Innovation, Efficiency and Solutions

Our mechanized society cannot function without lubricants. The dilemma is oil is both necessary for our lifestyle and potentially destructive to nature. Quite simply, we must select innovative, efficient products that will help solve our pollution problems.

The introduction of AMSOIL synthetic motor oil in 1972 set all new standards for motor oil quality. AMSOIL lubricants are 100% synthetic. They are specially designed to protect engine components, reduce emissions, last longer, reduce fuel consumption and prevent environmental pollution. From the beginning, AMSOIL synthetic motor oils have out-performed conventional petroleum motor oils on all counts.

AMSOIL synthetic motor oils resist chemical breakdown and the formation of sludge, keeping engines cleaner. They have been specifically designed not to oxidize, volatilize or shear back, resulting in a motor oil that lasts longer than conventional petroleum motor oils. While petroleum motor oil manufacturers recommend oil changes every 3,000 miles, AMSOIL synthetic motor oils protect engine components up to 35,000 miles or one year, dramatically extending oil change intervals.

 

AMSOIL Prescription for Prevention

According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pollution Prevention Requirements, the first step in revitalizing a cleaner nation is pollutant source reduction.  AMSOIL accomplishes this by extending the interval between motor oil changes which can reduce the source of motor oil pollution more than 11 times.

It is estimated that over 240 million gallons of oil are improperly discarded annually. Dumping 240 million gallons of oil is nearly the same as two Exxon Valdez spills each month. Just one quart of used oil can produce a two-acre oil slick. One gallon of oil can make one million gallons of water too foul to drink and 35 ppm of oil will kill fish. Improperly disposed used oil is dangerous.

Improperly dumped used oil seeps through landfills into ground water, disrupts bacterial digestion in sewer treatment plants and washes into lakes and harbors. At present, used motor oil is the largest single source of oil pollution in our nation’s waterways. Certainly the first thing we can do is not create so much used oil to begin with, and recycle the used oil we have. Both synthetic and conventional motor oils can be recycled at any used oil recycling center. Virtually every city in the United States has multiple used oil collection sites for free recycling.

 

Preventing Billions of Quarts from being Dumped

 Most automobile manufacturers recommend oil drain intervals of 3,000 to 6,000 miles for petroleum motor oils. AMSOIL recommends up to a 35,000-mile oil change which is 5 to 11 times fewer oil changes. Just think about the savings on the environment if, for example, the 243 million cars (excluding trucks, buses and taxis) in the United States were equipped with AMSOIL motor oil. Assuming an average service-life of 100,000 miles and an oil capacity of 5 quarts each, 20.2 billion to 40.5 billion quarts of used oil will be generated during a regular service lifetime (with regular oil changes every 3,000 to 6,000 miles). If 40.5 billion quarts of used oil were put into 55-gallon barrels and lined up, the line would stretch from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. and back 12 times. Alternatively, if each of those 243 million cars was equipped with AMSOIL synthetic motor oils and following oil drain intervals of 7,500 to 35,000 miles, only 3.5 billion to 16.2 billion quarts of oil would be consumed in the same period. That is a reduction of anywhere from 4 to 37 billion quarts of oil, just by switching to AMSOIL motor oils.

AMSOIL Solutions

For over three decades, AMSOIL INC. has been recognized as the leader in synthetic lubrication technology. AMSOIL was the first to introduce a synthetic motor oil qualified by the American Petroleum Institute, the first to recommend 25,000-mile/one-year drain intervals, the first to recommend 35,000-mile/one-year drain intervals, and the first to implement a system for dramatically increasing drain intervals with oil analysis. Decades of research, laboratory analysis and millions of engine miles have kept AMSOIL the leader in automotive applications for synthetic lubrication. Although the results have paid off in maximizing efficiency and minimizing waste, more can be done. AMSOIL is the leader in synthetics and will continue to explore ways to reduce environmental impact through continued research, analysis and product development.

 

Looking Toward the Future

The life of a lubricant is dependent on the quality of the oil and the filtration system’s ability to keep it clean. Using the AMSOIL TRIGARD engine protection plan dramatically extends oil drain intervals, saves time, money and offers peace of mind. This three-pronged approach delivers superior motor oil technology, superior filtration technology and a customer-focused testing service that detects any unforeseen issues and predicts when adjustments or oil and filter changes are necessary. Less oil changed means less oil disposal and less oil pollution. With regard to the environment, the AMSOIL TRIGARD engine protection plan is the most technologically sound, environmentally friendly motor oil program to reduce oil disposal.

