Amsoil in a 763?

[Collisioncenter]

Hi guys, I've been thinking about this for quite some time and I'm still on the fence. The problem is that Its time to service my machine and I was thinking about switching it over to Amsoil. I have an outlet for Amsoil so that isn't a problem. Here is the problem: I bought this machine this summer with around 2300hrs, its been run on bobcat oil its entire life. What is everyone's opinions on the switch over? Should I continue to run bobcat oil in it or switch it to amsoil? This machine is used mainly in the winter, and usually lighter duty in the summer. Not very dusty conditions. Its more or less a homeowners skidloader, not construction, not farming. I look forward to your comments

 

[jerry]

I like synthetic oil, have it in everything. I have never had a problem with putting it into a high hour machine. I put it in the New Holland at 2700 hours and it has not used any in 100 hours but it is just a home use machine. Used rotella 5- 40 just because for me it was cheaper than amsoil.

 

[Bandit1047]

I like synthetic oil, have it in everything. I have never had a problem with putting it into a high hour machine. I put it in the New Holland at 2700 hours and it has not used any in 100 hours but it is just a home use machine. Used rotella 5- 40 just because for me it was cheaper than amsoil.

The first thing that you need to know is that synthetic oil will scrub the inside of your engine clean. I would run some kind of internal engine cleaner and flush it out very well. I would then use the synthetic only if I was sure that the engine is clean.

 

[jerry]

The first thing that you need to know is that synthetic oil will scrub the inside of your engine clean. I would run some kind of internal engine cleaner and flush it out very well. I would then use the synthetic only if I was sure that the engine is clean.

I have never noticed that synthetic ever got any dirtier than dino oil but in every engine I have put it in it increases oil pressure by 10 lbs or so and that only decreases when someone accidently puts dino oil back in at a change. I know that for a fact. Also though I don't really go for the extended oil intervals and I do change it every 5000 in vehicles.

 

[donald73d]

I have never noticed that synthetic ever got any dirtier than dino oil but in every engine I have put it in it increases oil pressure by 10 lbs or so and that only decreases when someone accidently puts dino oil back in at a change. I know that for a fact. Also though I don't really go for the extended oil intervals and I do change it every 5000 in vehicles.

I think Amsoil is excellent oil. Maybe the best available. So are their filters. If an engine is dirty (sludge, etc) it will clean the engine slowly, which is what you want. I would not (read that as NOT) use any engine cleaner or flush in your engine as there is too much chance of freeing up large chunks of crud that might clog an oil galley. Let the synthetic oil clean it slowly. The only exception is a cleaner called Auto-Rx and with it you have to do a "clean" cycle followed by a "rinse" cycle. I have used it as have many others. You have to order it and follow the directions. Another member who replied said he did not notice that synthetic oils got dirtier faster than dino, thus cleaning out the engine. You would really need to pull the valve cover, find sludge, then do a few oil changes using synthetic, then pull the valve cover again to see what it then looked like. Its very possible the engine was not sludged up when the synthetic oil was added, thus it will just keep it clean. The real forum to ask oil related questions is BITOG Bob Is The Oil Guy. They know their stuff. Pablo over there is an expert on Amsoil and a sponsor.