Johnsoils

Greetings forum members,

Here's a new topic on gear lubes. I have attached a copy of the AMSOIL gear lube white pages. It contains ASTM testing results on the popular gear lubes out there today. The test were performed by an independent lab and the results are shocking to say the least. You don't always get what you thing you are getting. Some of the products that are advertised to be the best, actually tested out the worst.

Also, I have posted some links below to the AMSOIL store for more product information and purchasing prices. AMSOIL full synthetic gear lubes are very competitive in price at retail. In most cases nearly half of the OEM price and are higher quality. Remember these prices are retail and AMSOIL does offer several purchasing options which are at wholesale pricing. Please contact me and I can assist you with setting up your wholesale membership account.

Link to AMSOIL 75W-90 Severe Gear

http://www.amsoil.com/redirect.cgi?zo=1378...=storefront/svg

Link to AMSOIL 75W-110 Severe Gear

http://www.amsoil.com/redirect.cgi?zo=1378...=storefront/svt

Link to AMSOIL 75W-140 Severe Gear

http://www.amsoil.com/redirect.cgi?zo=1378...=storefront/svg

Link to AMSOIL 75W-90 Long Life Synthetic Gear Oil

http://www.amsoil.com/redirect.cgi?zo=1378...=storefront/fgr

Link to AMSOIL 80W-90 Synthetic Gear Oil

http://www.amsoil.com/redirect.cgi?zo=1378...=storefront/agl

g2457_Gear_Oil_White_Pages.pdf

I have emailed you some information on pricing options. Thanks, John

Greetings Forum Members,

AMSOIL has extended the money back guarantee offer through May 31, 2009 on the P.I. fuel additive. This is the only 100% money back guarantee that I've seen on a fuel system cleaner. AMSOIL makes this offer because the product is simply that good. All of my customers have had noticeable results and are very pleased with it's performance. See the attachments for more information on the fuel savings and product. Please give it a try! Feel free to call me if you have any questions or need assistance with ordering AMSOIL products through my website.

Thanks and have a "Safe and Happy New Year"!!!!

Thanks again,

John Kahrs

Independent AMSOIL Dealer

(319) 240-3546

Greetings forum members,

I've been away for a while working out of town assisting another team with commissioning and start-up of two new Waukesha/Ariel natural gas compressor packages and a Solar Taurus turbine compressor package. Pretty neat stuff if your into big engine with a lot of torque and power. The days and weeks were long, but it was very satisfying to hear them start and run for the first time.

In this forum I want to talk about fuel additives and what's working for you all, and to talk about AMSOIL's new P.I. fuel additive. It is one of the most concentrated gasoline additives on the market today, and will clean up your injectors or carburetor in one tankful. You will see an improvement in fuel mileage, performance, starting and drivability.

This product is simply amazing! I've had customers call me with a "check engine" or "service engine" light on and wanting to know if I can look at it. Usually it's an emissions code. I will reset the code and add a bottle of the AMSOIL P.I. fuel treatment to their tank. I tell them to drive out the tank of fuel and that if the light comes back on during that tankful I will read and reset the code at no charge. Most of the time the codes never come back. I've had codes that said we had a left bank lean, right bank lean, O2 sensor fail and all reset and stayed clear for more than 12,000-miles. This impressed me.

AMSOIL says customers will see an improvement in fuel economy; I get feedback all the time from customers that say they picked up a mile or two to the gallon after using the P.I. fuel treatment. The treatment rate is one bottle every 4,000-miles or 100-hours of engine operation for the best performance.

I've personally used other products like Chevron, STP, Gunk, SeaFoam and others. So far the new AMSOIL P.I. formulation is the best I've used. I'm the type of person that put's my personal vehicles through the test and trials before recommending anything to my customers.

AMSOIL's has oils that are guaranteed for 7,500 or 6-month; 25,000 and 35,000-mile or one year drain intervals. I have personally ran the oils farther and longer and they performed flawlessly. The oil filters will go the distance too. I have cut them apart after 26,000-miles of service and 26-months of service and they were in great condition. Far better than some of the paper/cellulose filters I've cut open at 4,000-miles. So you can be assured that with oils and filters like this that are guaranteed, the P.I. fuel additive will perform as advertised.

Please check out the attachments on the new AMSOIL P.I. fuel additive and the money back offer.

g2592_PI_money_back_offer.pdf

g2543_PI_study.pdf

I appreciate your feedback on how well AMSOIL works. I've had excellent results in all my personal vehicles and customer vehicles.

Blake918,

Sorry for taking so long to reply to your question. I've been working out of town the past several weeks. They had us working 12 to 16-hour days and 7-days a week. I think I need some AMSOIL octane booster because I'm running low on power.

