38 months on Amsoil 0.30

Hello,

Today, it is 17 January 2009.

It was June of 2005, my wife and I bought a used Ford Contour.
2.5 L v-6 engine.

We did the usual things - service the brakes - front and rear.
Have had to renew the water pump and alternator.

But the first month - we had the car, we did 2 other things ...
We had to remove the both upper and lower intake manifolds
for deteriorated end seals - vacumn leaks and lean burn fault codes

and clean out the accumulated blowby gas deposit buildups in
all 6 of the intake port runners,
and remove the deposits in the EGR valve and
throttle plate passage ways.

But also, After all that ...
We installed Amsoil 0.30.
This vehicle had 168,000 miles at the time.

What we did was to keep the crankcase filled ...
As the engine has some minor leaks.

And we have operated this engine without oil change
and without the addition of the extra filtration
for 38 months use.

And as it played out ...
The only reason that we did change it was that another
Ford vehicle - a F 150 came in for it's oil change service.
And the Amsoil in it's engine had a year and 13,000 miles
service on it.

I caught the oil in a clean pan.
The F 150 oil filter was the same filter as the wife's Contour
And we changed both of them that day.

Not because the Contour needed it's oil changed ...
But because the F 150 oil and filter was available to us free.
With less than 1/3rd the mileage and time use on it.

And ... we fully intend to run this engine oil until we need to
change it ... or someone wrecks or runs into our car.

In our 15 years of doing Amsoil ... we have never - ever really
had a vehicle that had intake manifolds leak antifreeze into
the engine oil ... and have usually seen 5 year oil change intervals.

Yes,
I will not throw our money away on any engine lubriant
and filter that does not have anything less than a guaranteed
1 year/25,000 or 35,000 mile service life.

If we need make up oil ... then I top off with Amsoil's 0.20
and keep on smiling.

To date, we are heading into 5 months of use -
NO hesitation to start - even in 4 degree weather
this last week ...
And no indication that the vehicle has needed more than
a pint in make up oil - since August of 08.

Now with 194,000 and still running strong.
**************************************.
My next service should be to change the transmission
fluid and filter, and install Amsoil ATF.

Even for those folks who don't have a clue ...
And have never heard of such a thing ...
The ATF is a lifetime fluid - past 300,000 miles service life
(normal - Non towing service life) trouble free ... And I love it!

Incredible!

Rowan Cook
The Amsoil Service Shop
329 East Main St.
PO Box 399
Sophia, WV 25921

304 683-5298
http://www.syntheticlubricants.org