This man is a fountain of knowledge, what he has done for industry is beyond comprehension.

Got home from a long day at work and a long commute, then I sit down with a pizza and find a fresh Gale Banks video about testing motor oils on the dyno. Life's good.

I'm ready to see what that engine looked like, would like to see all of the wear components bores, rings, valves etc etc.

This four part series was absolutely awesome. Dan is a fabulous presenter (as well as the included Amsoil staff) and Gale was reading my mind when he asked some questions through each video. The amount of education offered here is enormous and presented in a fashion understandable to the average mechanically inclined layperson. I have been a longtime proponent and user of synthetic lubricants in all my vehicles, motorcycles and power equipment, and these videos just reinforce my trust. Thank-you to Gale and Amsoil for making these videos available.

I can listen to Gale and Dan for hours. Very informative, and I love all the educational information explained so the average Joe can understand it. Job well done, thank you, thank you, thank you for this series of Banks Speed School AMSOIL videos.

It's awesome seeing a dude, 3x older than I am, still loving to learn something new. It's inspiring.

We really have to give a huge thanks to Gale Banks and Amsoil for making these videos. This will change a lot of peoples minds and convince people to make a smart switch to treat there engine better. This whole Dexos labeling marketing scam is out of control and a lot of people think it’s good but it’s actually bad. Hopefully many people will now understand the true history of Amsoil and what they actually do to protect our engines. The price is worth it in my opinion.

I just found this series and will continue to watch the rest of it. As a chemist who has done my own mechanical work for the last 50 years, this is pure candy. I love it.

I've run Amsoil for years in all my cars from Daily Driver to my high end cars. Currently I'm using their products in my '72 Pantera, '87 Porsche 944T, 2013 Lamborghini LP570, and my daily beater car 2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo. I use it not only in the engine but in the gearbox/transaxle as well where applicable. Their customer service is always there to make a recommendation based on what is best product for each vehicle and if they don't offer anything that meets or exceeds the manufacturers recommended fluids they always tell me.

I learned more about product development from this series than I did in 4 years of mechanical engineering school. Well done!

That dyno pull chart resembles every 17 year old boys daily commute home from high school.

I worked in a diesel engine lab doing this type of testing, seeing how the oil responds to soot creation by changing timing, vgt and egr. Keeping everything in parameters and how the different oils and additives did in with the different engines. Very cool seeing the entire explanation of what I was doing there as we never got to see the big picture and talk about it. I have to say, our test cells are not that big and not nearly that clean.

So I'm back watching it on my phone with no problems with the sound and I loved every minute of it. Thanks a lot from an old Texan.

**Slow clap** Honestly, Im a 100% green FNG to the diesel world. There is so much to learn, and I dig it baby! So much knowledge from Mr Banks on his own products and now Amsoil too!?!? The one thing that I keep seeing/hearing/reading on my diesel journey is, use quality products and your diesel will last forever. So glad I found and went with Banks products. And because of Mr Banks himself, I look forward to using Amsoil products in not just my diesel, but my other gas and two stroke engines! I applaud Banks and Amsoil for the much needed transparency and support they provide their current, NEW and future customers! This was a great series (along with all of the past Banks videos)! Look forward to whats next! Thank You!

this series has been very, very informative from the start. I see a brand of synthetic oil change in my engines in the future.

I always believed that all oil was the same until about 18 years ago. I was at a buddy’s mechanic shop and he had a motor job on a a Ford super duty pick up truck. This truck had 315,000 miles on it and was in for a leaking intake manifold or something. When he pulled the intake and valve covers off everything looked brand new. We were both amazed and were astounded by the cleanliness of this engine. When the owner showed up to pick up his truck we asked him what oil he was using. When he said Amsoil both of us went and got our own Amsoil accounts. To this day I run Amsoil engine oil, trans fluid and differential fluid. I’m pushing 422,000 miles now and my truck runs as good as it did when it was new. I would love to get a new truck but my truck runs so good that I decided to fix the rust, paint it and keep her going. I also installed an Amsoil bypass oil filter about 12 years ago so now I change my oil every 25-30,000 miles.

