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A Sampling
of Satisfied AMSOIL
Customers:
A Major Michigan
Municipality Fleet: This letter
is a summary of a letter written by the Superintendent of Motor
Pool. Please contact us if you would like the full letter mailed
or faxed to you.
This Municipality has switched its entire Police and City Hall
Fleet (approximately 350 vehicles) to
AMSOIL Synthetic
Lubricants.
History: In the past, all marked and unmarked police vehicles
would come in monthly for an oil change, lube and safety check.
As a test, we switched two marked Chevrolet Caprice vehicles
over to 100% synthetic AMSOIL engine oil and extended the drain
intervals to 20,000 miles, with a new oil filter installed at
10,000 miles. The vehicles were still scheduled to come in
monthly for a safety inspection (tires, brakes, suspension,
lights, etc...), but the oil is not drained, only a sample is
taken. When the two test vehicles reached 70,000 miles, the
municipality service technicians removed the oil pans and also
removed the main and rod bearings to check for wear using the
plastic gauge test. The bearings showed very little wear. the
same procedure was performed on two marked cars, same year, make
and model, using petroleum oil. The wear on the two vehicles
with petroleum oil, changed monthly at about 2,500-3,000 miles,
showed slightly more wear in the plastic gauge test. The results
were well within specifications in both cases.
Currently the city is using all Ford Crown Victorias in its
police fleet. With the help of oil analysis, we were able to
extend our oil changes to 18,000-20,000 miles with a new filter
installed at 9,000-10,000 miles. We are currently using
AMSOIL
synthetic engine, transmission, and rear differential oil in all
vehicles serviced out of the city hall facility.
SAVINGS: Savings have been noticed due to the decrease in number
of oil filters and quarts of oil purchased and disposed of.
Labor time to complete a preventative maintenance (A or B) on a
vehicle has been reduced, allowing up to 50% more vehicles to be
serviced each day. To date, we have not had to re-build an
engine or transmission with the new extended oil change
intervals.
Interstate Battery System of Detroit,
Inc.
This letter is a summary of a letter received from the President
of Interstate Battery of Detroit. Please contact us if you would
like the full letter mailed, faxed or e-mailed to you.
I am writing to let you know how pleased I am with the
AMSOIL
program that you helped set us up with. For the past 25 years
our fleet of trucks, mostly Navistar/International 4600 Series
trucks, have been using regular petroleum-base lubrication
products. We thought that we were happy with our lubrication
program until we were introduced to
AMSOIL.
I was very reluctant to switch from regular lubricants to fully
synthetic lubricants because the benefits of
AMSOIL seemed too
good to be true. To be honest, when I was told that the motor
oil could go as long as 100,000+ miles without changing, I
didn't believe it. I can tell you now I am a true believer.
We have been using AMSOIL now for about 4 years and have changed
the entire fleet to AMSOIL synthetic lubricants. We use the
By-Pass oil filtration system on all of our trucks with the
Synthetic Heavy Duty Diesel and Marine 15W-40 oil. We use
AMSOIL
grease and use the 75W-90 gear lube for the manual transmissions
and differentials and the synthetic ATF transmission fluid for
the automatics.
What do I get out of using AMSOIL? A lot!! After becoming fully
synthetic on all of my trucks, I picked up an average of 5% in
fuel savings. I haven't had to change my oil since I
switched...4 years ago! I can't tell you how much money that has
saved me in time alone. I have several trucks with over 100,000
miles on the oil and I am still getting high marks when I send
the oil in for analysis But the best benefit is the decreased
wear and tear on my equipment such as the pistons, cylinder
heads and walls, transmission gears and differential gears. That
is the most important to me because it means I can leverage my
fleet longer, which translates into saved dollars. It means I
can put those extra dollars to work in another area of my
business. My average truck life has gone from 7 years to more
than 15 years! UNBELIEVABLE! I have estimated the savings from
better leverage alone will save me over $20,000 per year.
Thanks for all the help as I've implemented this new program. I
am absolutely ecstatic about the results so far and I look
forward to a long and fruitful partnership with you and
AMSOIL.
Action Tree Service Inc. of Oakland
County:
Action Tree Service Inc, is one of the premier tree service
companies in the state of Michigan and is often called upon to
handle some very tough jobs. Action Tree is well equipped for
routine tree care, logging, climbing, large lot clearing and
emergency storm response.
All light, medium and heavy duty trucks, chippers, loaders and
other equipment has been converted to
AMSOIL lubricants and
filtration systems. Action Tree has some of the most specialized
equipment in the business, including a custom designed 80 foot
in reach aerial lift bucket truck which is a 2000 model year,
4900 Series International DT466 275 H.P. diesel with an Allison
New World transmission. The company also has several large
swaploader diesel trucks and Ford Powerstroke Diesel trucks.
