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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