This is what I've been waiting for actual engine tests new Amsoil customer for life!!

I learned a ton and I'm proud to have been an AMSOIL customer for several years now and will continue to be for many more years to come.

I really enjoyed this series on synthetic oil, but this was my favorite part. It's putting all the bits and pieces of an engine together that I love. There wasn't too much to see, but hearing that small block roar and seeing the disassembled engine was very pleasing.

I could listen to that engine for 50 hours. Sounds amazing! I really wish oils had a SAE standardized wear rating advertised. Companies like AMS oil would see better sales.

Really cool series. Enjoyed all 4 videos! Think I'm gonna flip over to Amzoil myself!

Another great learning opportunity. This series is very informative! Now for the guys at Banks to take what they have seen and take it to the bank.

Every time Gale speaks, I listen.

Thanks Gale, Dan, and teams. Well done.

What a great series of videos. A real educational experience.

These four videos were awesome to watch and learn from. Thanks Banks Power team!

There’s so much to learn on this channel!

That was an impressive series and I love that they are able to explain things in a way that even I can begin to grasp what goes into making an engine oil. Thanks Mr. Banks and thanks to the people at Amzoil.

That was one heck of an engine test! I didn't know they had a room full of small engines there, too. Nice! That's why that stuff WORKS, I figure! :) You guys should get together for a monthly live stream here on KZfaq - that would be FANTASTIC!

Was anybody else surprised by the amount of trips back and forth to the toolbox when tearing down that engine? If my job involved tearing down the same SBC a couple times a week I'd be real inclined to have a set of tools dedicated for that job with exactly what I needed every time.

What an awesome series! Learned so much from it! Thanks!

Really interesting stuff, all in the name of SCIENCE!!!!! No wonder why my buddy sells Amsoil👍👍 Love the center dump Chevy manifolds!!

Love watching this 4 part series of videos. Sure open your eyes!

That was cool. Learned some things no doubt from that graph and how oiling works.

Thanks for this series, I learnt a lot! 👍👍😎😎

You sir will make many believers with this series..thanks for giving us mechanics science..

Great work in bringing light to this subject

A great series. I learned quite a bit, may not have understood it all but it was a great informational series. Thanks Amsoil and Banks Power!

This has been a great learning experience, thank you

Thank you for the great set of videos. Did not know they put that much effort into research.

I don't know why exactly, but I think I could seriously just sit and watch that for 50 hrs. Its almost soothing, and you can continuously see more and more every pull.

I use to race snowmobiles back in the 80's and I used Ams Oil. We run 2 cycle engines and was getting 114 hp with a 340cc Rotax engine. We run them engines ar 12000 rpm and run 100 to 1 mixture. We never had a engine failure due to oil. The only failure we had was running the engine a little on the lean side. Our mistake by jetting the carbs a little to lean trying to grab a little more power. When we took the engines apart there was a surprising amount of oil in the crankcase. I have never seen this before with other 2 cycle engine oil. Ams Oil was far ahead and better then anyone else in the business that we used back then.

Interesting! Thanks, Mr. Banks. I just ordered two cases of engine and transmission fluid for my Lexus. Go for the best.

I’ve been using Amsoil in my Harleys to hot rods for years. This look into the inner workings just REINFORCED my trust and confidence in Amsoil being #1

Very Awesome.... except I was hoping to see some engine components up close & the bottom of the oil pan along with the used oil.... but this was an absolute great video... I've never used AmsOil YET but am really considering it...

Great video guys, thank you, I learned a lot to Gayle.

Banks and Amsoil, the only 2 companies like theirs out there that go through this kind of product testing and that are willing to tell you about it.

I too think Gale Banks is a LEGEND when it comes to Automobiles and how they perform, and the modifications he does to make more POWER and TORQUE! I'm happy that he has discovered AMSOIL, as I think the AMSOIL products are the best that is available anywhere.

I feel like if I got to spend an hour with Mr. Banks I would come out the other side not only entertained, but as a smarter person as well!