Ecological and Economical Benefit

REDUCES EMISSIONS, INCREASES ENGINE LIFE
Each year nearly 600 million gallons of motor oil are burned and exit through the tailpipes of cars and trucks, creating emissions pollution. Petroleum oils volatilize (burn off) more readily than AMSOIL synthetic oils and create more emissions pollution. The graph below shows the results of 11 oils that underwent the NOACK Volatility Test. Of all the oils tested, AMSOIL shows dramatically less weight loss. The thicker oil left behind after volatilization contributes to damaging deposits, sticky piston rings and oil blow-by, all of which cause reduced engine life, reduced fuel economy and increased air pollution.

GREATER FUEL ECONOMY
The advanced lubricity (slipperiness) of AMSOIL synthetic lubricants has been proven to increase fuel economy by 2-5%. AMSOIL reduces friction and allows your engine to use its heat-energy more efficiently.

HOW MUCH IS 5%?
If a person averages more than 15,000 miles each year, and spends an average of $3.10 per gallon of gas, a 5% savings would be more than $88 per year (assuming an average of 25 mpg).

Introduction: Power and Fuel Economy

 Conventional motor oils tend to “boil off” in high temperatures. Vaporized oils grow thick and heavy. They circulate poorly, reduce fuel efficiency and contribute to excessive emissions and engine wear.Of course, oil consumption skyrockets as oil boils off. AMSOIL synthetic motor oils’ superior vaporization resistance keeps fuel economy high, oil circulation efficient, and oil consumption, emissions, and most importantly, engine wear, to a minimum. AMSOIL synthetic motor oils allow engines to run smoother and easier, producing more power and performance and better fuel economy.

NOACK: Maximize Fuel Economy, Reduce Emissions

The NOACK Volatility Test determines the evaporation loss of lubricants in high temperature service. The more motor oils vaporize, the thicker and heavier they become, contributing to poor circulation, reduced fuel economy and increased oil consumption, wear and emissions.  AMSOIL Synthetic Motor Oil maintains peak fuel efficiency and reduces oil consumption and emissions.  

 

Oil volatility is the measure of how susceptible oil is to boil-off under high heat conditions. Petroleum oils experience significant boil-off during high temperature engine operation and subsequently higher oil consumption. Evaporation loss contributes to damaging deposits, sticky piston rings and oil blow-by, resulting in a drag on performance and reduced engine life. Synthetic oils are far more impervious to this kind of degradation. The lower volatility of synthetics is another reason they are also better for the environment than conventional products.

 

SAE Test – Result: 8.2% Savings  in Big Trucks

The Society of Automotive Engineers has devised a test to measure fuel consumption and fuel economy. In a demonstration involving over-the-road trucks an improvement of 8.2% was achieved by switching from conventional lubes to synthetic lubricants (in this case AMSOIL products) in the drivetrain and engine.

Here’s an interesting, undisputed fact. By every one of these measures premium synthetic motor oils are superior to conventional petroleum motor oils. This truth is never even questioned by industry professionals.

So why, one might ask, isn’t everyone using synthetic motor oils and lubes? Here’s one possible reason. To divert attention away from the performance measures above the major oil companies focus on one other measure: price. 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Newly Reformulated AMSOIL P.I. Gasoline Additive

Newly reformulated AMSOIL P.I. (Performance Improver) provides unsurpassed fuel economy and performance. Today’s fuels vary in quality and additive treat levels. Although a certain level of detergent additive is required by law to be formulated into gasoline, cost restrictions cause refineries to use low quality additives in the lowest additive concentration (LAC), a level insufficient to prevent deposit accumulation. As a result, deposits accumulate on fuel injectors, intake valves and combustion chambers, often within just a few thousand miles, disrupting spray patterns, affecting electronic sensors and causing a multitude of problems.

The newly formulated AMSOIL P.I. Performance Improver is the most potent gasoline additive available today. As a concentrated detergent, it is unsurpassed in cleaning combustion chamber deposits, intake valve deposits and port fuel injector deposits, eliminating the need for expensive fuel injector cleaning procedures. The product is ideal for use prior to emissions inspections. It also helps maintain peak engine efficiency, fuel economy, power and drivability in newer low mileage engines. In engines with accumulated deposits, testing showed AMSOIL P.I. provided the following clean-up benefits after only one tank of gasoline:

• Improves fuel mileage an average of 2.3% and up to 5.7%

• Reduced emissions ~ hydrocarbons (HC) up to 15% ~ carbon monoxide (CO) up to 26% ~ nitrous oxides (NOx) up to 17%

