Ams vs regular vs synthetic oil
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I use Amsoil in everything and there are a few guys on the site that get it thru me also. But this topic has been hammered a bunch. Hopefully i can link the last one in here it turned out to be prety informative. Try searching it, it will proly be endless also.
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...-10w30-159736/
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...-10w30-159736/
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I use Royal Purple because it makes me feel good and I can push oil change intervals to twice a year. So it ends up costing me no different than regular dino.
The guys that use synthetic swear by it, the guys who don't use it laugh at the ones who do. If you are consistent with following your maintenance intervals and drive under normal conditions it probably doesn't matter what you use.
Probably not what you wanted to hear but it's basically the truth. You should do the search and read the threads ad-nauseum until you are convinced what product to spend your money on.
The guys that use synthetic swear by it, the guys who don't use it laugh at the ones who do. If you are consistent with following your maintenance intervals and drive under normal conditions it probably doesn't matter what you use.
Probably not what you wanted to hear but it's basically the truth. You should do the search and read the threads ad-nauseum until you are convinced what product to spend your money on.
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I'm using Amsoil 15W50 right now, but I haven't noticed too much difference between that and the Mobile 10W30 synthetic I had before. Oil pressure is a little higher at idle. I think I will switch back to a Mobile synthetic next time. I like to change the oil more than once every two years or what ever Amsoil says is ok..
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I'm using Amsoil 15W50 right now, but I haven't noticed too much difference between that and the Mobile 10W30 synthetic I had before. Oil pressure is a little higher at idle. I think I will switch back to a Mobile synthetic next time. I like to change the oil more than once every two years or what ever Amsoil says is ok..
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What I'm saying is for twice the cost of Mobile, I don't think its worth it. Each oil change would cost about about a quarter of the price of a new engine with Amsoil. While, I'd rather have the engine last than buy a new engine every couple years, I really doubt Amsoil is much (if any) better than Mobile.
There is so much hype about Amsoil- the old website would have had you believe running Amsoil is a quasi-religious experience.
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yeah, got my change- change your place of residence since the Dem's want to give a lot of money to corporate / big business. (thought the republicans were the ones to do that?) never seen the Republicans give out over a billion dollars, much less a trillion, to any particular industry....
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For sure. I doubt a 15w50 Amsoil is measurably different from a 15w50 Mobile when it comes to oil pressure. I guess it wasn't clear.
What I'm saying is for twice the cost of Mobile, I don't think its worth it. Each oil change would cost about about a quarter of the price of a new engine with Amsoil. While, I'd rather have the engine last than buy a new engine every couple years, I really doubt Amsoil is much (if any) better than Mobile.
There is so much hype about Amsoil- the old website would have had you believe running Amsoil is a quasi-religious experience.
What I'm saying is for twice the cost of Mobile, I don't think its worth it. Each oil change would cost about about a quarter of the price of a new engine with Amsoil. While, I'd rather have the engine last than buy a new engine every couple years, I really doubt Amsoil is much (if any) better than Mobile.
There is so much hype about Amsoil- the old website would have had you believe running Amsoil is a quasi-religious experience.
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First, www.bobistheoilguy.com for wayyy more info than you would think possible about oil ...
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