Another very informative video. A bit of an advertorial maybe, but I don't begrudge that considering the information it gives. Once again Kudos to Amsoil for giving us a pretty good look behind the doors at what they do to keep their edge. I did see Amsoil kicking goals on another KZfaq site which validated the cold flow especially but also when the oil had been cooked, it still flowed better than the competitor's new oil. Not big for me in Australia as we hardly go below freezing in Adelaide but those snow caked cars definitely need free flowing oil in winter time.

That was another Great episode, I, loved The Smile on Gales face he lit up liked a chubby 6 year old in a Ice cream store when he saw the huge monitor with all of the data on it from the Dyno Pulls. Makes me thankful for choosing Amsoil years ago the only oil That goes in my 2005 6.0 still has the factory bolts and head gaskets, and I, tow a approximately 11K 5th wheel.

I love this the chart looks like an EKG reading. The heart being maxed out then dropping off.

As a farm kid in the 70’s, our family farm was my main task but no allowance. I you wanted money, you worked for a neighbor who needed hay put up, field plowed, cattle moved 6 miles down a county road as few had help, part time, full time help. It was just all on the farmer and most could make it work, but sadly some couldn’t take it. But we had Amsoil salesman show up, like an implement dealer with the latest plow. Boss told me to run the plow and report. If I gave 3,4,5 reasons for now liking the plow, boss told him to leave. The one thing I remember was the Amsoil rep. Local, knew the name but did it part time. They were unsure of how to point out things because they forgot, we’re not that good but remember, public speaking is the hardest thing or phobia for most. Looking back on a career of fixing cars, then later teaching and holding tech seminars, if you lived to product, knew it inside and out, the became better. I honestly feel sorry for those who tried but gave up. DK, ASE master tech since 78. Raytheon contract labor for GM/ACDelco. No school, no tech college but apprenticeship only. Then went to a dealer for benefits! Mr. Banks, I wish I met you years ago, decades. Blessings.

Top notch information 👌. Thanks Mr.Banks.

Finished the video, within this series I am very well sold on the AMSOL name not just through decades of hearsay but also seeing the testing the engineering that goes into their products and I think it's definitely a good oil to put into my thunderstorke That sees red line within a minute every time I start it

Such a great video series.

Dan: "not the typical cycle that your daily driver goes through" Me "challenge accepted" In my daily driver/ race car, I run nothing but AMS oil.

50 + years ago Smokey Yunick did an oil test article in Popular Science Magazine. He was testing a home brewed synthetic oil made by a chemist (?) some where in Wisconsin. The oil was called All Proof 5w -50, packaged in round metal cans. His test engine was 300 hp 302 Chevy. He tested with conventional oil, then synthetic oil and back to conventional oil. He checked valves and whatever between tests to maintain an accurate comparison. His results were a gain of 20 hp and a 20 degree drop in oil temperature. I called Smokey and ordered the oil for a twin engine boat with 2 modified 302 Fords with 7 Qt oil pans. Boat also had Oil temperature gauges. I picked up almost 100 Rpm and oil temp dropped 15-20 degrees. 100rpm was a measurable speed increase. The oil was $5 a qt. When I called sometime later to order more oil he said the formula changed and he didn't like it and and couldn't supply me. Just talking to Smokey on the phone a few times made the transaction very informative. He was brutally honest with his answers. I wonder if this oil had a connection with Amsoil.

You only forget the 'mic drop' to end the best series ever on motor oil .

shivers dow my backbone shaking all over an engineer's wet dream

Love this channel!!!!!!!!

I think that Gale, and only he's alowed in the amsoil factory cause he's such a legend,,, interesting to see the process of oiltesting,, keep up the good work 👍

Thanks Gale n Amsoil - If he is sold, so am I

I've always had believed that amzoil is the best and this confirms what I had suspected love all the testing God bless you guys and as always be safe 👍

Well done ams and u sir u improved my experience about oil GOD bless ur works to educate humanity I am from pakistan

Amazing just incredible

When we raced dirt, we changed oil every couple races or so, but we didn't have that much if an engine, it was about 10:1, 355ci Chevy, basically built like a stock late 60's engine, about 350-370hp, it came from a daily driven 50 Chevy truck! It had a 3030 cam intake and headers! It came alive at 4500rpm it was fun in that little truck!

