gum up and stick in the piston grooves in these engines. This leads to cylinder wear and oil consumption.
My low mileage 16 year old no tick HEMI is switching over to ultra premium pennzoil 0w40 to boost hot idle pressure. 5w20 is asking for trouble in this tropical zone where I run my a/c more. I see no driving need to cross contamination for little benefit.
0W-30 is even better, especially if your engine has VVT. The 0 is slightly thinner when cold and supplies your engine with pressurized quicker. Not by much though.
You can run a thicker oil in the summertime, it's when you run thicker oil in winter, you will definitely hear a difference... your owners manual shows a graph on ranges of viscosity oils you can use at certain temperatures.
Work great but if your engine dirty your filter will clog faster all the break down so you might need a few filters after a few oil change the inner look way cleaner
There is no 5w20 engine or any other viscosity. I am using 5w30 in a toyota rav4 which calls for 0w16 and in a skyactive mazda which calls for 0w20. i have no issues with the engines compared to my friends which use liwer viscosities. The climate here is very hot and it seems like actually the thicker oil gives better protection for the same specs.
I love this oil! I’m running this in all four of my vehicles right now. They’re all high mileage. The reason I got into Valvoline restore and protect is because I bought my daughter a Hyundai and I didn’t realize it had such bad oil consumption issues. I heard about this oil and I decided to give it a shot. It has really been working. I’m on the second oil change with her vehicle, and I did the first oil change at 1500 miles and it came out jet black. All my other cars have been running better and stronger with this new oil. I think this is going to be what I use solely from now on. I’ve tried all of the other major brand oils. I used all the high mileage full synthetic stuff. But this VR&P is just better. Just remember that the first time you use it, you’re gonna need to change the oil in your cars at no more than 2000 miles because it’s gonna clean out a lot of old carbon and gunk deposits. When you’re on your second round of this stuff, you should be able to go about 3000 miles easy. By the third round you’re up to the standard 4 to 5 thousand mile mark and I’d never do oil changes after longer intervals than 5000 with any oil.
I use 5w30 in "some" 0w20 recommended engines. This is due to it being the exact same engine that was run on thicker oils years ago (bearing part numbers and clearances are identical) and was only done to try and meet stricter but pointless emissions standards.
Well the stores set the price, not Valvoline. Hence the reason it’s always been below 30$ at Walmart since launch. Learn before you state Valvoline Lowers the price
That helps answer the question. It must just be normal retail competition bringing down the price at stores that have been overcharging. Thanks for sharing.
