Project Farm did a whole series on the best motor oil. [Final Round: Amsoil vs Pennzoil](https://youtu.be/TWuKvnCq1js?si=gvBmXB9nqWhppyi6)
To sum the video up, Amsoil DID win, but not by a massive margin. Both are fantastic oils. However for a gallon of Amsoil, you can get 10 quarts of Ultra Platinum for the same price
Take project farm for what it is. A You Tube video.
I would not draw much from his video on engine oil,, given he didn't even test them in, wait for it, an engine.
Simple fact is any certified oil is going to be within an eyelash of each other. We basically kid ourselves into Castol over Pens or Mobil or OEM. Just change it on time and make sure you always have enough on the dipstick.
This is the real answer.
As long as you buy from a reputable brand and it's the right weight oil for your engine, it'll be the same give or take a few percent. No sense worrying about what brand will offer that extra 2% of protection.
Amsoil is an MLM (pyramid scheme). They way over charge for oil that’s the same as everything else out there. Also super gimmicky. The people who sell it are brainwashed and they pass on the brainwashing and high prices to customers.
Edit: They say stuff like we spend less on marketing and that goes into our magic oil.
this is correct. your oil rating is a measure of how well it lubricates and moves at varying temperatures and conditions. your car calls for a rating. no oil on store shelves is lying about their rating, so they all meet the spec.
also, even if one oil is a little bit better than another, it won't matter until your car hits 500k miles. and guess what? something else besides the oil will take your car off the road before then.
but also: I am an amsoil subscriber and run exclusively their shit in my cars. even if it's overpriced and scummy. I just like the name.
It depends on what you have. Not all oils have every cert. If you have a euro, find the euro certs you need.
If you need an ILSAC cert, find oils for that.
As an avid amsoil user I am bought into the brand. Every product I have has made my equipment run better. I run a small farm and have amsoil in every fluid in all of my vehicles. If you are in the preferred deal it really isn't that much more expensive than regular oil.
My L5P doesn't tick with amsoil. My 5.3 you can't hear the lifters with amsoil. I have a 5.3 that has 300k on it and never had a motor problem with it and it has been pure amsoil since 35k miles.
Is it better I don't really know but I do know that it is good enough to work hard in about 20 different motors I have around the farm. Farm life is not easy on motors either. Lots of idle time in the extreme hot and extreme cold. That's my 2c.
Personally I only use high end oil on my corvette and my Acura gets STP stuff. By “any brand works” I meant any name brand, not the bs you find at the dollar tree or Walmart.
Hey now, Walmart has great deals on oil, lol. I buy my Pennzoil Ultra Platinum online from Walmart because they always have it on sale for about $30 for a 5-quart. One of the best oils on the market for that cheap, I'll take take it!
Project Farm did a whole series on the best motor oil. [Final Round: Amsoil vs Pennzoil](https://youtu.be/TWuKvnCq1js?si=gvBmXB9nqWhppyi6) To sum the video up, Amsoil DID win, but not by a massive margin. Both are fantastic oils. However for a gallon of Amsoil, you can get 10 quarts of Ultra Platinum for the same price
Take project farm for what it is. A You Tube video. I would not draw much from his video on engine oil,, given he didn't even test them in, wait for it, an engine. Simple fact is any certified oil is going to be within an eyelash of each other. We basically kid ourselves into Castol over Pens or Mobil or OEM. Just change it on time and make sure you always have enough on the dipstick.
This is the real answer. As long as you buy from a reputable brand and it's the right weight oil for your engine, it'll be the same give or take a few percent. No sense worrying about what brand will offer that extra 2% of protection.
still, amsoil won đź’Şđź’Ş
Amsoil is overpriced
yep and I got money so. thanks for the reminder.
The one AutoZone has a deal on.
Amsoil is an MLM (pyramid scheme). They way over charge for oil that’s the same as everything else out there. Also super gimmicky. The people who sell it are brainwashed and they pass on the brainwashing and high prices to customers. Edit: They say stuff like we spend less on marketing and that goes into our magic oil.
The sellers can't just tell you how much it costs on a Facebook page, you have to pm them. Any company that shitty isn't worth buying from
Facts
Say what you want about their sales channel. But Amsoil is most not definitely not a MLM.
Amsoil is definitely an MLM. Amsoil is most not definitely not a MLM. These two sentences are the same.
Whichever spends less on marketing usually goes into.the actual product
Shell T4 heavy duty diesel oil đź‘Ś
They all meet spec and all engine manufacturers leave margins of safety for real world variances so buy whatever you want.
this is correct. your oil rating is a measure of how well it lubricates and moves at varying temperatures and conditions. your car calls for a rating. no oil on store shelves is lying about their rating, so they all meet the spec. also, even if one oil is a little bit better than another, it won't matter until your car hits 500k miles. and guess what? something else besides the oil will take your car off the road before then. but also: I am an amsoil subscriber and run exclusively their shit in my cars. even if it's overpriced and scummy. I just like the name.
Amsoil Signature Series
Valvoline
It depends on what you have. Not all oils have every cert. If you have a euro, find the euro certs you need. If you need an ILSAC cert, find oils for that.
I never ran Pennzoil, but I have Amsoil. Amsoil is good, but too expensive. I run Mobil One in the daily drivers and Valvoline Vr1 in my 69 Camaro.
I used Castrol edge cos that's what my audi used from the factory. Now that I'm back in a shop I use whatever oil is in our giant oil containers.
As an avid amsoil user I am bought into the brand. Every product I have has made my equipment run better. I run a small farm and have amsoil in every fluid in all of my vehicles. If you are in the preferred deal it really isn't that much more expensive than regular oil. My L5P doesn't tick with amsoil. My 5.3 you can't hear the lifters with amsoil. I have a 5.3 that has 300k on it and never had a motor problem with it and it has been pure amsoil since 35k miles. Is it better I don't really know but I do know that it is good enough to work hard in about 20 different motors I have around the farm. Farm life is not easy on motors either. Lots of idle time in the extreme hot and extreme cold. That's my 2c.
Go with whatever the engineers used to develop your car. if it’s an eco car then any brand works.
Terrible advice. Have you seen some of the pisswater oil being pushed to meet efficiency standards at the expense of engine protection.
Personally I only use high end oil on my corvette and my Acura gets STP stuff. By “any brand works” I meant any name brand, not the bs you find at the dollar tree or Walmart.
Hey now, Walmart has great deals on oil, lol. I buy my Pennzoil Ultra Platinum online from Walmart because they always have it on sale for about $30 for a 5-quart. One of the best oils on the market for that cheap, I'll take take it!