NEXGEN valvoline 50% used oil

[Sabretooth]

I am looking for more oil and came across this what do you guys think of it?
Well guess the one of the large company's is now going to tell us used oil is now good for our vehicles. First up is Vavoline NextGen oil in the green bottle

Recycled Motor Oil | Find 50 Percent Recycled Oil in Valvoline NextGen

Save $10 trying it via MIR also pepboys has a $3dollar coupon I got one in a email from them
Online Printable Coupon - $3 Off Do-It-Yourself Valvoline NextGen Oil Change with Any Fram Oil Filter | Pep Boys

Figure I will wait for someone else to give it a shot and report back if the engine blew up,seized up or not

 

[allis180]

I had not seen it. Thanks for the update. I'm fortunate that I don't put that many hours on my tractor, so I don't have to change out fluids at accelerated intervals. I'm with you. I'll sit back and wait for the reports on how it does.

 

[Patches]

They've been recycling engine oil for years; if memory serves, back in the day, I ran Gulf "Sapphire" in my '50 Chevy and I believe that was "reconditioned" drain oil. I've seen the recent ads for the Valvoline recycled stuff, and according to the ads, it passes at least some of the ASI guidelines

 

[crash325]

Recycled oil has been around since I was a kid. First it is filtered and then refined back to pure oil. At that point the additives are put in. Generally speaking it is as good or maybe better than first run oil.

 

[kub32guy]

I was in the parts store about two weeks ago and asked one of the employees if anyone asked if any actually paid the same price for something with half used oil. He laughed and said he actually did some research and with all the additives it has it is very close to synthetic oil but cheaper. I haven't looked into it but sounds interesting.

 

[Sabretooth]

Yes I know but what was around back when I was a kid was not recycled oil it was just reused oil. Oil that went in a tank and skimmed leaving most of the crap at bottom there was nothing done to it! this says it was like MY quote "spring water purified" and added to conventional new oil.

Now my understanding was oil actually breaks down from heating,cooling and impurities introduced into it had do you regenerate that then?
Thats why Synthetics do so well because they do not break down like that?
or do I have it wrong ?

 

[lostcause]

i'm all for any alternative energy and recycling solutions that will work on a practical level. i'll admit i know absolutely nothing about this stuff, other than having seen a tv commercial for it several weeks ago. i'll work on the assumption that it works correctly, as i do with any sort of energy technology - unless i discover otherwise at a later date. my only concerns relate to the cost and carbon footprint required to create it.

regardless of the cost to the end user, i want to know the cost make this as compared to fresh organic and synthetic oils. with a lot of energy efficient and/or recycled products, the end user sees a reasonable price, but we don't always know what sort of incentives have been given to the manufacturer to sell it at this price. it may seem cheap at the counter, but if there have been any tax breaks, grants, or other incentives to create this, then the price may not be as it seems. granted, i believe there are times when we should pay a premium if it promotes recycling or energy efficiency, but it should be in a reasonable range.

in my part of the country, many businesses that generate waste oil use it as a heating fuel for their shops. there aren't a lot of better / cheaper heating solutions compared to fuel oil, because we lack bulk natural gas, and solar and geothermal aren't as common in this area. if we get to the point where much of the waste oil is recycled, some of these shops will revert to burning #2 oil for their heating needs. if this is the case, is it worth having to generate more #2 for their heating so the waste oil can be recycled into motor oil? there must be a lot of energy and some waste expended to re-create motor oil, so even though it is a good technology, is there a net gain in the production of it, if you are creating one void to fill another?

 

[Car Doc]

Oil doesn't break down it actually gets better @ the molecular level the longer its "used" the thing that happens is oil gets polluted with burnt and un-burnt fuel (carbon) etc and changes color and isn't pure oil any more it gets abrasive and corrosive.

I am all for recycling oil I hope they do 100% of it that will reduce our dependency on it by roughly 1/2 for motor oil anyway if I am thinking right.

Plus it will create an aftermarket for small waste oil generators like me and could put another profit line in my business. :thumbsup:

 

[LBrown59]

They've been recycling engine oil for years; if memory serves, back in the day, I ran Gulf "Sapphire" in my
I believe that was "reconditioned" drain oil. I've seen the recent ads for the Valvoline recycled stuff, and according to the ads, it passes at least some of the ASI guidelines

My firstr car was a 50 Chevy.
I bought it in 1958 at the age of 17.

 

[Patches]

My firstr car was a 50 Chevy.
I bought it in 1958 at the age of 17.

I picked mine up in '57 at the ripe old age of 16