You are absolutely right. It seems that every day there is a new synthetic oil or oil additive manufacturer claiming that they have the best product for your vehicle. It's in their best interests to do so.

They claim reduced engine wear, better fuel economy, more horsepower. But who do you trust? How do you know who's really the best?

It's easy. Just look for the oil that's got the tests to prove it. AMSOIL comes out on top of every oil and oil additive available on the market today. This website is designed to prove that to you beyond a shadow of a doubt. Keep reading.

The informercials you see would have you believe that by putting these products in your engine it will become a "super engine" of sorts. However, unfortunately for consumers, their claims have no basis in reality.

In fact, here are a few links to releases from the Federal Trade Commission with regard to the effectiveness of different oil additives. Each link opens in a new window. When finished reading each piece, simply close the window to return to this tour.

Dura Lube Super Engine Treatment
Motor Up Engine Treatment
Prolong Super Lubricants
Valvoline Engine Treatment
Slick 50 Engine Treatment
STP Engine Treatment

In short, the FTC releases above indicate that all of these companies have used deceptive advertising in order to mislead consumers into believing that their products offer advanced engine protection and performance over motor oil alone.

The truth is that not one of these companies has been able to offer any test results which prove conclusively that any benefit is gained from their products' use. Doesn't it make you wonder just a little?

First off, although there are a number of good oils on the market today, there are at least a few companies whose integrity should be looked upon as somewhat questionable. Specifically, when companies such as Valvoline and Quaker State (Quaker State is the manufacturer of Slick 50 Engine Treatment) utilize such deceptive advertising in regards to their oil additive products, how much weight can you put on advertisements for their oils?

Besides, I'd say the proof is in the test results. At the top of the page you see an industry standard test called the "Four Ball Wear Test" which compares AMSOIL to a number of other oils on the market. This test is used by the lubricants industry to establish comparative wear rates of different oils at a specific pressure, temperature and RPM. It uses four ball bearings, three stationary and one that is rotated.

The lubricant being tested is used to coat these ball bearings. At the end of the test, the bearings that were stationary are studied to determine the size of the wear scars that were left by the test. The wear scars for the three bearings are then averaged. Of course, the smaller the wear scar, the better the protection.

As you can see in the test, every other synthetic oil tested leaves a greater wear scar than AMSOIL - meaning they allowed more wear to occur. In fact, even Mobil 1, which, until they came out with their Tri-Synthetic formulation, was AMSOIL's closest competitor, left a wear scar which was over 200% the size of the AMSOIL wear scar on the same test. Halvoline, which came in second to AMSOIL on the test above, still showed over 60% more wear.

Wear scar testing has been done on other viscosity grades as well with AMSOIL coming out on top every time.

AMSOIL runs hundreds of "in-house" tests to determine how their oils compare to others in the industry. Then they request independent labs to perform the tests again in order to verify the results by a third party.

Nevertheless, that may not mean much to you. You might, however, find it interesting to note that AMSOIL posts those results of the Four Ball Wear Test above on the label of every bottle of Series 2000 20W-50 they produce.

The question is, if the results had been falsified or tampered with in any way, wouldn't someone be taking AMSOIL to court? Wouldn't Mobil 1 be suing the AMSOIL company for everything they're worth? I believe they would. In fact, just last year they took Castrol to court regarding statements made by the Castrol company regarding the enhanced engine wear properties of Castrol oil.

Interestingly enough, however, not one company is suing AMSOIL over those test results. Doesn't that say something about their validity? What about the fact that the FTC is tearing into oil additive manufacturers left and right regarding their bogus claims of enhanced engine protection, but hasn't said a word about the claims made by the AMSOIL company.

Here's another interesting tid-bit. Albert J. Amatuzio, President and CEO of AMSOIL, Inc., recently announced that the phrase "First in Synthetics" is now part of the AMSOIL registered trademark. No other oil manufacturer can claim to be first.

Mr. Amatuzio told an interesting story as to how this came about. AMSOIL applied to have this statement registered and was told that they must prove to the trademark officials, by documentation, that AMSOIL Synthetic Oil was first, historically. However, they also said that by claiming to be first, AMSOIL was insinuating they were the best (or #1/first) from a quality or performance standpoint.

So AMSOIL had to convince them that they had the best product to also claim to be first. AMSOIL proceeded to present comparison documentation and test results backing up the claim that AMSOIL was also the best. YES! THE TRADEMARK OFFICIALS ACCEPTED THE DOCUMENTATION to allow AMSOIL to use "first" in their trademark.

But the process was not through. The procedure now required the government to notify all the other oil manufacturers that would be impacted by this decision, so they would have input before this decision would be official. They were notified in writing and given 90 days to object, comment or respond. The ninety days elapsed without a peep!

AMSOIL not only convinced the trademark office that AMSOIL Synthetic Oil was first historically, but also convinced them that AMSOIL is the first in quality, and no other competitor objected!

Ok. So AMSOIL's the Best. Now What?

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