Topic: Amerilube (Read 13608 times)

scrw · « **on:** January 28, 2009, 01:33:11 PM »

Any one on here use it?

It is currently in my XJ (was when bought, & have a bill for £90 odd for it being put in!) but I think I am going to swap it out. You are meant to swap the filter out every 4-6k miles and just top up the oil to the correct level rather than swap it out every 7.5k. All other jeeps I have run have had morris semi-synth and had no issues with low pressure on idle when hot, but its 2k miles since the filter change and top up with amerilube and after a 2 hour motorway run the oil pressure is bouncing at about 10 oclock on the gauge (mk2 XJ oil gauge isnt linear). The engine has only got 80k on it and is in good order, doubt very much the pump is an issue. Going to drain and stick in some morris 10-40 semi and a new filter and see what the score is.

Personally I have always been sceptical of its claims, always been a believer in good quality oil changed often, will see what the pressure gets up to with fresh oil in.

dxmedia · « **Reply #1 on:** January 28, 2009, 01:51:07 PM »

Sorry I'm I getting you right

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You are meant to swap the filter out every 4-6k miles and just top up the oil to the correct level rather than swap it out every 7.5k

They claim you don't need to change your oil :shock:

OMFG, get that stuff out of there pronto and give it a full oil change with cheap shit oil, flush it, then oil change again with decent spec oil.

scrw · « **Reply #2 on:** January 28, 2009, 02:03:53 PM »

basicly yes, I am swaping the filter every 4k miles and toping up around 1 litre of oil in each time.

There is a big thread on j33p about it but its a bit bias

dxmedia · « **Reply #3 on:** January 28, 2009, 02:16:00 PM »

Get it out, at best it's snake oil, at worst it's killing your engine.

isle of man · « **Reply #4 on:** January 28, 2009, 04:13:32 PM »

It's in my Wrangler - yes you only need to change the filter and to be honest found it to improve things for me.

Why are you so against it - do you have some real experience with it?

The Midnight Ploughboy · « **Reply #5 on:** January 28, 2009, 04:35:57 PM »

Here's my two cents.

I know nothing about Amerilube so won't comment.

However, my old man was an aviation engineer working for Shell before he retired. He thought that modern motor oils were now so good that you didn't need to spend loads of money on fancy products. He'd happily buy Halfrauds, Tesco, whatever was on offer. BUT he got hold of the best filters he could find and changed that oil every 6K.

His Volvo 240 had over 600K miles on it when the body fell to bits but the engine was still sweet as a nut and never had a major rebuild.

I still follow his advice.

TMP

UKJeeper · « **Reply #6 on:** January 28, 2009, 04:46:26 PM »

Quote from: "scrw"

There is a big thread on j33p about it but its a bit bias

Could it be because the Amerilube seller and the site sponsor are one and the same?

Nah................

Bishops Finger · « **Reply #7 on:** January 28, 2009, 05:10:57 PM »

Ive read the thread and spoken to Mark and am thinking of using it in the TJ.. :wink:

Dave69 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 28, 2009, 05:17:25 PM »

ssounds like the claims of slick 50

isle of man · « **Reply #9 on:** January 28, 2009, 05:36:33 PM »

slick 50 is utter TAT

Amerilube is not mineral based and as such does not degrade - this is the science behind it.

Carlos Fandango · « **Reply #10 on:** January 28, 2009, 05:42:03 PM »

ignorant question here,

is this some sort of engine "rejuvenator" or "protector"???

tim_aka_tim · « **Reply #11 on:** January 28, 2009, 05:45:39 PM »

It's "oil", as in engine oil.

Mike Pavelin · « **Reply #12 on:** January 28, 2009, 06:04:50 PM »

Quote from: "Carlos Fandango"

ignorant question here,

is this some sort of engine "rejuvenator" or "protector"???

No. It's a high tech engine oil. It does not make any magical claims as such, but is said to have superior sealing qualities which reduce the passage of combustion gases past the piston rings reducing oil degredation due to contamination by unburnt fuel and combustion products.

scrw · « **Reply #13 on:** January 28, 2009, 06:59:18 PM »

Quote from: "isle of man"

It's in my Wrangler - yes you only need to change the filter and to be honest found it to improve things for me.

