vtdog wrote:
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It always amazes me the threads that are all over the internet about Amsoil and how bad it is and that it can't do what it says. But yet the company is growing double digit figures almost every year and they have been around for 35 years. I guess they are just geniuses when it comes to marketing and making a business grow when its products are all crap. Only in America.
Sales and/or sales increase have no bearing on the usefulness of any product. Think of how many people buy weight loss tablets, or "male enhancement" pills, for example.
The only factor that is of any value is
independent testing by a
neutral organization. For Amsoil, this would be the submission of their products to API testing for comparison to industry standards. Unless, and until that happens all the anecdotal reports about product performance are just stories and opinions. I will wait for the API report (which I stongly susoect will never occur as it would eliminate the "mystique").
Amsoil can best be described by PT Barnum: "There's a sucker born every minute"
First, as already stated, you are wrong. Amsoil DOES have extended API approved engine oils. The Amsoil XL-7500 is API certified. The series 2000 and series 3000 oils (25,000 - 30,000 mile or 1 year intervals) are not API certified because of the amount of ZDDP. At one time it was believed that the ZDDP additives would be corrosive for catalytic converters. However, that theory has been debunked. It is widely known that the ZDDP additives does provide additional wear protection. Also, as stated over and over, the UOA’s does prove that Amsoil and other synthetics do what they advertise. It would be false advertising if the product did not perform at the level of expectation. Amsoil does save the consumer money if the product is used as recommended. I can go twice as long on my travel trailer without having to repack the bearings, which saves me a lot of money. Many big companies (fleets) have changed their trucks, buses, and other types of transportation to Amsoil and have saved money by extended drain intervals, mileage increase, less down time, and most importantly, they can go beyond the overhaul expectation. In this case scenario, thousands of dollars are saved.
Think about it, Biodiesel several years ago was considered by most as “skeptical”. It has taken years and years to prove it’s worthiness, and still today, people doubt the use of Biodiesel. Reflex, you for one said that the CRD was not designed to run off of Biodiesel, when in fact your CRD came rolling off the assembly line with B5.
Dodge Cummins recently extended the B5 requirements up to B20 for their trucks. Likewise, automakers have already started to increase longer oil change intervals. Amsoil advocates are people who typically think outside the box, while those who are against their products seem to feel safe playing by the guidelines of meaningless certifications and staying in their own little box. And that’s okay, just don’t knock a product that you have no experience with and fill this thread with useless arguments that have been addressed over and over.
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