Anyway back to your question. This question comes up all the time. I've spoken to AMSOIL about this issue several times on various vehicle applications. Their response is that they evaluate the number of applications the filter will fit, annual sales of this application and build the ones with the highest demand first. Over the last 18-months we have seen more and more air filters for the Toyota's and others. I can't remember the numbers for sure, but I think in 2008 they released some 50+ new air filter application. Please be patience, and hopefully they will cover your application soon.

The picking up 1-MPG is great news! I would think you may see a little more in a couple tank fulls of fuel as the engine and rings clean up. Did you try any of the new P.I. fuel treatment? AMSOIL has extended the current money back guarantee on the P.I. product until May 31, 2009. I have posted this attachment, as a customer you can't lose. I don't know of anyone giving this kind of offer in today's economy. AMSOIL is that confident in their product. I've added the P.I. to customers vehicles and reset the emissions codes and after running out the tank of fuel they've had no more "check engine" lights. While the P.I. is not a fix all, I have saved several customers a trip to the dealership.

I appreciate the order you placed, I haven't seen it post yet or your name show up as a new Preferred Customer. If you don't mind, please send my an email with your PC / ZO number that AMSOIL assigned you, your name and mailing information and I can find out why your not showing up under my customers and accounts. As my customer I will do my best to serve you and keep you Up to date on new products, filter applications and any price increases than might come along (hopefully no more for a long time). My email address is: john@johnsoils.com

Thanks for the great feedback and I look forward to hearing more in the future.

g2592_PI_money_back_offer.pdf

Greetings, tonight I have attached a product data bulletin showing the new AMSOIL universal EaAU air filters, EaA air filters, and EaO oil filters. AMSOIL has also partnered with INJEN air systems and now offers complete aftermarket air injection kits. These kits are high quality and will increase your vehicles performance and looks. If you have a question on a air injection system for your application, let me know and I look it up.

These filters are a dry synthetic media, and are cleanable with low pressure shop air or a vacuum cleaner. No more washing, drying and re-oiling your cotton gauze filters. Also, the AMSOIL EaAU filters provide you with the lastest in air filtration technology. I have some DVD's available on the new technology if anyone is interested.

You will not find a better filter at a better price. The AMSOIL EaA OEM replacement filters carry a 4-year/100,000-mile guarantee, and are made with the same synthetic nano fiber technology. If you want to check you own vehicle application, please click on this link to AMSOIL's online vehicle application guide. It will provide you with a list of filters, recommended oils, transmission fluid, wiper blades, spark plugs/wires and fluid fill capacities. I have found nothing like this online anywhere else, and AMSOIL provides it free!

www.amsoil.com/products/application_guide.aspx?zo=1378438

The AMSOIL EaO oil filters offer a 1-year or 25,000-miles (which ever comes first) guarantee when used with AMSOIL engine oil. These filters are also one of the most efficient full-flow oil filters you will find on the market today. AMSOIL has applications covering most foreign and domestic models. Please read the attached EaO product data bulletin to see just of the AMSOIL filters stack up against the competition.

Thanks again and keep checking back for more new updates!

g2241_EaAU_universal_air_filters.pdf

g2175_EaA_filters.pdf

g2192_EaO_filters.pdf

Please review the attached post for an explaination of oil filter BETA ratings.

Oil_Filter_Beta_Ratings_Explained.rtf

Great news! I was able to get the some more room for this attachment. It is a oil filter particle size Technical Bulletin posted by AMSOIL.

I'll see what other filter bulletins and articles I can get posted with the additional space.

Thanks for you patience!

TSB_oil_filter_particle_size.pdf

Here's an interesting chart comparing several brands of filters. I have also attached a chart showing the wear metals origins.

gm_case_study_on_crankcase_filters.pdf

oil_wear_metal_origins.pdf

I'm still trouble adding attachments to this topic. I may have to email Steve to see what the problem is. Thank you for your patiences.

Greetings! I've been trying to post some new data to the filtration topic I opened, so I had to pull down the grease compatibility chart that was posted here. If you would like a copy of the chart emailed to you, please email me at: john@johnsoils.com and I will email you a copy of the chart. I promise I will not spam or send you anything you don't request.

Thanks,

Sorry for not getting some of my literature and articles posted the other night. I got called away, then pulled some long hours the past two days. Just know having time to catch up on emails.

I tried to post some of the articles, but they are adobe files and are too large to upload. I'm trying to fiquire out how to change the formating or resolution. I may have to print them and scan them into the computer in another format. Sorry for the inconvience.

Here's a small blurb from an article I read tonight:

From the book "The Practical Handbook of Machinery Lubrication":

An absolute rating indicates the size above which no particle of any size will pass. It does not specify the size of the smallest opening in the media, so that a filter rated at 10 micrometers absolute will do little to reduce silt particles measuring less than 10 micrometers. Also, these filters will be ineffective every time the bypass valve opens (regardless of their absolute rating) whenever they are used in full-flow applications.

