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AMSOIL oils



actually it smoked for about 2 weeks after I changed over, and then slowly
faded.

as for oil out my exhaust..hehehe :P


Josh Able
www.JsHouseOfEuro.com
"If you're already walking on thin ice, you might as well dance." -Gil
Atkinson


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rabbit16v" <Rabbit16v@attbi.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 12:24 AM
Subject: Re: AMSOIL oils


> I was under the impression that sythetic didn't burn so you didn't get
smoke
> from a synthetic.  I may be wrong but it seems to make sense.  If this is
> the case, Josh, you are probably spewing oil out of the exhaust instead of
> burning it and seeing smoke.  Also, if Mobil 1 smokes and Amzoil doesn't
> then Mobil 1 may not be a true synthetic!!  That would be surprising to me
> but nothing is surprising when it comes to big companies trying to pull
the
> wool over the little guys eyes like Castrols syntec crap!!
>
> Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Josh Able" <mkii@nycap.rr.com>
> To: "Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com>; "Jeffrey Lowe"
> <scirocco16v_1986@yahoo.com>; "scirocco-L" <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 6:24 PM
> Subject: Re: AMSOIL oils
>
>
> > one thing I did notice compared with the Mobil1 I had been using, I no
> > longer have a smoke problem related to oil slipping past the valves.
> >
> >
> > Josh Able
> >
> > "If you're already walking on thin ice, you might as well dance." -Gil
> > Atkinson
> >
> > ICQ: 66561345
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com>
> > To: "Jeffrey Lowe" <scirocco16v_1986@yahoo.com>; "scirocco-L"
> > <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 11:03 AM
> > Subject: Re: AMSOIL oils
> >
> >
> > > I can say this about AMzoil;  I put the 20-50 in my '87 about 8K miles
> > ago.
> > > It is expensive.  I figure that, in order to make it cost-effective,
it
> > will
> > > have to last about 25,000 miles. I did send in a sample at 5K for an
oil
> > > analysis, which came back stating the oil still has sufficient
additives
> > to
> > > be good for another 5K.  Now, if I send in a sample every 5K ($15), to
> > > verify that the oil is still "good", I will ALWAYS be spending more
than
> > if
> > > I just put fresh, high-quality mineral/synthetic mix in every 5K. (I
> have
> > > always used 4qts Valvoline 20w-50 Racing/1qt Valvoline Full Synthetic
> > > 10w-30) AND will still have very old oil in the engine.  Plus, the oil
> > > pressure the last several thousand miles seems to be gradually
> > dropping.(old
> > > oil?)
> > >  I will change the AMzoil in another two thousand and put the
Valvoline
> > mix
> > > back in.
> > > The AMzoil did not give me any tangible benefits; gas mileage, power,
> > > quicker starts, quieter engine,  etc.
> > > (I also put the AMzoil gear lube in the gearbox at the same time the
oil
> > > went in the crankcase)
> > > It just costs more.
> > > How it compares to another synthetic, such as Red Line, I cannot say.
> > >
> > > Larry
> > > sandiego16v
> > >
> > >
> > > > Anybody know if Amsoil 20W-50 is any good? And how
> > > > does it compare to Redline 20W-50?
> > > >
> > > > Later...
> > > >
> > > > =====
> > > > Jeff Lowe
> > > >
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