• Restored power and performance

• Reduced need for costly higher octane fuel

• Reduced noise from carbon rap and pre-ignition

• Better drivability

• Smoother operation

 

Usage Recommendations: Treat one full tank of gas every 4,000 miles or 100 hours of service. One bottle treats 20 gallons of gas. Do not treat and run more than 40 gallons of gas per treatment. P.I. helps pass emissions tests. Treat gas, run that tank and fill up again prior to test. Safe for use with catalytic converters, oxygen sensors, oxygenated gas and 10% ethanol blended gas. Ideally, P.I. should be poured into the tank prior to filling it up with gas, but it will mix thoroughly when added after fill-up through normal agitation from driving.

Introduction

The uninformed have always assumed that AMSOIL synthetic lubricants were more expensive than conventional products. It is true that the initial cost is higher than most petroleum-based products, but an investment in AMSOIL synthetic lubricants is an investment in your business. AMSOIL saves businesses money by improving fuel economy, reducing maintenance costs and downtime, and extending drain intervals.

Reduced Maintenance

Because AMSOIL lubricants are superior to conventional products, equipment maintenance is needed less often. The unsurpassed protection, cleaning and cooling properties of AMSOIL keep moving parts looking and working like new, reducing equipment malfunctions and failures.

Extended Drain Intervals

Extended drain intervals are key to improving

bottom lines. Changing fluids less often means buying them less often. It also means equipment is in the shop less often, reducing maintenance needs and downtime and improving efficiency.

Less maintenance and extended drains mean less downtime, and less downtime means equipment is working more often and getting more done. It also means less time spent working on equipment when there are other things to be done.

Longer Lasting Equipment

AMSOIL products improve equipment’s durability because they provide superior protection. Less wear, stress and strain on moving parts allows equipment to last longer, reducing replacement costs.

Better Fuel Economy

Fuel economy is becoming more important with each passing year. Gas and diesel prices keep rising, putting a major strain on businesses that rely on vehicles and heavy equipment in their daily operations. AMSOIL synthetic lubricants improve fuel economy by allowing moving parts to move more freely,

using less energy and creating less friction than when conventional lubricants are used. The use of AMSOIL synthetic motor oil, gear lubes and

transmission fluids can have a profound impact on fuel economy. Industry tests demonstrate an average conservative decrease in fuel consumption by two to five percent by switching to synthetic lubricants. Many AMSOIL customers report even larger gains in fuel economy. Doesn’t seem like much? Imagine a fleet of 100 class 8 vehicles running an average 120,000 miles per year at an average 6.5 mpg with diesel fuel at $4.29 a gallon. Using those numbers, the fleet spends $7,920,000.00 on fuel annually. A switch to AMSOIL products improves the fleet’s mpg by 4 percent, reducing fuel costs to $7,603,200.00. That’s a savings of $316,800.00, enough for 73,846 gallons of fuel.  Read More

Waste Oil Disposal

Extended drain intervals also prevent the disposal of additional waste oil. Disposing of used oil is typically costly and barrels of used oil take up a great deal of space in the shop. A fleet of 60 vehicles using conventional oil and conventional oil change intervals produces 1,080 gallons of waste oil every year. By switching to AMSOIL, that same fleet would produce only 360 gallons of waste oil per year. Less waste oil means lower disposal costs, more shop

space and a cleaner environment.

Money Saved

The most important aspect of these benefits is that they save businesses money. Better fuel economy, reduced maintenance, longer lasting equipment, less money spent on oil and less waste oil all provide significant savings.

 

 

See how switching to AMSOIL has saved one company tens of thousands of dollars per year.

 

 Guardian Pest Control is a family-owned and operated firm located in Duluth, Minn. The company offers programs and services to residential, commercial and industrial clients that include integrated pest management, organic pest management, rodent control, bird management and many more. Guardian’s fleet of over 60 vehicles provides service to urban and rural areas in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and the eastern Dakotas. The varied levels of severe service Guardian’s trucks face on a daily basis made them an obvious choice for a field study. Using conventional petroleum oil and conventional oil drain intervals, changing oil in its entire fleet cost Guardian $11,505.60 per year, not counting labor. After switching to AMSOIL synthetic motor oils, changing oil in the same fleet costs Guardian only $7,659.00 per year, without labor. That’s a savings of $3,846.60 per year on oil costs alone. The Gasoline Engine Case Study With Guardian Pest Control (G2244) provides details on the study and demonstrates how switching to AMSOIL Synthetic Motor Oils has saved Guardian Pest control tens of thousands of dollars on a yearly basis.