Why are you so against it - do you have some real experience with it?

What did it improve?

It is a proper fully syntetic oil, personally it doesn't like the trips I am doing (3 hours at no more than 75 on a motorway ain't tough tho), now I am going to swap out for a new filter and my usual semi synth I use and see if the symptoms persist.

Roland · « **Reply #14 on:** January 28, 2009, 07:47:08 PM »

I'm with "The Midnight Ploughboy" :roll:

Mike Pavelin · « **Reply #15 on:** January 28, 2009, 08:34:57 PM »

I'd say your oil gauge sender was faulty.

scrw · « **Reply #16 on:** January 28, 2009, 08:36:58 PM »

do they go off song when they warm up?

its rock steady when cold, a touch over 3 bar, even when over 1500rpm I see 3 bar, when warm it drops, says to me oil not sender

gazjeep · « **Reply #17 on:** January 28, 2009, 08:51:53 PM »

My sender used to play up like that, would be fine then drop & maintain a low reading which caused a few scary moments.

Might be worth changing that first, easy for a man of your means :lol:

wazza · « **Reply #18 on:** January 28, 2009, 09:23:52 PM »

get yourself a proper mechanicle guage slapped on the dash.

my cherokee runs 2.5 ideling, 3 to 4.5 general running/booting it an starting cold its close to 5

the tj engine i rebuilt last yr is the pretty much the same(slightly higher pressure), an thats eaten two engines from the dealer saying everything is ok if the guage drops to zero an the bells start ringing.

never trust the peices of electrical crap they fit in the dash!!!!

Bishops Finger · « **Reply #19 on:** January 28, 2009, 10:50:05 PM »

The thing that interested me was improved MPG

Used to change oil in XR Sierras at 1/2 Fords intervals

That would be £30/40 every 6k IIRC

Obviously frequent oil changes improve engine life but spent a while reading the stuff Mark and Lee put together and it seemed kosher...

dxmedia · « **Reply #20 on:** January 28, 2009, 11:23:09 PM »

Quote from: "isle of man"

It's in my Wrangler - yes you only need to change the filter and to be honest found it to improve things for me.

Why are you so against it - do you have some real experience with it?

Nope, but I bet is works as well as pouring sand through your inlet manifold to do port grinding. I'm not trying that either.

Please explain what happens to all of the metal filings in the oil which the filter doesn't take out - the ones which make oil glimmer slighly when your doing an oil change.

birty · « **Reply #21 on:** January 29, 2009, 12:34:11 AM »

isle of man is merely expressing the old addage "don't knock it til you've tried it". Many swear by Amerilube, Amsoil and Royal Purple, others do not.

Please don't let this thead degenerate into an argument, as threads of this nature always do..

tartanzj · « **Reply #22 on:** January 29, 2009, 02:06:25 PM »

Quote from: "dxmedia"

Please explain what happens to all of the metal filings in the oil which the filter doesn't take out - the ones which make oil glimmer slighly when your doing an oil change.

Sorry for the slight change of thread direction but have any of you used this or heard any first hand experience of it in use.

http://www.firstfour.co.uk/p0/filtermag/226996.htm

The principle makes sense.

Carlos Fandango · « **Reply #23 on:** January 29, 2009, 02:16:09 PM »

Quote from: "birty"

Please don't let this thead degenerate into an argument, as threads of this nature always do..

Oh no they dont

:smt075

isle of man · « **Reply #24 on:** January 29, 2009, 03:43:50 PM »

The thing with Amerilube is to change the filter regularly - the oil cleans as it goes through the engine and drops it at the filter.
The longer you have it in the engine the cleaner your engine internals become.
What I have noticed is from cold it did rattle a little more - this I put right with a heat exchanger on the oil filter housing.......Now it cools at one end of the spectrum and heats the other.

Invest in the Amerilube and behold the future.

You could of course continue using mineral based oils and leaf springs - solid tyres - no seat belts etc etc etc

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scrw

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scrw

dxmedia

The Midnight Ploughboy

UKJeeper

Bishops Finger

Carlos Fandango

Mike Pavelin

scrw

Roland

Mike Pavelin

scrw

wazza

Bishops Finger

dxmedia

tartanzj

Carlos Fandango