All of Action Tree's vehicles and equipment use only
AMSOIL
synthetic lubricants and filtration systems. Every truck is
equipped with AMSOIL 15W-40 Synthetic Heavy Duty Diesel Oil,
Dual-Gard (for large diesels) or Dual-Remote (for Ford
Powerstrokes) filtration system, AMSOIL gear lube and
AMSOIL
synthetic automatic transmission fluid. Each of the large diesel
trucks has 77 grease fittings and lubrication points which are
all lubricated with AMSOIL GHD Heavy Duty Moly Fortified
Synthetic Grease. Since switching to GHD, Action tree has
drastically reduced the frequency of required greasing due to
the greases superior performance, while providing much improved
lubrication and protection to critical components. All chippers
and stump grinders use an autolube system with
AMSOIL GLA and 00
Grade synthetic multi-purpose grease.
Owner Adam Camden states that one of the biggest improvements
that they have noticed has been drastically improved cold
weather starting and significantly reduced maintenance and
downtime along with the security of knowing his equipment is
protected with the best lubricants available anywhere.
An interesting side note is that owner Adam Camden spends a
great deal of time researching, testing and going to industry
trade shows seeking out the very best products and equipment.
Adam states that
AMSOIL is the very best there is and
continuously promotes AMSOIL products to his friends and other
commercial businesses he works with and proudly displays
AMSOIL
decals on his equipment, shop facility doors and hangs the large
AMSOIL banner at the company facility. Adam is extremely pleased
with the personalized service and technical support he receives
with AMSOIL.
Eastwood Excavating of Traverse City,
MI
Thank you for introducing us to the
AMSOIL product line.
Although this is our first construction season using
AMSOIL
products, we are experiencing a lot of good things. I will try
to highlight some of the things that we've experienced to date.
First of all, we had changed all of our fluids to
AMSOIL in
February 2000. We have yet to experience an oil change. To date
all we've had to do is change the filters and draw a sample,
send it in, get the results and experience more extended oil
service life. Consequently, we've not had to dispose of any oil.
Our services are so simple. We now perform them in the field
instead of in the shop as we used to because all we need to do
again is draw a sample, change the filter and top the fluid off.
While the initial cost of the change over from our past oils to
the AMSOIL system was expensive, it was certainly worth it
because of the change over, we have a much better filter system
providing us with much less equipment wear which provides longer
equipment life with less overhauls and rebuilds.
Dave, you really made it easy for us starting with the first
introduction to the AMSOIL product working with us, guiding us
and actually working hands on with our mechanic to help us
through some of the change-overs was a fabulous experience. The
technical support that you provide us with helps us a lot and we
really appreciate it when you just stop in to see how things are
going making sure everything's okay and it's nice to know that
your support is just a phone call away. This has been a very
good experience. Thank you for your help.
Cinjo Racing
The Performance Oil Technology AMSOIL sponsored Michigan-based
Cinjo Racing Team competes in the American Race Truck Series
(ARTS). ARTS is based out of Phoenix, AZ but sanctions racing
across the country. The trucks are very similar to those in the
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Cinjo is also connected to the
prestigious Roush Industries of NASCAR fame. John Neece from
Cinjo calls AMSOIL, "The recognized leader in synthetic engine
oils, automatic transmission fluids, and rear axle lubricants
for high performance applications"
Harley Davidson Owners Testimonials:
Dear Dave.....How's it going? Fine I hope. I just wanted to
bring you up to date. I received my
AMSOIL 20W-50 Motorcycle oil
today via UPS. I wasted no time, and changed my H-D 20W-50 oil
to your 100% synthetic. I can already tell a definite change in
how my transmission shift's smoother! My engine sound's quieter,
and I notice the throttle response is better, and more
responsive. Although my H-D 2002 V-Rod only has 1976 mile's, and
is still very new, I feel more confident for the future life of
my fine machine knowing it now has adequate protection in the
engine, transmission, and final drive. The wet clutch seems to
be easier to operate as well. I showed my Harley pal's your wear
test's specification's, and how poor a quality H-D 20W-50 really
is, and some of them are now interested in switching their
motorcycles to AMSOIL as well! One of my Harley pal's is a
Master Diesel Mechanic, and he quit using H-D oil year's ago. He
knows there are many better quality regular petroleum oil's out
there than the way over-rated H-D brand! I will happily promote
your product to other enthusiast's down the line. Thanks
Again......Charles Graham
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