Searching For the Right Answers

What is to be done?. An ocean of waste oil is being created every year, and it’s growing exponentially. The existing collection systems are not working and there’s no guarantee new and more complicated schemes will work any better. Yet, a very simple solution does exist. It all comes back to quality innovation efficiency and problem-solving.

For nearly two decades, AMSOIL Incorporated has manufactured and distributed synthetic lubricants. It was the first synthetic motor oil qualified by the American Petroleum Institute, the first to recommend 25,000-mile/ 1-year drain intervals, and, today, the first and only to have a system for lifetime drain intervals (with oil analysis Research, laboratory analysis and millions of engine miles have produced a distinguished body of facts; decades of staying on top of the latest developments in the oil industry have paid off in maximizing efficiency, and minimizing waste.

It’s easy to see how the 25.000-mile/1-year drain intervals of AMSOIL can reduce your personal contribution to oil pollution. In 1985 AMSOIL introduced the TRIGARD System. This package of advanced automotive products represents the world’s first and only 100,000-mile-plus oil change interval. And that means no wasted oil. It your car goes 100,000 miles on petroleum oil, and you follow the recommended drain intervals, you will generate between 85 and 165 quarts of waste oil. That’s like draining from 1% to 2 bathtubs of dirty oil. With the AMSOIL TRIGARD System, you would generate little more than a milk-jug full of used oil over 100,000-plus miles of use. That’s economy, savings, and a conscionable ecological alternative!

Where Does All The Oil Go?

40% is dumped on the ground or down the sewer.

21% is thrown out with the trash ending up in landfills.

8% is somehow burned.

21% is re-used for miscellaneous purposes.

14% is recycled.

Most automotive experts recommend drain intervals of 3,000 to 6,000 miles for petroleum motor oils. This is about 4 to 8 times less than AMSOIL. Assuming you use petroleum oil, travel 25,000 miles annually, and have a 5-quart oil system, you will dump 15 to 35 quarts of used oil. You could almost fill up a 10-gallon aquarium with that much dirty oil for every 25,000 miles you drive.

Prevent Billions of Quarts From Being Dumped

Just think about what a savings on the environment if would be if, for example, the 135 million registered cars (excluding trucks, buses, and taxis) in the United States were equipped with AMSOIL. Assuming an average service-life of 100,000 miles and an oil capacity of 5 quarts each, the cars in the United States will generate 11.4 billion to 22.3 billion quarts of waste petroleum oil in their service lifetimes (with regular changes every 3,000 to 6,000 miles). If you put 22.3 billion quarts of waste oil into 55-gallon barrels and loaded them onto semi-trucks, you would have a line of trucks stretching end-to-end from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. and back to Los Angeles again! Using AMSOIL 100% Synthetic Motor Oil and the TRIGARD System, consumers can conserve our natural resources, preserve the environment, and save time, money, and repairs. Advanced technology and practical solutions are the answers to our technological problems. More than anyone in the field, AMSOIL is already part of the solution. save time, money, and repairs. Advanced technology and practical solutions are the answers to our technological problems. More than anyone in the field, AMSOIL is already part of the solution.

Amount of Waste Oil in U.S.:
Picture two columns of trucks occupying both lanes of a highway stretching from Los Angeles to New York City -- all filled with 55-gallon drums of dirty oil.  That's how much oil will be drained if all the cars (excluding trucks buses, and taxis) in the U.S. change oil every 3,000 miles during their 100,000-mile lifetime.