Tag: Maintenance

ATV/UTV Maintenance: 7 Tips to Maximize Your Machine’s Life

John BakerJohn Baker|
King of the Hammers UTV

Do you want your ATV or UTV to last? Then practice these seven maintenance tips to maximize your machine’s performance and life.



Never Overlook This When Maintaining Your Snowblower

John BakerJohn Baker|
Snowblower won't start? Try this.

Thanksgiving day, 2016. While my family was gathered in my dining room, imbibing spirits and making merry, I was in the shed disassembling the carburetor on my snowblower, reeking of petroleum as rivers of gasoline flowed under my jacket cuffs and saturated me to the elbows.



What’s the Minimum I Should Drive My Car? And Other Winter Car Storage Tips

Jamie GibsonJamie Gibson|

The roads are home to all kinds of vehicles. Daily drivers that clock thousands of miles each year. Seasonal vehicles that only clock hundreds. And then there are some whose odometers move only when being loaded or unloaded from a trailer. In any instance, winter vehicle storage is sometimes inevitable.



Introducing the Three Newest AMSOIL Products

Jamie GibsonJamie Gibson|

AMSOIL is well-known for its products that protect the internal parts of an engine. But you may not know about our products that protect the outside of your vehicles and equipment, too.



8 Car Maintenance To-Dos at 200,000 Miles

Andy ArendtAndy Arendt|
old vw beetle maintenance

The average car on the road in the U.S. is 11 years old, and the average owner puts on 13,500 miles per year. If you’re one of these frugal folks – congratulations. 



8 Hot AMSOIL Products for Your Hot Rod

Jamie GibsonJamie Gibson|
Back to the 50s 2016 Classic Car

If you’re anything like us, the highly anticipated sights and sounds of hot rods, muscle cars and restomods returning to the open road makes you a bit giddy. It’s a sure sign of road trips, car shows and all things summer.



How Do I Switch from Conventional to Synthetic Oil?

John BakerJohn Baker|
conventional and synthetic oil

To borrow a famous slogan, just do it. There is still some confusion about changing to a different type of oil in vehicles, particularly older models that have accumulated many miles. A small group of ill-informed individuals in garages and on blogs still cling to old beliefs that synthetic motor oils cause roller followers to

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Which of These 5 Approaches to Vehicle Maintenance Do You Use?

Mark NyholmMark Nyholm|
old vw beetle maintenance

Maintenance is one of those things you either do or don’t do. There isn’t a good way to fall “in between” on the maintenance spectrum, nor do your vehicles, equipment or toys like to be in a state of disrepair. Life is short, so why waste time due to improper maintenance?



What to Do When Your Car is Underwater

Ed NewmanEd Newman|
two cars underwater in flood

Hurricane Harvey hit Houston hard. Tragically, reports say the hurricane claimed the lives of at least 60 people. It has also wrought devastation to countless communities and households.



How Turbochargers and Direct Injection are Changing the Industry

Alex ThompsonAlex Thompson|
polished turbocharged engine bay

Turbocharged, gasoline-direct-injection (T-GDI) engines have been the topic of many AMSOIL blog posts and other publications the last few months, and for good reason. In recent years these technologies have taken the automotive industry by storm.