Reviews of VALVOLINE engine oil

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Based on 275 reviews and 840 votes

840 votes

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4.5

Exhaust smoke:

4.5

Warning light:

4.8

Engine noise:

4.6

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VALVOLINE

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VALVOLINE › Engine oil

TisABummer 23 Oct 2025, 07:14

Rating 5.0

Just use valvoline restore and protect and you’re safe to go! My elantra is a 2021 with 43k miles and I haven’t had even one issue with the engine so far. I bought it with 41k miles and there’s nothing like the peace of mind I sense knowing I can rely on it to take me where I need to go. Idk if it’s the oil or what, but I’m impressed.

Pros: engine reliability, peace of mind

Vehicle: Hyundai Elantra

Mileage: 43000 km

VALVOLINE › Engine oil

Korax234 23 Oct 2025, 01:50

Rating 5.0

Valvaline Restore & protect is the best oil to use when getting up there in miles. It slowly cleans the engine. It’s all i run in all my vehicles now. My Clarity has 133k miles with no issues.

Pros: cleans engine, no issues

Vehicle: Honda

Mileage: 133000 km

VALVOLINE › Engine oil

justkdang 22 Oct 2025, 22:48

Rating 5.0

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I use 5w-30 Valvoline Restore & Protect, I’m from the SoCal low desert region. Never had an issue, changed every 5,000 miles (nearly once a months cause I commute so much for work).

Pros: no issues, reliable performance

Vehicle: Mazda 3

Mileage: 202777 km

VALVOLINE › Engine oil

MetaphysicalEngineer 18 Oct 2025, 15:15

Rating 5.0

Started using restore and protect a few months and 4k miles ago. No leaks either.

Pros: no leaks

Mileage: 6437 km

VALVOLINE › Engine oil

No_Assistant_9347 18 Oct 2025, 13:02

Rating 1.0

I do believe that Valvoline R and R can cause oil leaks. I have noticed that in a couple of cars.

Cons: can cause oil leaks

VALVOLINE › Engine oil

Mindless_Ticket3733 11 Oct 2025, 17:11

Rating 4.5

I run Valvoline Restore and Protect. It may be overkill, but I change it every 4-5,000 miles.

Pros: reliable protection

Cons: may be overkill

Mileage: 8047 km

VALVOLINE › Engine oil

RandomSteam20 10 Oct 2025, 15:54

Rating 4.0

Exhaust smoke:

If you wanna try and solve the oil burning though, try using either Valvoline Restore and Protect 5w-30 engine oil at your next oil change (and use it for top ups as well) or Valvoline Maxlife 5w-30. If you find your burning oil while driving, it’s probably gummed up piston rings in which case use the Restore and Protect- it’ll take a bit (4 consecutive oil changes) but it’s the only off the shelf oil available that will completely clean the rings and stop the burning.

Pros: cleans piston rings, stops oil burning

Cons: requires multiple oil changes

VALVOLINE › Engine oil

mxguy762 10 Oct 2025, 04:22

Rating 4.0

Exhaust smoke:

I've been running Valvoline for the moly content. Not burning oil yet, fingers crossed.

Pros: not burning oil

VALVOLINE › Engine oil

B00_Sucker 23 Sep 2025, 18:36

Rating 5.0

Engine noise:

I'd recommend using some Valvoline for your oil changes from now on, particularly their Restore & Protect line. It shut those noisy lifters up in 2 oil changes on my old '09 Avalon, and good lord did it flush out a bunch of gunk I didn't know was in there. I got a few MPG's more after it was said and done, too, and she ran happy.

Pros: quiets lifters, flushes gunk, improved MPG

Vehicle: Toyota Avalon