Got Oil?

daddo

I have just put Amsoil in my work truck with a new oil filter and won't have to change my oil again for 35,000 miles or 1 year. I only need to change the oil filter at 12,500 miles. The cost is less than the usual 3,000 mile change and I'm getting the benifit of no oil breakdown, better mileage and longer engine wear. I have talked to ranchers that use nothing but Amsoil in their work trucks and tractors and put as much as 300,000 miles on them- the truck wears out before the engine.
Anyone here ever use Amsoil?

Blokey

Amsoil is great stuff. I use it in all my vehicles and even my two lawnmowers. Initially for years I used Mobil 1, then Red Line (which I still use in the trannies, rear ends, power steering and coolant) but switched to Amsoil about 2 years ago. The reason is I checked the typical batch properties and the Series 2000 0W-30 that I use has one of the higher viscosity index and T.B.N. values of the oils I checked. The high T.B.N. is one of the main reasons you can extend the drain interval of that oil. I still, however, do two oil/filter changes a year, spring and fall, which works out to about 6000 miles.

soop

I`ve read about it but never found any in the stores I shop. Where can I buy it?

Blokey

soopershot,

Go to http://www.amsoil.com and you can order it direct online.

daddo

Don't let the price scare you off- it's acually less costly to use Amsoil, than to use regular oil.

bwa

daddo,

I agree that it's quality stuff. I run it in my truck's transmission. But is it economical to use it in engines which use some oil and require adding some every so often? Also, don't all oils turn black from cylinder blowby gases, etc. and require fairly frequent changes?

Lowrider

I use Amsoil 20W50 motorcycle oil in my Harley and my wife's Yamaha Virago but I still change oil and filter every 3000 miles.

I use Castrol 10W40 Syntec full synthetic in all my four-wheeled vehicles.



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daddo

All oil will turn dark, but this has no bearing on it's ability to do it's job. Only when the oil breaks down due to heat, or becomes contaminated (this can be tested). It is wise to use the Amsoil filter which will trap down to ( I beleive)5- 10 microns.
If you have a badly leaking engine, I would repair it first. If you have more than 60,000 miles on the engine, you should flush the engine first. The Amsoil will not leave varnish and carbon deposits in the engine as with mineral (regular) oils and the seals will not be damaged as with mineral oils.
Most oils from the eastern states (as pennzoil, quaker state) contain a wax base which coats the inner engine with gunk. Others like castoroil, have a carbon base which is abrasive and leaves carbon deposits.
Most so-called synthetics by other oil companies are not really synthetics at all, but further refined mineral oil. How they can call them synthetics is beyond me!
yes- it could be exspensive to put oil in an engine that leaks it too fast.