Introduction

As a jet fighter squadron commander Lieutenant Colonel Albert J. Amatuzio had ample opportunity to witness synthetic lubricants in action. These oils are used exclusively in jet engines because of three extraordinary performance characteristics: an ability to reduce friction and wear on engine components, an ability to function dependably at severe temperature extremes and an ability to withstand rigorous and lengthy engine operation without chemical breakdown. Recognizing that these same benefits would prove invaluable in combustion engines, Amatuzio began conducting serious research in 1963. By 1966 he had formulated a synthetic motor oil and put it to use in vehicles in northern Minnesota. Throughout the late ’60s Amatuzio continued his research and development and sold commercially available synthetic oils under a variety of names. In 1970 he incorporated his own name into a commercially sold product called AMMOIL. In 1971 this product name was changed to AMZOIL and it continued to be sold commercially. The true milestone came in 1972 when AMZOIL became the first synthetic motor oil in the world to meet American Petroleum Institute criteria. The new lubricant performed like no other before it. When the first can appeared on the market in 1972, it signaled the birth of an entire industry. AMSOIL synthetic lubricants have expanded the boundaries of lubrication science and redefined the performance possibilities of modern machinery and engines.

High-Temperature Protection and Performance

AMSOIL synthetic lubricants are much more stable in high temperatures than are refined oils and other synthetic oils. Their superior heat stability reduces the rates of oil consumption, lubricant breakdown and lubricant oxidation, which keeps oil consumption low; equipment clean, protected and running right; and extends lubricant life.

Cold-Temperature Protection and Performance

AMSOIL synthetic lubricants remain fluid in temperatures far below zero, allowing dependable engine start-up, fast lubrication, dependable protection and maximum fuel economy in severe cold operations.

Increased Efficiency

AMSOIL synthetic lubricants are superior to refined oils and other synthetic oils in reducing friction, helping lubricated systems use fuel energy for work, not for overcoming drag. Superior friction reduction, as well as lower volatility rates, also helps keep exhaust emissions low.

Longer Engine and Equipment Life

AMSOIL synthetic lubricants’ heat stability and frictionreducing ability keep wear rates low, which helps increase the time to first teardown, increases the interval between teardowns and increases overall equipment life.

Extended Lubricant Drain Intervals

AMSOIL synthetic lubricants offer up to eight times the service life offered by refined lubricants, and sometimes even more. The long life of AMSOIL synthetic lubricants reduces costs, downtime, waste and environmental damage.

Product Line

AMSOIL manufactures synthetic lubricants, advanced filtration systems, fuel additives and coolant for virtually every commercial, industrial and automotive application.

Quality Control

AMSOIL synthetic lubricants are manufactured from topquality synthetic base stocks and performance additives according to a stringent quality control protocol in computer- controlled AMSOIL manufacturing facilities. AMSOIL synthetic lubricants may be counted on to deliver the same top-quality performance and protection every time they are used, no matter where in the world they are purchased.

Experience

AMSOIL formulated the first API synthetic motor oil in the world and has more experience formulating synthetic lubricants than any other manufacturer in the world. AMSOIL leads the industry in product quality and innovation.

The fact is, you cannot always trust the experts or trust what you read on the internet.  You have to investigate and read the facts and studies yourself and draw your own conclusions.  This website will provide you with many studies, pictures, articles and graphs to help you first understand more about lubricants and their importance, to understand why so many people choose Amsoil over other lubricants and lastly to help you understand the facts and seperate them from the fiction.  If after reading through the information provided on this website you are still unconvinced, please ask friends, neighbors, family members and your local mechanic if they use amsoil, and more importantly why or why not.

FACT:  Unlike conventional motor oils that contain non-essential molecules that do virtually nothing to protect the engine-and contain contaminants that actually harm it-AMSOIL Synthetic Motor Oil is pure and molecularly uniform. Every single molecule in AMSOIL Synthetic Motor Oil is dedicated to engine lubrication and protection.

FACT:   AMSOIL Synthetic Oil exceeds the most demanding world-wide performance specifications, meeting warranty requirements for all domestic and imported passenger car and truck engines.

FACT:   AMSOIL Synthetic Motor Oil reduces friction more effectively than conventional petroleum motor oils do. Less friction means less engine wear, better fuel economy and improved power and performance.

 FACT:  AMSOIL Synthetic Motor Oils do not “burn off” like conventional petroleum motor oils . AMSOIL Motor Oils retain their viscosity, providing reduced oil consumption, improved fuel economy, and better wear protection.