Help getting Amsoil's Engine Hours graph

[veryHeavy]

In a recent Amsoil Dealer magazine they published a graph showing "Engine Hours vs. Miles". Amsoil's editor explained that some city drivers might need to change their oil as early as 5000 miles, because they spend a lot of time idling, and therefore hit the "hour limit" on the oil.

Anybody have that graph available to scan & post?

thanks

 

[skyactiv]

Is it in this link?
http://synthetic-oil-online.com/amsoil-t...in-various-ways

 

[veryHeavy]

DING DING DING. Thanks

I find it fascinating Amsoil says "700 hours" for their Signature Series oil. That's only 5000 miles for a NY taxi.

What would the hour limit be on their cheaper brands like OEM?
Perhaps normal service limits of 7500/25000 *700 hours == 200 hours.

 

[CharlieBauer]

I was wondering a similar thing - how to come up with an hours limit for non Amsoil oils.

 

[TiredTrucker]

Really too bad that auto/pickup OEM's are so lame about providing more technical information to their customers. Commercial truck OEM's provide both a mile and hour OCI recommendation right on their hand out sales brochures, along with varying intervals based on average fuel consumption of the engine as well. I realize that a lot of customers this would mean nothing to them, but a lot of what auto/pickup OEM's put in their manuals means little to many of us. Lots of stuff that is redundant but not enough of what really can be of benefit.

 

[NMBurb02]

Originally Posted By: TiredTrucker
Really too bad that auto/pickup OEM's are so lame about providing more technical information to their customers. Commercial truck OEM's provide both a mile and hour OCI recommendation right on their hand out sales brochures, along with varying intervals based on average fuel consumption of the engine as well. I realize that a lot of customers this would mean nothing to them, but a lot of what auto/pickup OEM's put in their manuals means little to many of us. Lots of stuff that is redundant but not enough of what really can be of benefit.

Many OEMs are going with smart OLMs so owners don't have to worry about miles or hours. It's pretty much just "change it when the light tells you to".

 

[Garak]

Originally Posted By: TiredTrucker
I realize that a lot of customers this would mean nothing to them, but a lot of what auto/pickup OEM's put in their manuals means little to many of us. Lots of stuff that is redundant but not enough of what really can be of benefit.

You mean you don't value the twenty pages devoted to how to properly seatbelt a pregnant lady?

 

[TiredTrucker]

LOL! Yeah... that kind of stuff.

 

[Garak]

It just shows what lawsuits have done, I suppose. The blurbs about oil selection are next to useless, or enigmatic at best, yet the restraint sections are absolutely huge, because you know, it's really difficult to properly put on a seatbelt. I'm surprised they just don't mandate an eight hour course whenever you buy a new vehicle. I've really done it now if they read this.