June

Amsoil Dealers in Action

Mark Chalkley, Saluda, VA, has been an AMSOIL Dealer for the better part of 15 years but doesn’t sell the products for profit. “I’ve never made one dime off of it,” he said. “I became a Dealer for the price break and never intended to make money selling it.”

Chalkley is a semi-retired computer programmer, who also is a heavy equipment operator. He also gives advice on TractorNet, an informational Website for agricultural equipment users. According to Chalkley, he’d lose credibility if he made money through recommending AMSOIL to those operators. “I can do AMSOIL more good by not doing it for the money,” he said.

Instead, Chalkley tells people about AMSOIL. And, he tells them quite a story. He has several vehicles, a 1993 Dodge pickup truck with a Cummins engine that he uses to haul loads of more than 25,000 pounds, a 1997 Ford Contour and an earth mover back hoe. “I use AMSOIL in everything,” Chalkley said. “I have never worn out anything that has had AMSOIL in it.”

He put AMSOIL Series 3000 5W-30 Heavy Duty Diesel Oil in his 1996 VW Passat at about 10,000 miles. He put AMSOIL 75W-90 Gear Lube in the tranny. The Passat has 287,000 miles on it and it’s still running the same gear lube. Chalkley changes his oil filter every 25,000 miles, his oil every 50,000 miles. “There’s no by-pass kit on it either, and I’ve never had a problem. Not a one,” he said.

He adds about a quart of oil every 4,500 miles. Oil consumption hasn’t changed in the six-year-old car since he switched to AMSOIL early on and it improved then. “It’s not burning any oil,” he said.

Chalkley sends customers directly to AMSOIL for the products he recommends to them.

Editor’s Note: The AMSOIL-recommended drain interval for the Series 3000 5W-30 Heavy Duty Diesel Oil in passenger vehicles with diesel engines is up to two times longer than manufacturer’s recommendations, with oil analysis, or six months. The change interval recommendation for SDF Oil Filters is 12,500 miles or six months, whichever comes first.

AMSOIL 2-Cycle Oil keeps customer’s engines running clean

Richard Tompkins, Midland, Texas, uses AMSOIL lubricants in all of his motorized equipment. “AMSOIL makes everything run better,” Tompkins said. He’s a house builder by trade, but he also hires out to do lawn care for love of the work, Tompkins said.

He was introduced to AMSOIL in the 1980s by a friend of his who was a sprint car driver and AMSOIL Dealer in Indiana.

Skepticism about synthetic motor oils ran deep in those years, Tompkins said. However, a little research convinced him synthetics were the way to go. He’s used AMSOIL ever since.

He puts AMSOIL Synthetic 100:1 Pre-Mix 2-Cycle Oil in all of his lawn care equipment. “I have several pieces of equipment with two-cycle engines ranging from 16:1 to 50:1,” Tompkins said. “For the last two years I have just mixed the AMSOIL 100:1 at a 50:1 ratio and I use it in everything I own. No problems, no smoke, and most important, one, yes one, gas can.”

Well, actually he admits he has two gas cans. “I could not find a 6,000 watt generator with a two-cycle engine. But when I forget the regular gasoline, the 16 horsepower Honda likes my mix just fine,” he said. He runs AMSOIL 10W-30 Synthetic Motor Oil in the Toyota Tundra he bought new two years ago. “And now, after 30,000 miles, it’s finally starting to break in,” he said. “I’ve got a brand new engine with 30,000 miles on it.”

He dismantled a weedeater once, just to see how the AMSOIL was performing. “There were no carbon deposits in it,” Tompkins said. “That’s unheard of in two-cycle engines. AMSOIL’s just good oil.”

AMSOIL beats any competition, petroleum-based or synthetic, he said. “Price-wise it’s on the money, quality- wise, there’s no comparison.”