Whatever judgement I reserve about the Amsoil gear oil "test," I have none about the quality of their oils. Whether or not they are cost effective in every application is another discussion but there is no doubt they make excellent products. Their gear oils are among the best you can buy.
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Originally Posted By: VintageMonte
I have seen a lot of negative content in other forums about Amsoil synthetic gear oils. Does anyone else have experience with it?
I have never heard anything bad about Amsoil's gear lubes; to the contrary, I have heard nothing but praise. To be fair, I think a lot of that praise is congratulatory self-justification, because folks often use Amsoil products and have zero ability to define why they choose the products, other than emotional attachments. But that does not detract from the ability of their products to deliver. It just speaks to the inability of some folks to accurately define and describe their choices.
If price is no object, then I think the Severe Gear lubes are excellent products for a wide range of applications. IMO - They are not really a "best buy", but they certainly are good at what they do. To get the value from the Amsoil line, as with any syn, you have to extend the OCI. Can you, will you, do that? Only time will tell.
I have seen a lot of negative content in other forums about Amsoil synthetic gear oils. Does anyone else have experience with it?
I have never heard anything bad about Amsoil's gear lubes; to the contrary, I have heard nothing but praise. To be fair, I think a lot of that praise is congratulatory self-justification, because folks often use Amsoil products and have zero ability to define why they choose the products, other than emotional attachments. But that does not detract from the ability of their products to deliver. It just speaks to the inability of some folks to accurately define and describe their choices.
If price is no object, then I think the Severe Gear lubes are excellent products for a wide range of applications. IMO - They are not really a "best buy", but they certainly are good at what they do. To get the value from the Amsoil line, as with any syn, you have to extend the OCI. Can you, will you, do that? Only time will tell.
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Originally Posted By: VintageMonte
Thank you for all you insight Jim. I get where you are coming from on the additive and will wait and see how it goes on oil with the additive built in. I have settled in on the Valvoline High Performance 80W-90. I took an closer look at the Amsoil study and took out the scores for all of the oils for the cold weather tests since I never use my Monte in these conditions. I also took out price because it is irrelevant to the performance of the oil. When you do that for all 14 oils tested (synthetic and mineral) and re-tally the scores the Valvoline High Performance 80W-90 oil comes in 5th place which is great considering it is competing against synthetic oils. Add this into the fact that I can get it at my local NAPA store and it is the best choice for me.
And one more advantage, you can save money buy getting it in 4 quart containers. Many other gear oils are never sold that way.
Thank you for all you insight Jim. I get where you are coming from on the additive and will wait and see how it goes on oil with the additive built in. I have settled in on the Valvoline High Performance 80W-90. I took an closer look at the Amsoil study and took out the scores for all of the oils for the cold weather tests since I never use my Monte in these conditions. I also took out price because it is irrelevant to the performance of the oil. When you do that for all 14 oils tested (synthetic and mineral) and re-tally the scores the Valvoline High Performance 80W-90 oil comes in 5th place which is great considering it is competing against synthetic oils. Add this into the fact that I can get it at my local NAPA store and it is the best choice for me.
And one more advantage, you can save money buy getting it in 4 quart containers. Many other gear oils are never sold that way.
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