Greetings Lexus Owners Club forum members! I'm starting another topic here to discuss air and oil filtration. I cut every oil filter apart that comes in my shop and I can tell you there are a lot of poor quality filters out there. I have some photos I will try to post if I can get the file sizes down and keep the image quality.

I encourage members to actively participate in this discussion and let us know what you've found out about filters, both good and bad.

I have some articles I downloaded from the Filter Manufactures Council web site. They have bunch of good reading. You can view their site with this link: http://www.filtercouncil.org/

Thanks,

I appreciate your feedback on how well AMSOIL works. I've had excellent results in all my personal vehicles and customer vehicles.

Greetings, in this forum I have posted an informative sheets on the effects of heat on automatic transmission fluids compiled by the General Motors Corporation. I have also attached a sheet on how AMSOIL stands up to the heat vs. conventional oils; and an AMSOIL Universal ATF product bulletin.

Grease According to The Practical Handbook of Lubrication

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On a heavy equipment forum members were requesting some information on grease types and thickeners. Here's some information that I received in July at the AMSOIL University. AMSOIL provides dealers with training and written information that the dealers can use and pass on to folks to better educate them about lubricants and filtration. I have removed any reference to the AMSOIL products so that this information is informative, not advertising. That's what this forum is about is right, sharing information?

According to The Practical Handbook of Lubrication, grease is a lubricant composed of a fluid lubricant thickened with a material that contributes a degree of plasticity. With their high retentive properties, greases are used in applications where a continuous supply of fresh lubricant is not provided, and/or where an oil would not be retained. Many bearings not supplied by circulating or bath systems are lubricated with grease.

The three main components of any grease are: 1.) The base oil 2.) An additive package 3.) A thickener.

A simple way to understand how grease is made is by relating it to gravy. In making gravy, we start with the warm juices from the bottom of the roasting pan. Lets think of the juices as our base oil and any small meat pieces as additives. To this, flour is mixed in. The more flour added, the thicker the gravy becomes. One thing that is noted when the gravy cools, is that a small amount of the juice separates out. The same holds true for lubricating grease.

Soap Based Organic Thickeners - Soap thickeners can be enhanced by adding a complex agent, which converts the soap thickener to a soap salt complex thickener. These thickeners and greases are called complexes. When a grease is considered complex, it takes on enhanced performance attributes and include higher dropping points, better water-resistance and in some cases, improved low temperature performance.

Organic Non-Soap Based Thickeners- Polyureas are the most widely used non-soap organic thickener. Polyurea greases are characterized by good water resistance and good thermal stability. Because of their durability, polyurea greases are frequently used in sealed-for-life bearings which are filled during assembly, permanently sealed and operated without relubrication for the normal life for the bearing. They are also often found in electric motor bearings. Experience has shown that these greases have average mechanical stability and are not compatible with most other greases. These greases tend to be more costly than conventional soap-based greases because they require more sophisticated processing and their raw materials are more expensive. The special characteristics of greases based on inorganic thickeners primarily clays and silica

have made them useful in specific, demanding applications.

Clays (Bentone) are the most common inorganic thickening agents. Clay-based greases are functional over extremely wide temperature ranges because they lack melting points and resist other phase transformations. In general, clay based greases are only compatible with themselves.

Silica is a natural occurring substance commonly in the form of sand. However, a very fine form of silica thickens many fluids to form high melting point greases. Silica greases are inherently sensitive to water. These greases have a high tolerance for radiation and are often used for lubricating rolling element bearings in nuclear power plants.

The chart I posted in this forum is meant only to serve as a guideline for determining compatibility. For the purposes of changing products in the field, the compatibility of greases in question should be determined by testing.

NLGI definition of incompatibility: Two lubrication greases show incompatibility when a mixture of the products show physical properties or service performance which are markedly inferior to those of either of the greases before mixing. Fluid separation is the first sign of incompatibility. When ever in doubt regarding compatibility, always remove all traces of the old grease before applying new.

Like engine oils, grease additives are used to impart new or differing characteristics of a particular product. Oxidation inhibitors for example, are used mainly to improve the life expectancy of a lubricant at elevated temperatures. Their use reduces thickening of the oil and minimizes the formation of sludge and other deposits. Typical oxidation inhibitors are zinc dithiophosphates, hindered phenols, aromatic amines and sulfurized phenols.

Dyes are typically added mainly for identification purposes and to give a uniform appearance to a particular product. While certainly not a fool-proof method, dyes can aid in the differentiation between products, thus helping to avoid compatibility issues.

