Motor Oil Info

A farmer saw an increase in the number of bales of hay this past summer that raised his income by nearly $3,000. He does bale and sells his hay to local farmers. With using AGGRAND Natural Fertilizer 4-3-3 has made it much more profitable. Plus the improved plant health, stronger roots, and better drought tolerance when moisture is an issue all add up to a long list of reasons to use more AGGRAND Natural Fertilizers.

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The kelp used in AGGRAND Natural Fertilizers products comes from the Atlantic coast of Canada. It contains more than 60 naturally occurring major and minor nutrients and amino acid. Active ingredients include the trace minerals boron, molybdenum, copper, iron, zinc, manganese, silcon and cobalt.

AMSOIL Synthetic Motor Oils provide superior protection and performance in cold- weather applications. They dramatically outperform conventional petroleum motor oils, especially in the cold. Conventional petroleum lubricants often contain paraffins (wax). While modern refining techniques remove most of the wax from petroleum oil, some wax-like molecules remain. These wax-like molecules are soluble at ambient tempertures above freezing, but crystallize into a honeycomb-like structure at lower temperatures and cause oil circulation problems.

At startup, this can leave working parts unprotected for as long as five minutes while the oil warms to a temperature that allows it to flow. AMSOIL Synthetic Motor Oils provide outstanding low-temperature fluidity for fast, dependable winter starts and immediate startup protection. In addition, their superior synthetic multi-viscosity formulations allows AMSOIL Synthetic Motor Oils to provide exceptional high-temperature protection in hard-working vehicles used in severe-service winter applications.

AMSOIL Diesel Recovery (DRC) is an emergency Diesel Fuel Treatment that quickly dissolves the wax crystals that form when diesel fuel has surpassed its cloud point. It liquefies gelled diesel fuel and thaws frozen fuel filters, avoiding costly towing charges and getting diesel vehicles back on the road. Diesel fuel quality varies from one filling station to the next, and low-quality fuel can have a cloud point as high as 4.4c (40f), making Diesel Recovery a necessity for diesel operators in cold-weather climates.

As state, provincial and federal governments continue to impose new mandates on diesel fuel regarding sulfur and bio-matter content, it is increasingly important to offer products that perform well in all available types of fuel. While fuel systems and fuel quality vary, AMSOIL Diesel Recovery delivers dependable performance in all diesel fuels, including ULSD, off-road and biodiesel. In addition, Diesel Recovery is alcohol-free, making it safe for repeated treatments.

Bypass Filters provide higher filtering efficiency, soot removal and increased oil capacity due to superior media composition and configuration. AMSOIL EaBP Filters have an efficiency of 98.7 percent at two microns. At normal operating RPM the EaBP Filter will filter all of the oil in a typical five-quart sump in less than 10 minutes.

The increased fluid system capacity and filtration life provides improved oil cooling and ensures that equipment constantly runs on clean oil. Engine efficiency is increased and engine life is extended significantly.

AMSOIL has designed a high-efficiency bypass filter element that is also a soot removal device. AMSOIL Ea Bypass filters use a synthetic/cellulose sandwiched media. The inner layer of the element is compose of a highly efficient cellulose media covered with a full-synthetic media outer layer. These filters remove 39 percent of soot contaminants less than one micron. Soot removal efficiency can increase approximately 10 to 14 percent when Bypass filters are used in conjunction with a standard full-flow filter, even higher in conjunction AMSOIL Oil Filters or Donaldson Endurance filters.

Clean oil is vital to keep engines running properly. Oil must lubricate, cool and clean the engine as it circulates. In order to remain effective it must be filtered as it cycles.

The filter is connected to the engine sump, which contains the oil pump. Full-flow filters pass all the oil output from the pump through the filter.

The function of the oil filter is to remove the contaminants introduced into the lubricating oil and prevent them from reaching sensitive engine parts without restricting normal oil flow to the various points requiring lubrication. Internal sources of contamination include wear products from the rubbing surfaces of the engine, blow-by gases leaking past the rings of the pistons and degradation of the oil itself. A filter must perform well in the areas of efficiency, capacity, flow and life.

