RE: API certs [and Amsoil...]

[John Bolhuis <bolhuijo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 22 Aug 2002 michael_kohlbrenner@domain.elided wrote:

> - -----Original Message-----
> From: John Bolhuis [mailto:bolhuijo@domain.elided]
>
> > Well that is interesting.  I use the stuff and all the
> > literature etc says, for API SJ blah blah, yet the
> > bottles seem not to have that starburst thing.  So I
> > don't know what to think and I'm too lazy to call up
> > Amsoil myself.  I'll still keep using it though.
>
> Try here:
>
> http://www.api.org/cgi-bin/eolcs_li.cgi?o=C&b=amsoil

hmm.  The only amsoils that are "officially" API certified are their
synthetic blends - the XL7500 series and a diesel oil.  These are the
more inexpensive "gateway" products aimed at first time users.  Once
they're hooked, we can turn 'em on to the pricey stuff and the next
thing they know, they're doing 25,000 mile drain intervals, installing
by-pass filter kits, oiled-foam air filters, synthetic ATF, and even
that trippy blue GL-5 gear lube in the diff.
 Yep, a bored gearhead will do strange things when he finds he doesn't
have to change his oil every 3000 miles.  Straaaaange, scary things.

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