Anti-wear and extreme pressure additives are used to provide wear protection when the oil film alone is not capable of preventing contact between components. These additives work by providing a sacrificial wear surface or by changing the surface metallurgy of the components. Anti-wear additives or their reaction products form thin, tenacious films on loaded parts to prevent metal-to-metal contact. They assist in the reduction of friction, wear, scuffing and scoring under boundary lubrication conditions. Typical anti-wear additives are zinc dithiophosphate and polar molecules such as fatty oils, acids and esters. Extreme pressure additives are also commonly referred to as EP additives. Like anti-wear additives, they or their reaction products also form thin, tenacious films but on heavily loaded or shock loaded components. They may be persent in the form of solid additives such as molybdenum.

Greases are graded by their National Lubricating Grease Institute (NLGI) Consistency number as indicated by the chart above. This system is designed to grade a particular grease according to its consistencyfirmness or softness based upon worked penetration. The most commonly used consistency number is NLGI 2. Softer grades, such as 0 & 1, are often used for increased pumpability and low temperature application. Higher consistency numbers are used in highspeed bearings, worn parts or where leaks and sealing are particular concerns.

Greases can also be classified by a system that, again, has been developed by the NLGI. First used in 1991, this classification system relates to automotive applications (chassis & wheel bearings); but is widely recognized throughout the industry. The highest classifications that can be achieved are NLGI GC/LB, which carry the following requirements:

1) Penetration (consistency) 220-340 (#1 or #2 grease)

2) Dropping Point 428 F. Minimum

3) High Temperature bearing life is 80 hrs minimum

4) Water washout 15% max

5) Rust & Corrosion Pass

6) Oil Separation 6% max

7) Leakage 10 grams max

8) 4 Ball Wear .6 mm max

9) Fretting Wear 10 mg max

10) 4 Ball EP 200 kg min. LWI 30 min.

11) Low Temp Torque 15.5 n.m max

I hope this helps posting helps to answer some of your questions about greases, thickeners and compatibility. I have attached a grease compatibility chart for your reference. If there is anything else that I can assist you with, let me know and I'll get it posted or emailed to you. Thanks for the questions.

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"IF IT TURNS AND BURNS, IT NEEDS LUBRICATION"

John Kahrs

johnsoils.com

Greetings and welcome to John's Synthetic Oils forum on your Lexus Owners Club forum site. My name is John Kahrs and I'm a T-1 Certified AMSOIL synthetic lubricants independent dealer. I've been selling and installing AMSOIL products for my customers and have an extensive background in automotive and industrial machinery.

I have been a member of other forums and provide forum members with information and literature to make educated choices on there lubricant and filtration needs. I like to state facts and back them up with ASTM testing and other proven data.

I found your forum when I began servicing an customers Lexus RX300 three years ago. The most recent visit was to research and learn more about the transmission, transmission flushing and other drive-train components on this vehicle. I like to do the very best for my customers, so I spend countless hours researching and studying up on the vehicles my customers drive.

While visiting you forum I noticed a lot of interest in AMSOIL synthetic lubricants and filters. After seeing no AMSOIL dealers sponsoring your forum, or answering all the questions members were asking, I decided to spend some money and become a sponsor on your forum. This is my first forum sponsorship, so I strive to make it the best all round lubricants and filtration forum on the internet with your assistance. After all, I feel it's the least I could do to repay all of you for the free advice and sharing of information from members like yourself.

I feel forums are a great resource for both the beginning mechanic and the professional mechanic alike. This forum has very good questions and feedback that we can all learn from. So please, feel free to post a question regarding AMSOIL and AMSOIL products, general lubrication and filtration, oil analysis or any other automotive fluid related questions. If I do not know the answer or have supporting documentation, I will do my best to get your questions answered promptly by researching it or contacting other technical sources that I have made through my 20+ years in the maintenance field.

Again thank you for the opportunity to be a sponsor on your forum, and please feel free to contact me directly for more information on AMSOIL and the various purchasing options that are available. If you are ready to purchase please visit my web site via the link provided in this forum, or visit my new site that is currently under construction at: www.yoursyntheticsolutions.com or .net. All sites provide product information, on-line ordering, AMSOIL membership and account options.

I look forward to hearing from you, and look forward to working with you all on your lubrication and filtration needs.

Thanks,

John Kahrs

Independent AMSOIL Dealer

Hudson, IA. 50643

(319) 240-3546

john@johnsoil.com

AMSOIL universal ATF will work just fine in the Lexus transmissions. It meets the specs for most all transmissions except for Ford Type F and the new CVT transmissions. I just did a pan service and flush for a customer and she said the transmission shifts better than ever before. She had 82,000 without a service. The old fluid looked like chocolate milk.

A 2006 model holds 5-quarts of oil. The viscosity would be a 0W-30 or 5W-30. The WIX filter number would be 51348. Let me know if you need any additional fluid capacity information. If you model is something other than a 2006, let me know and I'll recheck the capacity and filter part number.