Efficiency is the filter’s ability to capture contaminants. The more efficient a filter is, the more contaminants it will remove from the oil. To make a filter more efficient the spaces between the fibers in the media are made smaller, creating more resistance and limiting the oil’s ability to flow through the filter. Achieving maximum efficiency along with limited resistance is critical to good filtration.

In today’s applications, base stocks alone cannot provide all the characteristics required to perform the needed functions of a lubricant. This holds true regardless of whether the stock is petroleum or synthetic oil in nature.

However, the performance of base stocks can be enhanced by the addition of certain chemical compounds. Referred to as additives, they not only enhance existing properties, but can also impart new ones. Additives have become an essential part of today’s lubricants, as they comprise a significant amount of each quart you buy. The concentration of additives found in a typical quart of oil is7.5 – 25%.

How are multigrade oil made? Some exist naturally. For example, many synthetic oil base stocks have sufficient viscosity stability to qualify as multigrade oils. For mineral base oil , it is another story. They are created by first selecting a base stock that possesses the desired low-temperature properties. To that stock, chemical compounds known as viscosity index improvers are added. These viscosity index improvers minimize the thinning of the oil as temperatures increase. This allows the lighter base stock to now also meet the higher temperature requirements.

Multigrade oils offer the best of both worlds. They provide low-temperature fluidity as well as the high-temperature stability required for operation in a changing environment.

When selecting a lubricant, there are three basic rules of thumb to consider. 1 – The lower the starting and/ or operating temperture, the lighter or thinner the selected oil should be. The higher the starting or operating temperature, the heavier or thicker the selected oil should be.

2 – The higher the load a component is subjected to, the heavier or thicker the oil should be. The lighter the load a component is subjected to, the lighter or thinner the oil should be.

3 – The faster the operating speed for a piece of equipment, the lighter or thinner the oil should be. The slower the operating speed for a piece of equipment, the heavier or thicker the oil should be.

Of all the characteristics of a Synthetic oil may possess, the most important is its viscosity. The viscosity of a fluid and how that viscosity reacts to variables will determine how well a fluid can perform the basic functions of a lubricant. There is no compromise for the proper viscosity!

What is viscosity? When a fluid is subjected to external forces, it resists flow due to external molecular friction. Viscosity is a measure of that internal friction. Viscosity can be referred to as the measurement of a fluid’s resistance to flow. You can think of this as the energy required to move an object through a fluid. It takes little energy to stir water with a spoon. However, significantly more energy is required to stir honey with the same spoon.

There are also other ways to refer to a fluid’s viscosity. Some of the more common terms are thin, light or low. These terms suggest how a relatively free-flowing fluid such as water flows. Terms such as thick, heavy or high suggest that the fluid demonstrates a strong resistance to flow. Honey is a good example of a fluid with a high viscosity.

A fluid’s viscosity is important because it is directly related to its load-carrying capabilities. The greater a fluid’s viscosity,the greater the loads it can withstand. The viscosity of a fluid must be adequate to separate moving parts under normal operating conditions ( temperature and speed).

Knowing that a fluid’s viscosity is directly related to its ability to carry load, one would think that the more viscous a fluid, the better it is. The fact is, the use of a high- viscosity fluid can be just as detrimental as using too light an oil.

Too low = Metal-to Metal contact ( friction and wear), poor sealing and increased oil consumption.

Too high = Increased fluid friction, reduced enery efficiency, higher operating tempertures and equipment starting difficulties particulary at cold tempertures. The key is to select a fluid that is not too light and not too heavy.

Synthetic Oil base stocks are not something new. After they were originally developed by Standard Oil in the 1920s, Germany expanded synthetic research in the 1940s. Much of the work done in Germany was due to shortages in crude oil and low-temperture performance problems. The development of the jet engine in England during the ’40s and ’50s resulted in continued developement of synthetic oil due to their ability to function in both high and low temperture environments.

Functional synthetic products for the automotive transportation industry were first developed and introduced during the late 1960s and early 1970s by AMSOIL INC. Development of Group III stocks, sometimes referred to as the petroleum industry’s version of a synthetic, occurred during the late 1970s to mid 80s. although classified as a synthetic, Group III stocks are a form of highly refined mineral oil.