Well, since I only go through about 10 gallons of fuel per year that's not much of a loss for me.
I'm really more interested in the lubricating qualities of T-6, and from what I'm seeing it does just fine.
At 10 gallons a year about anything would work.Well, since I only go through about 10 gallons of fuel per year that's not much of a loss for me.
T6 works great, as you can see from many satisfied users. Amsoil is fine, but no better. It just costs more.
Smell? Smells like refined oil to me. Certainly less 'smelly' that the 80-90 GL5 Gear oil I use in my front axles on my Tractors.
Amazon sells 3 gallons (in 1 gallon jugs) for $55 no shipping charge for T6. That's $18/gal or essentially the same as you're paying, but in a container that's easier to meter out the oil into the tractor / truck then a drum and pump (unless you have a metered pump).
I bet Amazon wing ding you for sales tax...
All I can say to that is you should try it for yourself. I've seen as much as 3 mpg gain just with engine oil.
Still doing hay so I'm to tired to search. But I can give you a real world number from today. I baled for 8 hrs. Total run time was more like 9 hrs but actual field time was 8. I burned 11 gallons with my M9000.
With all due respect, if that truly was the case, every manufacturer on the planet would be insisting their vehicles only used Amsoil, don't you think? With all the complicated, expensive things that are done to gain only a tenth of an mpg here and there, getting +3mpg merely by using Amsoil would be pretty easy and obvious, no?
With all due respect, didn't you say a liquid cooled engine runs cooler with Amsoil as well? Far fetched claims IMO.
Well, maybe and maybe not. We both (Bulldog and I) run Ford V8 diesels, not gas motors though I still have a 7.3 PS and he's upgraded to a later model. I realized a 3 mpg increase in fuel consumption (and I penciled it carefully) when I started using Archoil Nano Borate additive and their fuel additive in my 7.3. Could be 'snake oil' but my calculations say no. Base oil remained the same, 5-40 T6. Is it cheap? No. Does it work? Certainly. Added benefit for me is the motor is a HUEI engine, Hydraulically actuated unit injector motor and the injectors tend to carbon up at the end of the injector pintle and the Nano-Borate cleans the carbon deposits away so the motor starts easier and runs smoother. It also keeps the motor clean inside (Nano-Borate is a cleaning compound). Last year I replaced the injector harnesses on both banks and had the valve covers off and both overheads were as clean and residue free as when the engine was built. If my Kubota tractors had the same injection system (they don't), I'd be using it in them as well.
