Re: Amsoil

Posted by fixerupper on January 09, 2007 at 20:49:36 from (206.72.37.202):

In Reply to: Amsoil posted by Youngfarmhand on January 09, 2007 at 18:34:11:

Well, I have one near side-by-side comparison, if I want to call it that and it's by no way scientific, but my brother-in-law bought a new 1086 in 1978 and I bought one a couple of months later. Both of them had about the same useage on livestock farms grinding feed, pulling wagons and doing a lot of field work. Both of us take very good care of our machines. He used synthetic oil and it was Amsoil for awhile but I don't know if he used it for long or not. I do know it was synthetic for most of the life of the tractor. I have always used mineral oil purchased from the dealer I bought the tractor from. We both did a complete overhaul at 5000 hours and then again at around 10000 hours. At the second overhaul he had to have the crank ground, the cam was worn past specs, and the oil pump, which was new at 5000 HRS had to be replaced. The crankshaft on my 1086 showed no wear and the camshaft had about 35% left so I re-used it. The oil pump was the origional one but it did need to be replaced. My 1086 now has a little over 14000 hours and I don't have to add oil between changes and the oil pressure runs about 40 at a hot idle. Was the oil that I used better stuff? I don't know. It could have just been the luck of the draw. Jim

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