I talked to Amsoil last Week I talk to Tech-support they told me the Oil is made and it’s being made, but they will not release it until the old inventory is Used up first, how long that will take who knows
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Well, I guess I'll have to wait, I have enough Signature 0w20 for three oil changes so it will be next year before I need more. I'm fairly confident that the current formation will work well enough to get our 2 Hondas thru until the latest formation comes available. Hopefully they will also have the replacement for the EA filters sorted out by then.
The dealer magazine graph for noack of the 0W-20 said 7.5%, but this summer magazine print has the graph showing it at 7.2%.
I think the key here is yes, Signature meets (and most likely exceeds) all API and ILSAC standards and no, they won't pay to have the " Magic Donut" as part of the marketing. When it's reccomended and used personally by my Honda Master-Certified Technician and used during my regular service at the dealer, I don't have any anxiety over warranty issues. The new formulation is most likely an improvement, but I'm confident that my remaining current Signature will continue to provide excellent protection until I've used it up.
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My recent amsoil purchase included 2 gallons of ss 5w30 as well as 2 quarts of ss 5w30, the gallon jugs have the newer labels where as the quarts have the older style, I wonder if that means the gallon jugs are the new formulation and the quart bottles are the old, which oddly is fine if I were to worry about such things, the gallon jugs are to change the oil in my 7.3 f250 (currently old formulation) and the quart bottles are all the top off I think I'll need for the next year in my xterra (currently old formulation)
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You’re burning oil after running AMSOIL? The Xterra. Have you considered VRP for it or do you think it’s something besides the piston rings?
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I got my xterra for free at 204k miles, I spent 2 years fixing and modifying it into a decent off road truck, first oil change was m1 high mileage 10w30 which did virtually zero miles other than moving in and out of the shop, one of the repairs was a new oil pan and gasket, 2nd oil change was some redline 5w30 that I had laying around from a "fast" civic build I did for a buddy, I ran that for about 2 years, it tended to use a quart about every 2500 miles, presently has 212k miles on it and it has been filled with amsoil ss 5w30 since 208k, only uses approx 1/2 a quart of amsoil every 4k miles, I'd like to think that means 2 things, this engine despite the mileage is in pretty decent mechanical condition (going down the road it is very quiet very smooth, i.e sewing machine quiet) and that I'm guessing amsoil's low noack is helping a bit. I have considered R&P simply off what I've seen valvoline has developed a product that despite snake oil claims backs those claims up, I think what my engine burns is just normal for a 212k mile machine, don't think a vg33 that has its origins in the 80's is prone to the gunked up ring thing we see on a lot of newer engines
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Interesting that AMSOIL burns so much less. Red Line’s Noack is about 5-6% so I don’t think it’s the Noack. I agree that that isn’t much oil burn for that many miles. But especially if you’re doing short OCIs, can’t hurt to do 3-4 OCIs and see if the burning goes away though.
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its also possibly that mechanically the rings have reseated a lot better than they were when I had the redline in there, it was in the shop for about 2 years as I worked on it when I had time, not like it was my job.
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