Valvoline Restore & Protect 0w20

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by AzusaPrius, Sep 25, 2024.

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  1. johnHRP

    johnHRP Active Member

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    @AzusaPrius Any pictures?
     
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    You know I thought about it and its funny, the one time I do not take any, you ask for pictures.

    Nothing new, same filter and fresh oil.

    I only had an itch to take a picture of the magnetic drain plug but I did not have my phone on me and it is 100F outside so I did the slowest oil change ever but made sure to get every drop and was inside the cool house as all the oil drained.

    Ask me in 5,000 miles.....
     
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    All big brands will do a good job of protecting and keeping the engine clean. But anyone doing 10k mile oil changes and using 0W-20 is not helping the health of any engine. I personally do 3,000 mile oil changes and use Mobil 1 euro 0W-40. No oil issues and still high MPG.
     
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    If all big brands did such a good job of keeping an engine clean why was there a need to market an oil like Valvoline Restore and Protect? I think 5,000 mile oil change intervals are much more reasonable than 10,000 mile ones. Doing them at 3,000 is probably even better.
     
    #24 Jim Swart, Jul 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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    A sucker is born every day, especially those who neglected to change oil on time and hoping this oil will undo their procrastination
     
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    Any synthetic (group III or IV) engine oils can handle 5000 miles/6 months OCI for most case scenarios. Only some of us can do 10k miles OCI without oil consumptions beyond 200k miles. I also do 5-7k miles interval, depends on my driving conditions. In winter, short trips, I did 5k miles or less, and summer 7k miles. . I changed the oil in November and April .
     
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