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PQIA Test Results - AMSOIL SAE 5W-30 Motor Oil
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So a run of the mill synthetic 5W30. Not bashing it, just nothing OMG special.
Just a cheap oil with Amsoil's name slapped on it... so it uses a Group III basestock oil, which is a shame because Amsoil used to pride itself with its superiority using only Group IV basestocks.
I agree, nothing special, but isn't their OE series an economy line? Vs the signature or hdeo lines?
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What a waste of money for this stuff. It's $9.99 a quart. 50 bucks for five quarts of this, or you can get a jug of Pennzoil full synthetic at Walmart for less than half, and have the same experience.
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Yes, but for an "economy line", this presents no value to the customer. It's cheap for Amsoil, but still expensive for motor oil. It's a cash grab, in hopes that people get all starry eyed at the brand and nothing else.
obviously I much prefer the Sig Series. OE isn't bad, but as stated above you can find more readily available (and comparable) competitors on the shelf for a better price even with the preferred customer discount.
Our local owned quick lube place in rural America actually switched to OE as their "house" synthetic oil when Mobil 1 supply issues made Mobil 1 harder to get through their distributor. They've kept it and it's the same price for oil changes with Mobil 1. For the Dexos license and high milage oils they use Castrol now and said that people won't go near Pennzoil because they still have that mindset that "it causes sludge". He said people ask for Mobil 1 because of name recognition but the vast overwhelming majority of people don't care what brand...they just want an oil change.
Our local owned quick lube place in rural America actually switched to OE as their "house" synthetic oil when Mobil 1 supply issues made Mobil 1 harder to get through their distributor. They've kept it and it's the same price for oil changes with Mobil 1. For the Dexos license and high milage oils they use Castrol now and said that people won't go near Pennzoil because they still have that mindset that "it causes sludge". He said people ask for Mobil 1 because of name recognition but the vast overwhelming majority of people don't care what brand...they just want an oil change.
It's their lower tier oil, not their premium product, so I wouldn't draw any negative conclusions, or post any negative comments. It is blended to a specific price point.
The price point being $10 USD/qt.
That's about double what I just paid for 20L of synthetic 5w30 API SP/Dexos 1 gen 3.
What can you get for $10/qt?
That's about double what I just paid for 20L of synthetic 5w30 API SP/Dexos 1 gen 3.
What can you get for $10/qt?
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Amsoil's OE line is priced similar to what you'd pay for API licensed Royal Purple at WalMart. It's a very good oil and not priced offensively higher than other API licensed oils. I recently bought a 4 gallon case for a total of $118.88 which included my local 7% sales tax. That's $7.43 a quart, $32.15 per 5 quart and actually several dollars lower than I'd pay for any other premium quality boutique oil. It's within $5 of what I'd pay at WalMart for Mobil-1 or Pennzoil per oil change.
I do wish the PQIA had published the NOACK of the OE oil.
I do wish the PQIA had published the NOACK of the OE oil.
It's Amsoil OE, their budget line, which is dumbed down to meet API. When you shoot for an API license, much of the high end chemistry has to be slashed due to SAPS ceilings... which is unfortunate.
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I'd not consider Amsoil's OE line to be a "boutique oil." It's little, if anything, more than any off-the-shelf API oil.
Amsoil provides little, if any, evidence on their website regarding the protection quality of OE as compared to any name brand or store brand full synthetic oil that can be purchased off the shelf. It appears their marketing strategy for OE is to leverage the product based upon their "brand" name. I believe OE does in fact meet current API and Dexos1 Gen 3 specifications. However, from a value perspective, I further believe OE is over priced compared to competitive full synthetic oils that can be purchased from Walmart.
1`) OE (before it was called "OE") was intended for quick lube places, not for sales to DIY oil changers.
2) There is some lore about what base oil it used to contain or if it was blend. I am unsure if any of that was true.
3) Preferred price is $7.49/qt, suggested retail is $9.99.
4) It is just a compliant oil. If people expect magic from a compliant oil, they have not been following BITOG very closely.
5) I think maybe the XL line has Boron and maybe more Mo and Ca
6) Judging an oil using these relatively simple tests and extrapolating longevity/performance/value can be dicey. Another BITOG lesson.
7) Amsoil does have some data on their website, but they don't yet have comparisons with other like oils. This may be coming I am told.
8) Amsoil blends and bottles this oil.
2) There is some lore about what base oil it used to contain or if it was blend. I am unsure if any of that was true.
3) Preferred price is $7.49/qt, suggested retail is $9.99.
4) It is just a compliant oil. If people expect magic from a compliant oil, they have not been following BITOG very closely.
5) I think maybe the XL line has Boron and maybe more Mo and Ca
6) Judging an oil using these relatively simple tests and extrapolating longevity/performance/value can be dicey. Another BITOG lesson.
7) Amsoil does have some data on their website, but they don't yet have comparisons with other like oils. This may be coming I am told.
8) Amsoil blends and bottles this oil.
