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Pablo, I'm not badmouthin the product, I use it. Some people who read the article thinks it was well written, I was surprise no one notice.
O'K I know,
daGame – I didn’t think you were slamming the product, but that so called expert is. Let’s break this down
"Now Amsoil advertises that their oil is the 'extended drain interval' oil. They do this by pumping up the additive package.”
While Amsoil in general has a strong additive package, there is only so much that can be done to an oil to beef it up with additives. No, Amsoil takes a holistic approach by combining a good additive package with good base oils. This is the only way to make an extended drain oil.
“They can have as much as 3 times as many additives as Mobil 1, so in theory it can take more 'shearing', lasting longer.”
This is the biggest crock of hooey I’ve read in a while. Again Amsoil has some more additives than M1 (some less, too!) “3 times as many”? What the heck?? And worse of all – these additives allow the oil to “take” more shearing? This just makes so little sense it’s hard to comment on. Sure in some lubrication systems FM’s have some effect on the effective shear rates, and some adds have a real effect on oxidation - the additives in motor oil don’t make the oil more resistant to shearing.
“More additives means less actual oil in the mix, resulting in less lubrication, less cooling, more wear and tear...you know the rest. The oil may last longer, but at what price? Your engine?”
And his data is where? Increasing an additive from 100ppm to 300ppm (or whatever) certainly would have less “actual oil in the mix” but the change is effectively tiny and would not provide “less lubrication, less cooling, more wear and tear”. That’s the same as saying I better not put ANY ZDDP, or any other normal additive because it will cause more wear…..
I concluded before that guy was a hack. I don’t need to keep re-hashing it.
