A friend of mine bought a 02 F250 about two weeks ago. The PO bought the truck new and has ran amsoil since the first oil change. I'm trying to save him some $ by switching to schaeffers 9000. The price he got for the amsoil was over 30 bucks a gal! He is interested in switching. I was wondering who has ran both amsoil and schaeffers, and what are your opinions. Thanks

 

I never ran ethier but i'll be running Scheaffers soon, a dealer here gave me a good deal on it. Bump....

 

I have ran both. I was a big Amsoil user in the past. Using it in my Harley & cars and it worked well. But when I used it in my 7.3L I didn't get better wear results on my oil analysis reports. I had better iron wear with Delo 400 and Schaeffers. I'll find the link to where I did my comparison oil analysis reports.

FWIW so did Pete (F250_).

 

I'll be running Schaffers before long. I have enough Rotella Synthetic sitting in the garage for this next oil change that's due. After that, I'll make the switch since Rotella has gone crazy expensive, and I can get Schaffers cheaper now.

 

Wow. Are you kidding me? I had not realized the Rotella Syn had gone that crazy. What is the Schaeffer going for?

 

Rotella synth. is about $18.99 to $22 a gallon in these parts.

 

I was able to get Rotella Syn for $18 about 2 months ago. How much is Schaeffers?

 

Its was $18.22 a gal for me. My truck loves it and I just checked my oil level after about 600 mi, the oil is not dirty at all and did'nt burn any. I am a fan now!

 

Schaeffer or Rotella?

 

Rotella Synthetic is $22 a gallon now. I can get Schaffers for $18 a gallon.

 

How much do you have to buy to get that price shipped?

 

Sorry Schaeffer's

 

22.00 bucks here for Rotella syn, not paying that. Another member on here from Tenn. Jlrc** sorry i can't remember all his screen name JDecker knows him, that sells Shaeffers told me about a dealer up here and i called him and he told me 21.65 a gallon and i told this dealer thats not much of a deal, i could stay with Rotella and he dropped the price to 17.69 i think a gallon. Anyways, ordered 10 gallons of the 9000 with some other customers, getting it in a week or so...

 

Nice mike, being willing to deal and know what your doing always gets you ahead of the game. You will love it, I think the green tint to it is pretty cool and unique.

 

Thanks, Rich...


... Yes, I ran both. To keep everything in perspective, I ran only one oil change on the Amsoil DEO 5w40, and am nearing the point of making my third consecutive run with the Schaeffers 9000 5w40. All four runs have been in the neighborhood of 12-13K miles, and each was run with my OilGuard bypass system installed and operating. Furthermore, I have changed both the full-flow AND bypass filter elements at EACH oil change just to make sure I got apples-to-apples comparisons.

Here's my simplified observation. The engine ran fine on both oils (Amsoil DEO and Schaeffers 9000), but the engine has a smoother, more steady, and almost more powerful tone to it with the Schaeffers.

The bottom line for me, though, is the fact that I'm getting better wear metal values from the Schaeffers, and that change was immediately noticeable on the first run with the Schaeffer oil. The other thing about the wear metal values, both oils were tested by Blackstone Labs which does not have a dog in the fight, so to speak, for either oil brand.