It would only seem proper to tell you some of my personal experiences and thoughts when it comes to AMSOIL. So, here's the history and some anecdotes of my history with AMSOIL since 1979.
Orville Eitel was the man who introduced me to AMSOIL back in 1979. He was just out passing out brochures and spreading the word. He showed me a test done by a high school in Kansas with AMSOIL vs other oils in various tests, showing us the motor ran cooler and longer with a given amount of fuel than with any of the other oils. We invited him in, and by the time he left I was a dealer and had a case of oil in my garage. I went on to install Amsoil in every thing I had that could use it. In those days that was a 1968 Pontiac Tempest with a 350 V-8 engine. I immediately noticed improved mileage and much better winter time starting. Since I've lived my whole life in Minnesota and North Dakota I know about getting things running when it's 45 degrees below zero (and that's NOT windchill) and keeping them cool when it's 100+ in the summer. I also began using AMSOIL 100:1 two cycle oil in our 1938 Johnson two cylinder outboard which I inherited from my grandfather. Incidentally...to this day we're STILL using that outboard...and STILL using AMSOIL in it.
That following winter Orville was setting up a booth at the North Dakota Winter Show in Jamestown and asked if I'd like to join him for a day. I did. Other than meeting a lot of good people and listening to a man who really knew his stuff answer questions for a day, I also was witness to a fine demonstration. Orville had a wooden tray lined with sheet metal made up about 3 feet square and maybe 8 inches deep. In this tray were probably 12 or 15 quarts of oil with the lids off. This is when oil still came in flat topped cans. The cans were arranged in rows in the tray and dry ice was packed in around them. There was a thermometer stuck in the dry ice and a wooden stir stick in each can. What amazed me, and remains vivid in my mind to this day, is that the sticks in the AMSOIL cans stirred the oil like it was summer, while the cans of other oils could hardly move, or were frozen solid. The worst was Penzoil. The stick wouldn't move at all, and by the end of the day there were the bottoms of several broken sticks stuck in the frozen oil. He'd say "You want THIS in your car this winter"? That whole day really stuck in my mind.
A few years later we moved from Wadena Minnesota to Williston North Dakota. There they had one of those outdoor sport/home show type things where some fella had a display set up for his incredible oil additive. I can't remember what it was..I think it was "Slick 50" but I'm not 100% sure. Anyway he had a demonstrator set up where he would put little metal cylinders about the diameter of a Bic pen and an inch long into it, put a few drops of motor oil on it, turn on an electric motor that was connected to an amp meter and proceed to show that by applying pressure to the cylinder with a three foot long metal lever that the motor would draw more and more amps till the motor stalled and the breaker would kick out. It was really quite a sight as the thing started smoking and squealing as kept adding more pressure till the think conked out. Then he'd take some of his miracle additive and do the same thing, clearly showing that it took an enormous amount of pressure to get the motor to slow and start drawing more amps, and it took considerably longer till it would build up enough heat and finally kick out. I challenged him. I told him the used motor oil in my car right then would probably do at least as well as his additive. We went out to my 1978 LTD and pulled the dipstick several times and ran the oil off into his little bottle till we had enough to do the test. Went back in to the arena and did the test. he could NOT get the motor to stall. No matter how long he kept it running, or how much pressure he could put on that lever. When I told him that was AMSOIL with probably 20,000 miles on it he was in a word amazed. Before that show was over I had signed him up as an AMSOIL dealer!
A few years later we moved back to Minnesota. Had a 1986 Suburban. Parked it outside. I'm sure it would have never started that winter without AMSOIL in it. We had a week of 40 below weather and it got me going and off to work every morning. But I should tell the Suburban stories in order. When we first bought it we left that weekend for a camping trip up the north shore of Lake Superior. It was a very hot summer, and we were pulling a 17 foot, 1960 Mallard travel trailer that weighed about 3500 pounds. Not to mention me, my wife, and four kids and all our gear. If you know the shoreline you know it's a very beautiful but hilly area. The truck ran so hot with the trailer on the hills I couldn't even consider running the air conditioner. The temp gauge was right on the verge of overheating most of the time. We stopped at an AMSOIL dealer in Duluth and had the oil changed (it still had whatever came in it from the car dealer). Finished the trip with the truck running 20 degrees cooler, with the A/C ON!
Nowadays we've got AMSOIL in a lot more machines. It's a pity for the car dealers cause now our cars last darn near forever. We have AMSOIL in our daily drivers including my 1991 Taurus Wagon, my wife's 1988 Dodge Caravan, my son's 1988 Escort (which I bought new in 1988 and has had AMSOIL in it since it was new almost 200,000 miles ago), my daughters 1993 Tempo, as well as my 1958 Edsel and my sons 1949 Chevrolet. It's also still used in our 1938 Johnson outboard (now in it's fourth generation in use in the family) and the 1976 Johnson two horse outboard, and my 15 horsepower Game Fisher outboard. Not to mention the lawnmower, chainsaw and anything else that needs to be lubricated. Cans of MP are on hand for household items, there's AMSOIL in the bear boxes of the outboards, and the transmissions, gearboxes and differentials of the cars. I know first hand it works, it saves me money and time while giving our whole family better performance and service from our machines. it's been working for me since 1979 and I think it's time to put AMSOIL to work for you too! Follow the links below for more information and to order directly!
I have a hard time understanding why people still use petroleum oils in their vehicles. It's got to be an addiction. Like cigarettes. It's bad for you but you do it anyway. Petroleum is bad for your vehicle, you and your country but you still use it! What the HECK is he talking about? I hear you scream!
By using a synthetic oil you waste less time getting the oil changed. You get better gas mileage. You dump less used oil into the environment. You vehicle runs cooler in the summer, starts easier in the winter. There is no reason to NOT use a synthetic oil, and as long as you're going synthetic why not choose the best? I'm not going to go on about specs, tests, and technical stuff as you can read all that by following the links to the Amsoil Corporate site. But I think you may be surprised with what you read. Every Amsoil customer reduces our dependence on foreign oil..and you KNOW that stuff isn't coming from a bunch of nice guys! Your car will last longer. You'll be reducing pollution with a more efficient car, and spending less time drinking strong coffee at the quick lube place while they dump some generic petroleum oil in your car. Unless you're flirting with the oil change guy or gal there's really no reason to be there. Follow my links to AMSOIL, read the information place an order and give it a try. Or seek out a quick lube shop with the AMSOIL logo proudly displayed and have 'em fill your crankcase with the BEST!
