JHZR2
Staff member
Originally Posted By: S_Walmer
I am an amsoil preferred customer. I will use their signature series oil as it's a group 4 PAO. However I find the XL and OE series a step in the wrong direction, as it it is a group 3 (they comfirmed this in their newsletter). I can see amsoil's position to capture more of the market share. But I don't agree with it. I don't believe in lowering their standards to meet a price point. Amsoil had an excellent reputation in the past (Still good today) ,and all of their other products are excellent.I hope they don't become the new CASTROL or XOM.I can see little benefit in using XL or OE VS store bought oils. MY .02
IMO judging a product by basestock is false economy. There is some sort of value proposition that people think they are meeting with some other group, but for all practical purposes brings nothi g to the table but equivalent performance and higher cost.
Then there are additives which aren't cheap. I feel some would prefer their precious pao with a junk add pack versus a properly balanced additive and basestock formulation.
Too many are too wrapped around pao as the answer to their oil needs. It's good stuff, and IMO some company would have great competitive advantage by como g out and saying "we formulate with x % PAO and y% POE". But that's not how it's done, and even if it were, it would t make the oil inherently better for most applications.
I am an amsoil preferred customer. I will use their signature series oil as it's a group 4 PAO. However I find the XL and OE series a step in the wrong direction, as it it is a group 3 (they comfirmed this in their newsletter). I can see amsoil's position to capture more of the market share. But I don't agree with it. I don't believe in lowering their standards to meet a price point. Amsoil had an excellent reputation in the past (Still good today) ,and all of their other products are excellent.I hope they don't become the new CASTROL or XOM.I can see little benefit in using XL or OE VS store bought oils. MY .02
IMO judging a product by basestock is false economy. There is some sort of value proposition that people think they are meeting with some other group, but for all practical purposes brings nothi g to the table but equivalent performance and higher cost.
Then there are additives which aren't cheap. I feel some would prefer their precious pao with a junk add pack versus a properly balanced additive and basestock formulation.
Too many are too wrapped around pao as the answer to their oil needs. It's good stuff, and IMO some company would have great competitive advantage by como g out and saying "we formulate with x % PAO and y% POE". But that's not how it's done, and even if it were, it would t make the oil inherently better for most applications.
