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Amsoil Bypass Oil Filtration
I have been advised by both Cummins and Amsoil, who conspired to
convince me to install an oil bypass filter system to my turbo-diesel. Cummins thinks I should use their Devac Blue synthetic, I think it's called, and believes I can go 500 hours on an oil change, although I doubt if I will go that long. The system has me changing one of the filters every 100 hours and the other at 200 hours and doing an oil analysis after every filter change. I will be particularly intereseted in acid buildup. This is supposed to filter out all of the littlest particles that will wear our my motor so it will last forever. I will be using the Amsoil 15-40 Marine Diesel. I'll report back in 20,000 hours. Capt. Jeff |
It's worse than that, Larry!
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) has deleted all their definitions of synthetic oil. The American Petroleum Institute has never defined it. The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has ruled that "synthetic" is a marketing term and it is the responsibility of the marketer to define what it is. So we hardly know what it is, much less where it comes from. Chuck Larry wrote: Tamaroak wrote in news:gqadncIJHuj5cqreRVn- : I will be using the Amsoil 15-40 Marine Diesel. I'll report back in 20,000 hours. Capt. Jeff My previous statement stands....Where's Amsoil's refinery. All I ever see is slick Amway multilevel marketing and some guy filling a barrel by hand. Oil, even synthetic, comes from a REFINERY....not from some Air Force pilot. |
Tamaroak wrote:
I have been advised by both Cummins and Amsoil, who conspired to convince me to install an oil bypass filter system to my turbo-diesel. Cummins thinks I should use their Devac Blue synthetic, I think it's called, and believes I can go 500 hours on an oil change, although I doubt if I will go that long. The system has me changing one of the filters every 100 hours and the other at 200 hours and doing an oil analysis after every filter change. I will be particularly intereseted in acid buildup. This is supposed to filter out all of the littlest particles that will wear our my motor so it will last forever. I will be using the Amsoil 15-40 Marine Diesel. I'll report back in 20,000 hours. 2 problems with bypass filters- it diverts oil flow that would otherwise be going thru the system to the bearings that need it... and it doesn't filter all oil delivered thru the system. So, while your bypass filter may "remove" little particles, it doesn't prevent other particles from getting to the bearings. Instead of a bypass filter, a better full-flow filter is desirable IMHO. The only problem with them is that they're more expensive and neglect causes greater engine harm (although if you neglect your bypass filter, you probably don't give the regular filter exemplary care either). Fair Skies Doug King |
chuck wrote in
k.net: The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has ruled that "synthetic" is a marketing term and it is the responsibility of the marketer to define what it is. So we hardly know what it is, much less where it comes from. Chuck Good grief! We could put cooking oil in there and call it "Synthetic"! No thanks. Truckers with hundreds of thousands of miles on their diesels tell me to use Velo 400. I don't think it's different from Rotella T, just the name is different. Well, in either case we know it's OIL! They sure are secretive about what Amway.....er, ah....Amsoil really is... What are they hiding?? -- Larry |
I have been a dealer of Ams/Oil since 1974. And let me tell
you that what they say you can take to the bank. I have use it since '74 in all my cars and never a problem. It is a good product. "DSK" wrote in message ... Tamaroak wrote: I have been advised by both Cummins and Amsoil, who conspired to convince me to install an oil bypass filter system to my turbo-diesel. Cummins thinks I should use their Devac Blue synthetic, I think it's called, and believes I can go 500 hours on an oil change, although I doubt if I will go that long. The system has me changing one of the filters every 100 hours and the other at 200 hours and doing an oil analysis after every filter change. I will be particularly intereseted in acid buildup. This is supposed to filter out all of the littlest particles that will wear our my motor so it will last forever. I will be using the Amsoil 15-40 Marine Diesel. I'll report back in 20,000 hours. 2 problems with bypass filters- it diverts oil flow that would otherwise be going thru the system to the bearings that need it... and it doesn't filter all oil delivered thru the system. So, while your bypass filter may "remove" little particles, it doesn't prevent other particles from getting to the bearings. Instead of a bypass filter, a better full-flow filter is desirable IMHO. The only problem with them is that they're more expensive and neglect causes greater engine harm (although if you neglect your bypass filter, you probably don't give the regular filter exemplary care either). Fair Skies Doug King |
"Boots" wrote in news:1128125197_36173@spool6-
east.superfeed.net: I have been a dealer of Ams/Oil since 1974. And let me tell you that what they say you can take to the bank. I have use it since '74 in all my cars and never a problem. It is a good product. You MUST know where the refinery and chemical plant for Amsoil is located. Noone seems to be able to find it, including the Superior, WI, Chamber of Commerce when I called them. Any idea where it's located and what its phone number is? -- Larry |
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