Love this video

Gale the God of automobiles. I've learned so much from him & the people he brings on, I never wanna stop.

I Freakin' Love you Mr. Banks ! I laugh my arse off watching your videos. If I ever buy a Diesel, it will be from you. I used Amsoil back in the 80's for my Dirtbike .... I NEVER had any problems with their products.

Breath of fresh air to see someone in the know instead of idiots,seafoam&marvel mystery oil.

I need this engine sound as a a ring tone!

Gale is a national treasure.

I love this channel. The best. Gale, When will we see the leaf blower 2-stroke teardown? So, provided good oil, a good SBC for dirt track racing really only needs 40 psi oil pressure? That's going against every "norm" we have ever heard about engines. I get that constant oil pressure is key, we have all seen what oil starvation does.

Between all the Ad-Speak, there's a lot of smart thinking in to the testing program. One would assume they put the same level of detail in to making sure the fuel is consistent too. Any chance of before & after numbers on the wear ?

Sweet vid.

Mr. Banks you have greatly improved so many things, the least of which is my bathroom breaks👀🤔

Great videos. very informative!! Amsoil's R&D makes their price a little easier to take. I would have liked to see SOME wear numbers, esp. rod & main bearings & rings.

I guess I’m buying Amsoil for the new engine I just built. Never knew that there was so much of a difference between oil manufacturers.

It’s to bad no one manufacturers an electric Prelube pump with constant pressure maintaining function(digital control, oil metal detector, oil clarity, resonate cavity Ultrasound transducer(variable frequency) to detect changes oil). Anyways that’s what your video made me think of. Guess I learned something

Thank you!

If you think about it the small variances in testing that comes on a wheel dyno can find a lot of issues. Being so controlled there will be use cases the end user finds that they can't account for

Brutal, Brutal, mean Dino time for testing the oil. I'm just wondering how many times they blew a engine up through the testing facility. With that program that they run, and how often they have to start all over again. Thanks for sharing Mr. Banks!!!!

Thats one very well broken in motor and was also surprised to see lawn mower and leaf blower motors in there too. Got me thinking about what their fuel cost is for the year running those engine tests

This vid was VERY cool. Old dude is sharp af. Hopefully I end up like that.

I was hoping to see some data on wear. Especially, the rod throw bearings, which take the highest loads at high RPM. Rod throw bearings seem to be the most common failure in race engines.

This is great education for all those clowns who have previously said Amsoil is snake oil.

Great!

Thanks 👍🏽

I had no idea there was so much behind the scenes at Amsoil I just figured it was some boutique expensive oil for no reason

Gale, Amsoil is some pretty good stuff- none better. That said, I think I'm going to include an accumulator at the least for my future performance engines! FR

This stuff needs to be provided to middle and high school kids.

I appreciate the info, I learned a bit. What I have not seen in the videos is where the base oil comes from.

I want a show like this based around small engines.

AMSOIL has some very very knowledgeable people working for them. Al always said he had smart people around him. 👍

So... They're using a very mild, close to stock Chevy 350 to test their RACE oils' endurance...... no wonder the oils perform well! My street/strip motor sees Amsoil but for the serious 4-digit hp stuff, Brad Penn PennGrade only!

@4:22 maaaaan it took me years to gleam that knowledge as a 14 year old. Peak Torque = peak volumetric efficiency (peak cylinder filling)

This is a very informative video especially for a person with technical inclination. I'm just curious why there's a rug/cloth tied on the test engine?

I’ve been using full synthetic oil in my truck for 10 years since new. Was told it is far superior to conventional oil and mechanics have observed a clean engine (tear down) that was given full synthetic during its life cycle.

Anybody up for a beer??? Dood your in Wisconsin, everybody is always up for a beer......heh