Recently on one of the car forums I used to frequent on a regular basis and advertise on, I realized that I hadn’t made a post in a while. After writing it, I thought it would be a good idea to post it here to give everyone who isn’t familiar with many of the Amsoil products a brief update. This is basically a recap of the past two years of Amsoil growth:
Thought I’d give a quick 2 year recap on all the new products Amsoil now has. The company has continued to grow rapidly and is moving into a larger facility which should be fully operational by 2008. There are plans to open more warehouses throughout the country, and even the local one here in Orlando is looking for larger space already, and they just moved into this one a few years ago.
The Marine Bypass filter I mentioned in my last post was released soon after. For those using any of the Amsoil foam air filters, like the Power Sports Air Filters, they released a new filter oil.
In Sept. of 04 Amsoil replaced their Series 2000 Gear Lubes with a newer formula which is now called Severe Gear. With the smaller rear ends cars are getting and the less airflow under them, they developed this to handle the hotter conditions. It comes in a 75W-90 and 75W-140. Their regular line of Gear Lubes was done away with with most applications now using the Severe Gear. For over the road trucks they developed the 75W-90 and 75W-140 Long Life Gear Lubes. This is more for Heavy Duty applications. They did keep their 80W-90 Gear Lube since there still is a demand from some customers for this viscocity.
Amsoil’s relationship with Donaldson Filters continued to grow and we are now able to sell their Endurance Air and Oil Filters for Heavy Duty applications. These filters were developed after the U.S. gov’t approached Donaldson asking for better filtration for the M1 tanks to protect them from the fine dust they encountered during the first Gulf War. Donaldson developed nano-fiber technology. These filters add a very fine spider web-like material to the larger commonly used fibers to increase filtration, but not restrict airflow:
Nano-fiber material
Beginning of January 05 brought a reformulation of the Amsoil Propylene Glycol Antifreeze. Because of the costs to produce this fluid, the prices can fluctuate, but it has become more stable, other than all the overall price changes that have been occuring over the past two years for all companies.
March 05 Amsoil added and changed a lot. They released a new Universal Synthetic Marine Gear Lube meeting SAE 75W-90/80W-90. They also released a new Foam Filter Cleaner as well as increasing their line of Power Sports Air Filters. During this period, Mobil 1 released their new line of Extended Drain oils. Amsoil welcomes this competition because it only confirms what Amsoil has said all along: create a better oil, and it will last longer. However Mobil 1 doesn’t warranty their 15,000 mile drain interval for new vehicles, to avoid any manufacturer issues. Amsoil will and still for 25,000 miles or one year. Don’t get fooled with Mobil’s ads claiming they are “changing oil” or claiming to be the first to offer extended drains, Amsoil has done it since day one.
April 2005 Amsoil put out their new line of Motorcycle Oils (10W-40 and 20W-50). This formula is the most advanced formula on the market and is getting even more wide recognition than their previous formula. Amsoil also paid an Independent Lab (Southwest Research Institute) to test these new oils to many other motorcycle oils, including Bel-Ray EXS, Castrol GPS, Golden Spectro 4, Mobil 1 V-Twin, Royal Purple Max-Cycle, HD Screamin’ Eagle Syn3, etc.
Last summer two new Manual Transmission fluids were released: Synthetic Manual Transmission and Transaxle Gear Lube 75W-90 API GL-4, and Synthetic Syncromesh Transmission Fluid 5W-30. One is aimed more to GL-4 applications, the other to syncromesh users. I’d be curious to hear feedback if anyone has used these in a DSM application yet.
Also released were two new Marine dedicated oil, especially designed for four stroke outboard engines. These come in a 10W-30 and 10W-40 viscocity.
A filter upgrade kit produced by Donaldson under the Amsoil name is now available for the Ford 7.3 Power Stroke diesel upgrading the setup to a Power Core Filter.
The fall of last year saw the introduction to a whole new way to look at filtration with the new line of Ea Air and Oil Filters. Ea stands for “Absolute Efficiency.” These filters use the nano-fiber technology mentioned above with the Donaldson filters. Since Donaldson works primarily with Heavy Duty applications, Amsoil has been licensed the rights to use this advanced technology in smaller applications, like light duty trucks and automotive. The oil filter filters out 97.8% of ALL particles down to 15 microns, and a good percentage below that. This is an “absolute” rating adopted from the hydraulic filter industry. Most filters on the market that advertise a certain micron size are showing a “nominal” rating, which means it only catches SOME of the particle down to that size, but their “absolute” rating is much higher. The oil filters are now also rated for 25,000 miles or one year in most vehicles, to go along with the standard oil drain interval Amsoil has always offered. The Ea Air Filter are reusable and rated for 4 years or 100,000 miles, but they are a dry filter. No messing reoiling. Simply every 25K take a shop vac to them and drop them back in. They flow just as well as your performance gauze filter like a K&N, but will filter out 50x the dust.
At the beginning of the year, Amsoil’s 5W-40 European Formula was reformulated and meets many of the newer European ratings, including the VW 505.01 rating that the VW TDI has used for many years and only Castrol and Motul have held and sold for a high price.
Amsoil also became the first company in the world to develop and release a synthetic media cartridge oil filter. This new Ea Filter is for the Ford 6.0 Power Stroke diesel and also uses nano-fiber media.
Amsoil’s relationship with Hastings ended in December and in January we became associated with Wix Filters. If it isn’t in the Amsoil line of filters, I can get the Wix equivalent. This also includes their Racing Filters.
This past spring the bypass filters were converted over and now are part of the Ea lineup.
In May Amsoil released a Fogging Oil to be used for storing and protection of engines. Even bigger was the release of the new Ea Induction Filters. These filters are universal and are now available in various sizes to replace the aftermarket filters such and K&N, Injen, TrueFlow, etc. These use nano-fiber technology and look great:
Ea Induction Filters
Last month the Ea technology became part of the Motorcycle Oil Filters and also released were new Motorcycle Air Filters that fit most V-Twin applications. Also something long waited for.
Most recently products that became available to us were Donaldson TopSpin Filters that are pre-cleaner air filters for Heavy Duty applications, and Wix AquaChek Filters to eliminate moisture passage to tools and equipment.
So as you can see, a lot has happened. If anyone has any questions, feel free to email me.
