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maintain your off-road equipment

6 Overlooked Maintenance Tips for Heavy Equipment Owners  Josh Kimmes|Jul 10, 2017 8:15 AM   My dad owned a construction company when I was a kid, which meant summer break wasn’t really a break. One summer I was tasked with cleaning up an old asphalt paver. It took a couple days to get it as […]

crazy old jeep

Can a 1943 Jeep Survive This? Check out AMSOIL Expedition Colorado Lindsay Premo|Oct 08, 2017 8:00 AM For brothers Brad and Roger Lovell, adventure is always around the next turn, literally. Brad typically finds adventure behind the wheel of his off-road racing truck on a TORC Series track. Roger finds it during grueling Ultra 4 […]

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Can Your Motor Oil Handle the Seven Responsibilities of a Lubricant? Ed Newman|May 24, 2017 8:30 AM Most motorists understand the primary functions of motor oil: reduce friction and wear. However, motor oil and other lubricants must do more to protect your vehicles and equipment. With engines and equipment becoming more powerful and sophisticated, it […]

silicon spray

Ease Winter with AMSOIL Silicone Spray AMSOIL Silicone Spray is perfect for lubricating and protecting rubber, nylon, plastics, upholstery, vinyl, wood, cardboard, fiberglass and other nonmetal surfaces (and metal surfaces that come in contact with nonmetal surfaces). Keep a can on-hand this winter to… Spray onto shovels, snowblower chutes and augers, plows and skid-steer buckets to […]

dominator racing grease

REFORMULATED FOR EVEN BETTER PERFORMANCE Many ask – what grease can I buy to do everything??  Well this is it. Although it is for racing, we have several manufacturers use it in their day to day operations to serve high temp, high speed, water washout and high loads. Racing Grease Update AMSOIL DOMINATOR® Synthetic Racing […]

Don't have a Baja Truck? Get a dirt bike and enjoy!

Lovell: The Every Man Champions Editor note – Lubricant quality means everything. Our products are built for the pros.. Well overbuilt is what they are saying now but in real world every day scenarios aside from the protection AMSOIL hydraulic or fluid power products provide, there is the Performance factor! A power steering pump that […]

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What’s the Difference Between Horsepower and Torque? John Baker|Feb 13, 2017 9:09 AM Rather than offer a technical explanation few people will understand, let’s talk about what torque and horsepower feel like. You’re idling at a stoplight. Or maybe an IHRA starting line. Someone rolls up to you and revs their engine. Gives you the […]

Fight Ethanol Problems

How to Fight Ethanol Problems in Small Engines Andy Arendt| 2017 1:46 PM In 2005, Congress instituted a new renewable fuel standard that you didn’t get to vote on. In response, refiners made a wholesale switch, removing methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and blending fuel with ethanol. Ethanol helps reduce petroleum use and greenhouse gas (GHG) […]

no spare tire problems

Spare Tire Blues: Three Tips for New Car Owners Ed Newman|Oct 23, 2017 8:57 AM Here’s the situation. You’re on a road trip with the family. You stop for food and fuel and you notice one of the tires is a little low. Fortunately the convenience store has an air compressor and you’re back on […]

207,111 MILES – A PART-BY-PART ANALYSIS What We Learned After Putting More than 200,000 Miles on this Harley-Davidson* It’s no secret that we go the extra mile when it comes to product testing. In the case of our 2012 Harley-Davidson, we went 207,111 miles. Since arriving at the AMSOIL mechanical lab in March 2015, the […]

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Scuba Diving Basics for Beginners: A Boating World Q&A Ed Newman|Nov 20, 2017 2:30 PM When my brother Ron and his wife were young, they took up scuba diving. They love adventure and they’ve always loved to travel, so scuba diving seemed an exciting way to see the world. The natural beauty beneath the sea […]