Testing different oils over 4 years and 1 MILLION miles

Josh from Valvoline conducted this test for almost 4 years at the Valvoline Test Facility in Kentucky, and we were lucky to get to come in just for the end to see the results. Obviously, you'd assume that synthetic oil is superior to conventional oil, but we weren't certain exactly what we'd see when we got the engines apart. The side-by-side was one of the coolest things we've seen.

Obviously, this video was sponsored by Valvoline, #ad , but we at Gears and Gasoline filmed and edited the whole production except the footage of the cars on the dyno and subsequent engine pulls, and we did not modify any of the footage to change the look of the results. This is how it happened.

Music:
Next Door Stomp - Rest & Settle - H1JODGP4XSOFEFFY
Alaska Jam - IAmDaylight
Dawn - nuer self
District Zero - Raz Burg
War Zone - IAmDaylight
Sunset - nuer self
Hypnotized - Cast of Characters - UQ0MVVQNHKRRXQM6
IHF - magiksolo

Chapter Titles:
00:00 - first things first this is Valvoline-styled but we made this
01:00 - Josh and Jon are better mechanics, but we make better videos
03:12 - fOrD eNgInEs DoNt LaSt 500K!!1! some stuff failed but they made it
04:25 - the reveal
06:43 - we didn't get footage, but the tensioner wasn't tensioning
10:00 - the nitty-gritty details
12:41 - this blew my mind

[jellofuel]

Meanwhile at G&G HQ, Mark is tired, bleeding, and surrounded by the corpses of blown up 4 cylinder engines. As if there's not enough teardowns happening there, both bens are tearing down engines somewhere else too. Burning with righteous indignation, he LS swaps everything in sight. Ben's Civic is now unlimited because it makes like 500 whp. And the Eclipse is actually a good car now.

[patrickvanherk]

Lots of comments complaining, but it was fun to watch and informative aswell. There is a need for ads and sponsorships but this way I don't mind them at all 👍

[BillyTheTeen]

Commercial or not, it's awesome to see how much of a difference the oil type makes!
I'm really looking forward to next Saturday's episode!

[samsupra]

some people complaining its a 15 min Ad are wrong. it's an interesting video comparing conventionnal to synthetic oil. it could have been any other brand of oil. the test is not telling you ohh valvoline is so much better than any other. its comparing valvoline synthetic vs valvoline conventionnal
The result are what i expected.. a lot more varnish and build up with conventionnal oil.

[Digitalsurfer]

This is a fantastic proof that no matter what products you use. Proper maintenance is the key to the long life of a vehicle

[skanetic]

I'd be interested in seeing conventional at a 3-5k mile oil change interval vs the synthetic at 10k mile. Currently running Restore and Protect in my 200k mile GX470 so it's cool to see a glimpse into the engineering and testing side as it highlights where that extra cost of Valvoline actually gets spent.

[HankTheTankAMP]

Impressive.

Now let’s see Paul Allen’s oil

[Rephyc]

Love that Valvoline gave you guys the opportunity to show us the differences between the two oil types. Given it’s just their brand but still very cool to see what differences they had!
Good to know I’ll still be running their 5w40 full synthetic in my 2004 STi.

[ACedricArmstrong]

Just bought my wife an Explorer with 2.3 EB last Saturday: The video is confirmation of which oil I need to stick with.

[blazedxjan]

I love the racing and build videos. But it's nice to learn about the engineering of something as simple as engine oil.

[craigiefconcert]

Ben Lin to valvoline after filming:

So….you done with these engines? We kind of need a couple…😂😂😂

[sarahdell]

While this is an ad, it’s very easy to not watch the video if it doesn’t interest you.

These are free videos. Complaining makes zero sense.

Also, Valvoline has sponsored motor sports for a very long time and have stood behind some cool projects.

[craigiefconcert]

Now put that conventional engine back together and start running it with valvoline restore and protect.

[Cassinspace]

How many of us would get to see engines torn apart in a comparison without this sponsorship? This is awesome. Thanks Bens!

[hollowpoint]

My biggest takeaway from this video is that 10k oil change intervals aren't as bad as I thought.

[TheGorillaBiker]

I'm sure some people will whinge about this but personally, thanks for doing it. No way would I ever get to see this otherwise and I love this stuff. Very cool test, really well done video, I want to work for Valvoline now 😂

[DEADPEDAL]

How cool is it that you get to partner with such a huge and historied brand like Valvoline. I'm so glad I only use synthetic in my vehicles. This really gave me more peace of mind.

[XxXDOMINIONXxX]

moral of the story. use whatever oil you want, just change it when its supposed to be changed lol.

[easygoingdude]

This is the right way to do a sponsor video. Show don’t tell

[jithendrashankar]

Never have I watched a video with such a detailed comparison study between the regular mineral and synthetic oil usage. Very good work and educative. Thanks for sharing 😊