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linky  Please discuss
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I use Castrol GTX... 
IMO you're just as well off to change the oil at say 3k. I think that you're better off getting the dirty oil out and getting fresh oil in more often. But I know i'll probably get flamed for saying that... 
Yea, I know that was somewhat off topic...
Interesting that AMS Oil authorizes that page... 
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Originally posted by Thinkmoto:
linky
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What's to discuss? That "testing" nonsense is pure marketing BS IMO. Who did it? Who funded it? Who provided the samples? To pull a quote, "I can take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed; I've got spare time."
Everyone knows that AMSOIL, Mobil 1, etc are good products, but to take results from a "test" conducted by one of the manufacturer's who proclaim their product as superior based on those tests, is foolish.
Originally posted by 99Mystique_ATX:
IMO you're just as well off to change the oil at say 3k. I think that you're better off getting the dirty oil out and getting fresh oil in more often. But I know i'll probably get flamed for saying that...
Well then don't let empirical evidence get in your way.
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I use independant testing and real oil analysis results not self marketing propaganda.  Heck if everyone used marketing information FRAM would be really popular. ohhh.  I really do think AMSOIL makes a high quality product. It would recommend it as a product. It's just not the end all be all like the "groupies" think. I have nothing against it personally but a lot of their "information" is extremely skewed and also can be taken from "skewed" testing.
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I'm just trying to see peoples opinions on the subject. I know what people in the diesel community say and feel about amsoil.
Oh and about marketing BS....whens the last time you've seen an Amsoil commercial on the TV or radio?
I thought I'd get flamed by you Demon I guess there might be a pinch of love in ya
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Originally posted by Thinkmoto:
I'm just trying to see peoples opinions on the subject. I know what people in the diesel community say and feel about amsoil.
Oh and about marketing BS....whens the last time you've seen an Amsoil commercial on the TV or radio?
I thought I'd get flamed by you Demon I guess there might be a pinch of love in ya
I think amsoil should use this as there new advertising catch phrase:
"Use our oil if you want your 5W30 to thicken to honey in 9,000 miles"
http://neptune.spacebears.com/cars/stories/oil-life.html
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This 5W30 oil has now thickened out to a 15W40 -- argue whether it matters if you like, but we believe engine builders spec an oil for a reason, and this oil is far, far thicker now than intended for the LS1. Switching to our flush Mobil 1 netted a nearly instant 10% improvement in fuel economy, and the engine runs a heckuva lot smoother too
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well i see no where do they test their oil w/ Royal Purple. hmmm wonder why?
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wheres the mobil one test?
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mobil 1 is in those charts....Royal Purple is not
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scott, i was thinking the same...and from an independent source no less.
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