Synthetic Lubricants New AMSOIL Signature Series Motor Oil

AMSOIL new synthetic lubricants, introducing a premier motor oil supplemented with a proprietary ashless antiwear system for improved heat and viscosity control.

Synthetic lubricants save money, improve equipment performance and protect the environment, and the new Signature Series 0W-30 premier motor oil from AMSOIL INC. of Superior, Wisc. USA, sets the standard for protection and performance while boasting a 10 percent increase in TBN (13.2).

Personally endorsed by AMSOIL founder and president Al Amatuzio, each new Signature Series 0W-30 synthetic motor oil bottle bears his signature and describes how he developed the first API qualified synthetic motor oil, thereby launching the synthetic motor oil industry.

How to Be GREEN (even save money) with “OIL”

Just as living without electricity is difficult to imagine, functioning without lubricants in our society is equally unimaginable.

But “oil” is probably the one area that almost no one thinks about when considering practical choices such as, “What can I do to improve equipment performance, reduce my operating costs, offset record fuel prices, extend equipment life, or promote conservation?”

In the past few years we’ve been faced with reduced crude oil output and record fuel prices. And most of us think these are beyond our control. One reason is that most people are unaware that all “oils” are not equal. Another -- because crude oil-based lubricants dominate the scene, accounting for 93%-95% of all usage -- we don’t even consider that there may be something better or different.

We strive for conservation and efficiency in many areas – so why not in our Lubricants?

There is an available option. Innovative, long-lasting energy-efficient synthetic lubricants improve equipment performance, help solve our pollution problems, reduce dependence on foreign oil, and – yes – can offset the high cost of fuel. (Here, “synthetic” is a good word!)

Conventional lubricants are refined from crude oil, much of it imported. True synthetics are designed through organic synthesis.

True synthetics do not depend on crude oil. They are created through precise molecular engineering (organic synthesis), using various and readily available organic chemicals, such as weak organic acids, long chain alcohols, and ethylene.

[Ethylene is a plant hormone that differs from other plant hormones in being a gas. It is released by many fruits, e.g., apples, oranges, avocados, as they approach maturity. Ethylene promotes the ripening of the fruit. Ethylene is catalytically polymerized to form polyalphaolefins [PAO’s ] which are liquid synthetic hydrocarbons. PAO’s are known as Group IV base stocks.]

Synthetic lubricants approach perfection and have prominent advantages over conventional oil lubricants. Synthetics have the ideal physical geometry in molecular size, shape, and weight makeup. Synthetics are pure, uniform, and predictably designable, allowing production of very high performance products tailored to specific applications. And true synthetics are Made in the USA.

Synthetic lubricants were developed in the late 1800’s. Commercial production of the synthetic polyalkylglycol began in the 1930’s to replace castor oil-based brake fluid. In the 1940’s the Germans, while operating in severe winter temperatures on the Russian front, produced polyalkylglycol to satisfy the need for low temperature equipment lubricants. The Germans were also developing the jet engine and needed a lubricant to withstand the gas turbine’s high temperatures.

Mid-1960’s. LtCol Al Amatuzio served 25 years as an award-winning jet fighter pilot and witnessed the extraordinary benefits of synthetic oils used in jet engines. At the heart of every successful business venture are two things: technical innovation and business foresight. Al Amatuzio believed the outstanding performance benefits of synthetic lubricants would prove invaluable to car, truck, and other internal combustion engines.

Amatuzio assembled the industry’s most knowledgeable chemists and directed the formulation of the world’s first synthetic motor oil under the brand name AMSOIL. The 10W-40 grade, 100% synthetic motor oil, approved by the American Petroleum Institute (API), was introduced in 1972. Engine oil quality and performance standards took a quantum leap; this synthetic engine oil had a recommended drain interval of 25,000 miles or one year!

“Energy efficiency is the single most cost-effective step to reduce pollution that leads to global warming.”
David Nemtzow, President, Alliance to Save Energy

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