Tech Discussion

While motorcycle season may be a few months away, many of you are probably dreaming about the open road. It seems like a good time to discuss a concept that was related to us last year. One of our motorcycle oil customers told us about the virtues of a product called the Rogue Chopper Scavenger…

Last year, AMSOIL issued a technical service bulletin stating that they were no longer recommending their EAO oil filters in Toyota, Lexus or Scion engines. Last year, AMSOIL issued a technical service bulletin stating that they were no longer recommending their EAO oil filters in Toyota, Lexus or Scion engines.

AMSOIL has produced a new video demonstrating the “pound-out” resistance of AMSOIL Synthetic Polymeric Off-Road Grease. As there is no ASTM test for pound-out resistance, the company developed their own testing apparatus: the AMSOIL Grease Impact Simulator. The video shows AMSOIL Regional Sales Manager Rob Stenberg and Product Specialist Matt Morgan demonstrating this simulator by…

Every so often, perhaps your car makes a noise that you can’t identify, but you hope goes away. Often times, this is wishful thinking. A recent article at Yahoo Autos called 16 Costly Car Noises gives the possible sources of these clunks, knocks, hisses, hums, rattles and squeals. Wishing them away or ignoring them altogether…

A new article posted over at Yahoo Autos entitled Mechanics Set The Record Straight sheds some light on some commonly held auto misconceptions. A new article posted over at Yahoo Autos entitled Mechanics Set The Record Straight sheds some light on some commonly held auto misconceptions.

We recently posted an article by Ed Newman called FAQ: Synthetics which covers some of the most common questions people have regarding synthetic motor oil. We recently posted an article by Ed Newman called FAQ: Synthetics which covers some of the most common questions people have regarding synthetic motor oil.

As winter rapidly approaches, now is the time to prepare those summer toys and equipment for storage. A new article on the main site called Preparing Equipment for Long-Term Storage goes over the vital steps you need to take before parking those motorcycles, ATV’s, boats, lawn equipment, etc for the last time this year. The…

Two-Cycle (or 2-Stroke) engines may not be as popular as they once were, but they are still used in a multitude of applications. While air quality regulators have slowly pushed them out of many segments of the marketplace, the 2-stroke’s simple design and outstanding power-to-weight ratio still makes them relevant in many applications. Two-Cycle (or…

MANN oil filters are now being recommended for Toyota, Lexus, Scion and other applications to replace the AMSOIL EAO oil filter part numbers EaO09, EaO10 and EaO57. Recommended filter change intervals for these MANN filters have been increased to 12000 KM or 7,500 miles when used in conjunction with AMSOIL motor oil. AMSOIL EaO09 and…