Anyone try Valvoline Restore & Protect oil in their older small engines?

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Yardman999

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My never-rebuilt CH22 is now 31 years old, and is starting to show its age a little. I just replaced the oil and filter, but now am reading about Valvoline Restore and Protect oil giving interesting results in cleaning older automotive engines (rings, etc.). Anyone tried that oil in their small engines? And, if so, what were the results?
 
Never used it but need to be careful especially on dosing, And make sure the additive is compatible with air cooled engines. I have seen some automotive additives that turned the 10w30 engine oil into #2 grease when used in air cooled engines.
 
ILENGINE said:
Never used it but need to be careful especially on dosing, And make sure the additive is compatible with air cooled engines. I have seen some automotive additives that turned the 10w30 engine oil into #2 grease when used in air cooled engines.
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Valvoline Restore and Protect is a new synthetic engine oil geared towards automotive applications. Personally, I won't use it in my OPE. I have some in my F-150.
 
Yardman999 said:
My never-rebuilt CH22 is now 31 years old, and is starting to show its age a little. I just replaced the oil and filter, but now am reading about Valvoline Restore and Protect oil giving interesting results in cleaning older automotive engines (rings, etc.). Anyone tried that oil in their small engines? And, if so, what were the results?
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I won't use it in my OPE. I prefer a 10W40 four stroke motorcycle oil in my stuff.
 
I tried it in my 1975 IH 184 lo boy with a couple thousand hours on it. Didn't seem to make any difference. Switching from 10w-30 to 15w-40 worked better.
 
Seriously? I use my used engine oil from the car. Mowers don't need Rolls Royce Turbine oil to run. My old car oil is nearly as clean as it was when new.
 
I am not a believer of oil additives. If the engine runs without problems, don't try to improve anything. If it does develop a light regular smoking problem later on, in will likely be due to aged valve seals cracking, and there is no additive to correct that except replace the valve seals.

The "snake oil" additives seldom do any good except drain your wallet a half pint at a time.
 
Auto Doc's said:
I am not a believer of oil additives. If the engine runs without problems, don't try to improve anything. If it does develop a light regular smoking problem later on, in will likely be due to aged valve seals cracking, and there is no additive to correct that except replace the valve seals.

The "snake oil" additives seldom do any good except drain your wallet a half pint at a time.
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I beg to differ. 6 bottles of motor honey and a couple quarts of 40 wt. Helped me in high school to sell a 63 Galaxie with a ragged out 352.
 
The subject of my question was not an additive, but an oil (VR&P). Of course, all modern engine oils have additives.

But, yes, be careful of separate/later additives. If I don't have better on hand, I do use STP Oil Treatment as an engine assembly lube.
 
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