Amsoil 0w-20 is in

[Steve S]

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That's baby oil not engine oil. You are a brave man...s

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If you are referring to how thin the oil is, you can keep using your 50 weight oil. John Mihovitz uses 0w-20 in his 2000 horsepower 10,000rpm 4.6 DOHC motor and runs 6.5 at 217mph.

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What does that have to do with the every day car you drive around?

 

[02zx9r]

Have around 4500 miles on the amsoil 0W20 in my '06 ford fusion 3L v6. will be sending in a sample at 10K as well and go from there

 

[buster]

So it looks like I use about 3/4qt of makeup oil over the course of 10k miles. Technically 1qt if I were to top it off at the 10k mile mark which I wont' be doing.

 

[oilboy123]

So is the oil consumption acceptable to you for 10,000 run?

 

[buster]

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So is the oil consumption acceptable to you for 10,000 run?

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I think so....

 

[kd5byb]

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Here is the one and only UOA on the oil: ASM not enough miles!!

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Give me a few weeks and I'll change the oil in my '07 Toyota Tundra 5.7L V-8. Should have about 3.5 to 4k on the oil, 6 to 6.5k on the engine. Have AMSOIL 0W-20 in it now. Perhaps I'll do a VOA at the same time.

FWIW, I've been getting about 19 MPG out of this nearly 400 HP truck in mixed city/highway driving. Seen up to 22 MPG, which is 2 MPG over sticker highway number.

Probably not even broken in yet...

later,
b

 

[buster]

I ended up putting in a 1/2qt so I've added 1qt in 9,500 miles. Instead of sampling at 10k, I might push it to 11 or 12k to get more out of it.

 

[srl1104]

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Amsoil 0W-20 has some impressive data sheet spec's. Hope the performance will meet the high expectations that many members have for this oil!

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Agree. I haven't even seen a VOA yet on this oil. Anyone?

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I'll post a VOA on this oil very soon. I am going to give it a try in my Girlfriends Tiburon.

 

[ffxfina3]

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Almost 7,000 on the oil now. I've only used about .40qt if that.

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Buster, does the oil look really dark? I've got about 5500 miles on Amsoil 0w-20 in our '03 Ford Focus. Up until now, this car has used Valvoline 5w-20 with 3000 mile oil changes and the oil never had a noticeable change in color. I changed to the new Amsoil 0w-20 in May, hoping to go about 12000 miles on it before a change. My oil keeps getting darker as the miles pile on. Its got a long way to go before it starts looking like used diesel oil, but its definitely not light in color. I'm thinking about an UOA around 6 or 7 thousand miles to see how its doing. Just curious if anybody else is seeing this 0w-20 get dark on them. Thanks, Bryan

 

[buster]

Bryan, looks fairly dark but not much darker than any of the others I've used during the same interval. Don't be alarmed by the color as it's in many cases a "false" alarm.

 

[ffxfina3]

Thanks. I'll definitely do a UOA in 1500 miles or so and see how things are holding up.

Cheers,
Bryan

 

[GROUCHO MARX]

Buster, do the business card blotter test.

 

[buster]

Just put new pads/rotors on the Honda.

Tomorrow I plan on changing the oil. 10,600 miles on ASM 0w-20. It's 1/2 qt low now but I wont be adding any so over the course of 10k miles I've added 1qt of make up oil.

So what oil should I run now? I'm trying to see if I can get an oil to reduce my oil consumption. I was thinking of a 10w-30. ATM or M1 would be good. Anyone ever notice the difference in the VI of ATM vs M1? 171 vs 147. Noak of ATM is 5.5%. I'm fairly sure though that the consumption is from fuel dilution.

 

[G-MAN]

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Just put new pads/rotors on the Honda.

Tomorrow I plan on changing the oil. 10,600 miles on ASM 0w-20. It's 1/2 qt low now but I wont be adding any so over the course of 10k miles I've added 1qt of make up oil.

So what oil should I run now? I'm trying to see if I can get an oil to reduce my oil consumption. I was thinking of a 10w-30. ATM or M1 would be good. Anyone ever notice the difference in the VI of ATM vs M1? 171 vs 147. Noak of ATM is 5.5%. I'm fairly sure though that the consumption is from fuel dilution.

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Why don't you try Amsoil ACD. It's a straight 30 with no VI improvers that meets the cold cranking specs of a 10w30.

VI of ACD is 141. I think M1 is using less VI improver than Amsoil is using in the ATM.

 

[buster]

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Why don't you try Amsoil ACD. It's a straight 30 with no VI improvers that meets the cold cranking specs of a 10w30.

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Just might try that.

 

[98LSC32V]

I like the Amsoil ATM a lot. I have to do more reading on the ACD though... how dos it meet the cold cranking specs of a 10w-30 if it's a straight 30? What additive package does it have (different than ATM?).

 

[XPR]

Why not just keep using the 0W-20

 

[98LSC32V]

He wants to reduce oil consumption.

 

[buster]

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He wants to reduce oil consumption.

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Right. I was thinking of trying a 10w-30 to see if it cuts down on oil consumption.

 

[Dad2leia]

Hey buster, how's about Maxima Synthetic Blend in 10w40?