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Originally Posted by BlkGS
Watched a semi hype video from the oil geek about this oil. They went into a lot of detail about how it is not just a normal oil. It's also not formulated anything like their older cleaning oil because I guess that cleaned too quickly for automotive filters.
It's a semi interesting watch, but seeing as it also gave major infomercial vibes, I dunno that I'd take it at face value.
The real question is what do you think needs cleaned up, and why?
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Yes, has some infomercial tone to it...but all claims are explained and not exaggerated. Lake Speed jr (the Oil Geek guy) may have some good relations with them (professional or otherwise), but he does stick with the facts he is aware of.
I do not see any issues with oil consumption in my car, but after 111K miles it must have some carbon accumulation on the rings and the intake valves. So I hope to clean the rings and the combustion chamber. Also, based on the info given in the videos, there may be a residual cleaning action from the exhaust recirculation system carrying the blow by gases mixed with the oil over the intake valves. But this is not something they measured or advertised. They only advertised the rings and combustion chamber.
Direct injection does not clean valves, so short of walnut blast or other invasive methods that require opening the engine block, this may be the safest way to try to ensure the intake valves are clean. If they are still clean, it will not hurt.
However, it supposed to take about 2-4 oil changes for the rings to clean up. So this is not a detergent flush type of process, but a regular oil (with mild detergent qualities) used during normal operation.