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post Jul 17 2014, 03:39 AM

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Guys, have u all heard bout Shenzo Oils?

Review ---> http://www.speedgearracing.com/2011/08/she...rmula-more.html

Website ---> http://shenzointernational.com/index.html

API Certified, SN Product...?? Dunno wor...
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post Jul 17 2014, 11:11 AM

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QUOTE(sanadi @ Jul 17 2014, 08:31 AM)
Have anyone tried it? Seems like a new fish is in town. Seen the oil is green color! Like syrup, yum....

Good thing: All their oils are API certified

Bad thing : I dunno where it's origins and not mainstream.
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post Jul 17 2014, 11:15 AM

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Also, how much oil does my car take? 1.6L engine.

P/S : (I lost my owners manual)
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post Jul 18 2014, 07:32 PM

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May someone recommend a good ester based oil? The new Motul 300v line I heard is good. But WAYYYYY TOO DAMN EXPENSIVE! almost 400+ for one. One cheaper alternative would be redline oils. Anyone used them before?
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post Jul 18 2014, 11:40 PM

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Dear bros, sorry to interrupt yeah.. Im noob when it comes to oils ><
So let's get to the basics..
Synthetic oils are just mineral oil + additives to make it synthetic yes? Please do correct me if I'm wrong. I'm willing to learn. =)

So to make synthetic oil they just basically take ur mineral oil and throw in some additves and paste "Synthetic" logo??

What exactly is a base oil? And what are Group 1/2/3/4/5 oils?

Thanks brothers. smile.gif
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post Jul 19 2014, 09:40 AM

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QUOTE(Quazacolt @ Jul 19 2014, 02:29 AM)
Good read. Now I do get the base of the idea.. Keen to try out Pennzoil's new oil! XD

Ok, so.. When is Ultra Platinum with Pureplus comin!! Need 5-40 but no such viscosity in Pennzoil page.. Only 5-30 or 0-40... Currently on 10-40 with not much loss in oil (Don't have to top-up).

Thinking to drop viscosity below one notch. 5-30 or 0-40 =_="

PENNZOIL Y U NO 5-40
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post Jul 19 2014, 05:41 PM

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QUOTE(Quazacolt @ Jul 19 2014, 10:01 AM)
bro, if you read thoroughly (be it this thread, other threads, the one you created, or the wiki page), you should realize that the value before w is irrelevant in Malaysia.

to summary/recap:
The first value before w is for winter viscosity and IINM it's to denote viscosity grade measured at 0 Celsius or 0 Fahrenheit (we won't get that unless you purposely go freeze your engine)

if you want to drop viscosity, max is ~2 notch from your engine specification (try to find the service manual instead of the owner manual), as the second value is typically in incremental of 10, eg: xw20 xw30.
although coming 2015/2016 API/SAE will make 0w16 official smile.gif

to give you an idea, the Mitsubishi engine 4g15 specified xw30 viscosity EO, while proton specified 10w50 or 15w50. To be fair, engine oil technology and rating/certification weren't as they are today, and iinm it was specifying API SG or something, which we are currently now on SN (alphabetical order, however some alphabets are skipped iinm but you get the idea)
as i managed to dig up the service manual, it gives me the confidence to run on xw30 EO on my year 1999 iswara and till date it has not given me any issues while having pretty awesome acceleration/response due to the lighter viscosity EO smile.gif
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I guess I'll get 5-30 then. Since 10-40 without issues. Drop it down just a little. 10-50!! SO THICK ? =_=...

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