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BWCbuilt · Sep 20, 2011

colonyofdrones said:
What do you mean?

I think he meant an API rating.......

juniort444e · Sep 20, 2011

Is it bad for amsoil to not have the ratings on their stuff.

BWCbuilt · Sep 20, 2011

Naw, amsoil (like almost every oil out there) excededs API ratings

juniort444e · Sep 20, 2011

I love amsoil. Just sometimes some posts like that scare me as i dont read a whole lot on this subject.

BWCbuilt · Sep 20, 2011

Amsoil is NOT API licensed..... this does not mean that It does not mean that it does not meet or exceed API standards

Arisley · Sep 20, 2011

I understand that. What I don't understand is why they don't get the ratings if they meet or exceed them.

If I was marketing a product. Especially for super premium prices, and it would meet or exceed industry standards, I would for sure get the official industry ratings to back up my say so.

Just my take on the situation.

SouthFlstrokin' · Sep 20, 2011

Does schaffers?

BWCbuilt · Sep 20, 2011

Amsoil claims its a money thing
Schaeffers does carry API certification

lincolnlocker · Sep 20, 2011

Amsoil is proven time and time again... its one of the best oils you can get..

colonyofdrones · Sep 20, 2011

SoWoCo said:
I think he meant an API rating.......

They have that too.

SoWoCo said:
Amsoil is NOT API licensed..... this does not mean that It does not mean that it does not meet or exceed API standards

YES it is. They were the first synthetic oil to get API rating and licensing.

colonyofdrones · Sep 20, 2011

Arisley said:
If I was marketing a product. Especially for super premium prices, and it would meet or exceed industry standards, I would for sure get the official industry ratings to back up my say so.

Just went back and saw this. They do meet or exceed industry standards and have been given approved status for several OEM standards.

Where do you guys get this info?

BWCbuilt · Sep 20, 2011

colonyofdrones said:
Just went back and saw this. They do meet or exceed industry standards and have been given approved status for several OEM standards.

They still do not have the blessing of the American Petroleum Institute...FWIW

colonyofdrones · Sep 20, 2011

SoWoCo said:
They still do not have the blessing of the American Petroleum Institute...FWIW

While they may have some oils in their product line that are not yet API licensed, there are a lot that are. Therefore, saying they don't have ANY api licensing would be false.

psdguy95 · Sep 20, 2011

StrokerTurbo7.3 said:
Only stuff carried locally is Rotella here and i frickin hate it. I put 15-40 in the last time I changed which was about 1k miles and it starts like crap even in 50* weather when cold.

With winter coming up what do you northern guys use? I normally use Valvoline 5w-40 year round.

I agree man. I'm using that stuff now and she starts like crap in the 50's. Not to mention how much it stinks out the ccv. My buddy used amsoil 5w30 or what ever it is in the winte in his 7.3. I think I might switch to that.

BWCbuilt · Sep 20, 2011

sorry, I was discussing the relevant oils for this forum.... my bad

colonyofdrones · Sep 20, 2011

SoWoCo said:
sorry, I was discussing the relevant oils for this forum.... my bad

Nice.

edit: So I can't run this?
http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/dme.aspx LOL

or maybe this http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/oed.aspx

one more: http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/hdd.aspx

colonyofdrones · Sep 20, 2011

Here's the thing. I don't care what oil anyone runs in their truck. That's most certainly their business. That being said, I like misinformation about as much as the next guy. If discussion is required to rectify said misinformation, then we all benefit from it in my opinion. I even learned something from this myself after taking a few minutes to read up on API standards and more about what they mean. There's apparently a lot to it, and it is costly for companies to get the licensing. Interesting stuff, to me anyway.

BWCbuilt · Sep 20, 2011

colonyofdrones said:
Here's the thing. I don't care what oil anyone runs in their truck. That's most certainly their business. That being said, I like misinformation about as much as the next guy. If discussion is required to rectify said misinformation, then we all benefit from it in my opinion. I even learned something from this myself after taking a few minutes to read up on API standards and more about what they mean. There's apparently a lot to it, and it is costly for companies to get the licensing. Interesting stuff, to me anyway.

touche my friend.... this must be somewhat recent as the last time I checked there was not an API cert diesel oil.... for the record though, I was not knocking amsoil before.... the API rating is really not much more than a confirmation of detergents anyways

JoeDaddy · Sep 20, 2011

Crisco... smells like butter....

Mmmmmm buttaaa....

colonyofdrones · Sep 20, 2011

SoWoCo said:
touche my friend.... this must be somewhat recent as the last time I checked there was not an API cert diesel oil.... for the record though, I was not knocking amsoil before.... the API rating is really not much more than a confirmation of detergents anyways

No problem :thumbup:. I actually didn't know there were 4 in the amsoil product line. I thought there were only 2. Truth be told, I don't run any of those anyway. I just run the 15w40 heavy duty diesel oil pictured previously. Had good results so far as shown by OA and cold starting is much improved in all my vehicles including our (with amsoil sig series 5w20) exploder. Of course that's "cold" as we know it in central TX