Equipment manufacturers and motor
builders have redesigned two-cycle motors to reduce
emissions and increase economy. These changes have increased
operating temperatures, reduced oil consumption and
incorporated direct fuel injection and exhaust power
valves. AMSOIL 2-Cycle Oils are designed to maximize
performance in all types of engine designs and are optimized
for select applications
DOMINATOR Solves Engine
Issues
Tom Donahue
has switched to AMSOIL
DOMINATOR Synthetic 2-Cycle Racing Oil and is having
impressive results. Donahue races his 2000 Yamaha GP1200R
1200cc, 155 hp personal watercraft.
"Out
of the box, it would go about 63 mph, not fast enough
for Limited Class Racing," said Donahue. "As
I began modifying the engine to gain horsepower, I began
having reliability issues,"
Donahue said
he installed a milled head and an after market exhaust
system and soon had a non-running motor. Upon disassembling
the engine, Donahue could see the problem appeared to
be too much heat being generated between the pistons
and cylinders.
"I decided
to switch to pre-mix fuel and spent probably $500 repairing
damage to the cylinders," said Donahue.
No more than
40 hours later, he had the same problem.
"After
rebuilding the engine a second time, I switched to AMSOIL,
and that was 80 hours ago," said Donahue. "I
pulled the head off the engine, and the crosshatching
on the cylinders is as visible as the day I had them
machined."
"I have
100 percent confidence in your oil to run a two- to
four-hour endurance race, and know I will have a running
motor when it is over," said Donahue.
Lawn Care Business Converts
to AMSOIL
Gale Salyers
doesn't know yet how much he'll save using AMSOIL lubricants
in his lawn maintenance machinery, but one benefit was
immediately apparent.
"I don't
have to gag on smoke and exhaust when I'm using my gas
powered hedge trimmers," Salyers said. "With
regular petroleum based oil, I had smoke and fumes in
my face and oil on my shirts all the time since the
trimmer is held at chest level. Now I have no smoke
or carbon buildup."
Salyers,
who owns and operates Eden Lawn Care with his wife and
son in Clermont, Florida, was introduced to AMSOIL 2-Cycle
Oil buy one of his customers.
"I had
thought about switching to a synthetic oil," Salyers
said, "but my attitude was, if it's not broke,
don't fix it." Then he was given a couple of packets
of the AMSOIL
100:1 2-Cycle Oil. "That sold me on it right
away," he said.
Eden Lawn
Care services more than 100 customers each week in the
Clermont area, one of the fastest growing areas in the
United States. In business for 16 years, the Salyers
have two trailer loads of machinery, including Dixie
Choppers and John Deere walk behinds. Salyers just switched
to AMSOIL motor oil in his four-stroke engines and plans
to perform scheduled maintenance every six weeks instead
of every two. He already has influenced a great many
of the area lawn care companies to switch to AMSOIL
as well.
"I've
been around this machinery a long time, and I've used
just about every type of oil," Salyers said. "And
this is by far the best I've used in 16 years. It is
just a great product."
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