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Title: Amsoil test Post by: AV6NHBP6SPD on February 10, 2009, 11:12:32 AM finaly got my test kit. have to change oil now and send sample for testing to oil Analyzers
gona wait till it hits 9 or 10k so we will see how good this amsoil is amsoil 0W-30 full synthetic amsoil ea full synthetic filter they claim can be used for 25000miles under normal driving condition and 15000 under sever ill keep you guys posted (http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t55/sy272004/Trash/IMGP9270.jpg) after i gave them info they send me report with updated info overall severity of report shifted to #3 becouse of molybdenum is 22 and aperently there is none in synthetil oil so its leftovers from non syntetic oil. and TDN was too high? dont know they said that that 3.10 number is abnormal. probably couse of milage. so ill be changing it after 5000k now. Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: Mike on February 10, 2009, 12:19:54 PM I'm anxious to see the results. I haven't even started using synthetic oil yet.
Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: timot_one on February 10, 2009, 01:42:30 PM Sounds good man. I've always wanted to do a used oil analysis. I think I may look into that soon to see what's wrong with my motor.
Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: Heckler on February 14, 2009, 06:04:54 PM I've done a few. Amsoil's UOA on my K24 proved that 0w20 Mobil 1 is still superior. I could get more mileage out of the Amsoil but it's not worth the money. Pennzoil Platinum, on the other hand...which I would have switched too if I could find it in 0w20 consistently, is a little cheaper than M1 and provides wear numbers that are less than 0.04% worse than M1. It's barely measureable.
Amsoil kicked the crap out of Royal Purple which did worse than the motorcraft oil in my ancient s10 blazer with a v8 in it and nearly 300k miles. Royal Purple SUCKS! Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: Sworkhard on February 18, 2009, 12:27:05 PM 0w20 is probably mobil 1's best oil. Their 5w30 is probably their worst. It's also the one that a couple of oil companies are comparing thier oil to when they say their oil has 4x or 8x better wear than mobil1. I ran Penzoil Platinum 0w20 in my car for quite a while when i was driving a lot and as such just when to a local quicklube that carried the oil and it worked really well. Since then I switched to PP 5w30 trying to make my car sound less like a diesel with my ingall stiffy and it really quieted things down. Still starts good when its 30 below too.
Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: Mike on February 18, 2009, 01:15:13 PM Quote from: "Sworkhard" 0w20 is probably mobil 1's best oil. Their 5w30 is probably their worst. It's also the one that a couple of oil companies are comparing thier oil to when they say their oil has 4x or 8x better wear than mobil1. I ran Penzoil Platinum 0w20 in my car for quite a while when i was driving a lot and as such just when to a local quicklube that carried the oil and it worked really well. Since then I switched to PP 5w30 trying to make my car sound less like a diesel with my ingall stiffy and it really quieted things down. Still starts good when its 30 below too. -30 where are you from???? Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: timot_one on February 18, 2009, 02:10:35 PM He's from Cananadadadada Mike. I think I'm going to have to try some M1 0W20 when I use up my supply of M1 5W20. I should probably do a UOA first though.
Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: Sworkhard on February 18, 2009, 06:00:32 PM I'm from Canada. Gets down to a least that a couple of times a year. In December it was 20 below (5 below F) for several weeks but we usually see it drop to 40 below (same in F) 1-3 days a year. Add some wind chill to 25 below and it feels like -50(-58) to -60C (-76F). Bare skin will freeze like it's that cold too. Jan and feb have been around freezing for the most part which feels really warm after a cold spell.
Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: Skippy on February 23, 2009, 08:27:56 AM ...and my car throws a hissy fit while starting in 40 degree weather...hmmmph! She'd refuse to start in weather as cold as up there!
Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: Mike on February 23, 2009, 08:48:57 AM Quote from: "Theskip" ...and my car throws a hissy fit while starting in 40 degree weather...hmmmph! She'd refuse to start in weather as cold as up there! +1 My car doesn't like to start at around 20. I dont think the car or I would be able to tolerate those temp's. Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: AV6NHBP6SPD on February 23, 2009, 09:37:30 AM should be going to my friends garage to change oil and front brakes and resurfacing rotors so gona take oil sample and send it out
Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: Abailey4 on February 24, 2009, 10:15:10 AM Good stuff Misha!
Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: AV6NHBP6SPD on February 24, 2009, 10:22:52 AM changed oil yetsterday. collected sample. sending it out today
Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: Abailey4 on February 24, 2009, 10:27:41 AM So this will be your first batch of oil you've got analyzed? Which are you doing next?
Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: AV6NHBP6SPD on February 24, 2009, 10:34:45 AM im just doing this to find out life of this oil to see how long i can use it between oil changes
Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: AV6NHBP6SPD on February 26, 2009, 08:25:27 AM ops just noticed its in K series section. Tim can you move it to J series. thanks
Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: AV6NHBP6SPD on March 11, 2009, 09:33:51 AM got my test results back. brb with scanned copy. i will get another report soon couse i called them to give them make and model of car and oil so they can compare to original. they said better to change it at 7k based on results they got. so might just change every 5K
Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: Sworkhard on March 17, 2009, 01:52:50 PM Did they say why? fuel dilution, additive pack running low, etc?
Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: Abailey4 on March 17, 2009, 04:13:38 PM Misha, the place you sent your samples to... were they called Blackstone or something like that?
Also what do you guys think of this? My cousin is over on acurazine cuz he has a 03' TLs. He says(I'm guessing the same gen as his) that a few guys have sent their Amsoil samples out and they've come back saying they can go like 35,000 miles between oil changes. Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: AV6NHBP6SPD on March 17, 2009, 04:17:39 PM ill post results tonight., mainly couse there are stuff left from other oil that was used before.
Title: Re: Amsoil test Post by: AV6NHBP6SPD on March 20, 2009, 06:55:04 PM picture is up.
after i gave them info they send me report with updated info overall severity of report shifted to #3 becouse of molybdenum is 22 and aperently there is none in synthetil oil so its leftovers from non syntetic oil. and TDN was too high? dont know they said that that 3.10 number is abnormal. probably couse of milage. so ill be changing it after 5000k now. Conclusion. their claimed 25k under normal and 15k under sever is BS probably be looking for oil i can get in stores. |