I own a year 2008 Myvi, all the mean while I am taking my car to P2 SC for the service using the P2 semi-syn oil (the SL grade). Since the car warranty had expired recently, I am thinking to service my car at any outside garage.

Is advisable to change to fully synthetic oil like amsoil asl or castrol edge? I heard from my friend that amsoil lubricant oil is quite good.

Since my Myvi is manual transmission type, do there have any gear oil in my car manual transmission gear box and do we needs to change the manual transmission oil?

Can, no problem, but fully syn oils can be quite expensive.

no problems to use fully syn oil but you won't gain anything on a small cc engine.. just continue to use semi-syn and save $$$. usually for manual transmission gearbox it is advisable to change every 20k intervals.

Expensive but it will be better on your engine and the oil change mileage will be longer.

ELF also not bad de

My workshop recommend semi synthetic for Myvi. Can lasts up to 8k mileage.

How much do u run a month or every 3 months?

Your monthly mileage determines the type of oil you should select.

But importantly also, follow your car's manual and don't pandai2 extend your oil change interval

Mostly 1 month will run about 2000~2500km, i change the oil about each 2 month. That's why my friend is telling me to use fully synthetic oil but I am not sure whether it is suitable or not...

just ask ...semi-synthetic oil suitable for Myvi engine? what different between engine mineral oil and semi-synthetic oil, just service my car last week perodua service center change my engine oil to engine mineral oil not semi-synthetic oil ,any effect?

I've been using mineral oil in all my cars (including the Myvi) with absolutely no problems - with the money saved, buy yourself a treat ;-)

Btw, no matter what oil you use, you still need to change your oil filters every 5,000km. So stick with mineral and service every 5,000km and that's it.

if the price is almost the same or just rm10-20 higher then why not? or else is depend on ur driving style and mileage. in my opinion, if ur driving style is high rev and/or always travel here and there, is always better for u to go full syn; and vice versa.

for your info my kenari is using perodua engine oil and change every four month when it hits around 8k km with often high rev when i need. so what do u think? 1. money 2. enthusiasm on car

hi,

what about me?

I jz got my myvi last week... by default, i will be traveling around 2000k/month.

any suggestion of which oil i shud go for?

since my car is still under warranty, when i go for my 1st service, can i bring my own engine oil instead of using theirs? (Provided if the oil u suggested will be much better than the 1 they are using, of course).

Budget? Well, I hope it is not WAY too expensive lah...if im rich, i wont be driving a myvi lol.

Then Mineral will be sufficient.
Fully synthetic on 5000KM is a real waste.


I mean, look at taxi drivers in their ISWARA, do they use Mobil 1? Obviously they use the cheapest mineral oil they can get, but yet, they still use it and their engines are still alright. I bet they travel per month twice than others do.

whether to use fully or semi is depend driving style or trafik condition ...

use fully if

1. always drive at high rpm.
2. always stuck in jam, a lot stop and go.

so if you always drive in highway with low rpm and low stop and go, use semi.

1. I dont drive at high RPM (highest is 3000)
2. I always stucked in a jam, twice a day, a lot stop and go.

Like this how? lol...

Amsoil ASL last 25000 miles or 1 year interval. Looks like the best option for you. I just bought 4L for RM166 from another thread here. if we do the maths, it's cheaper than your 2 months (5k) mineral oil change.

add: 25k miles = ~40k km

This post has been edited by harpyboy: Dec 2 2010, 11:02 PM

then how about the oil filter? the normal oil filter should not be lasting for such a long time, right? can recommend any good oil filter as i am thinking of using amsoil asl now coz i will doing sales next month and i estimated will be traveling more than 4000km per month...

just change the oil filter after 8-10k km. btw i change the ASL after 15-20k. does any one actually use it till 40k ? i read from US forums many people actually do it, but in malaysia or singapore i haven't hear so far.

semi-synthetic can d..for myvi i think 10w30 oil.... then maybe after 100,000km onwards..if you wana save use mineral oil also ok d...

can use ar....i think save more ...bcos fullysin-10k km per change

I think I will go with Amsoil ASL and I am waiting for my friend to help me to find a better performance filter for me, may be can last for 10000~15000 km...
I saw the ASL from Amsoil website that it can last for 15000~25000 miles, which means about 24000~40000 km... I have calculated and found that fully-syn will save more money than using semi-syn or mineral oil and give better protection as well...

dude, filter no need waste so much money, a OEM part will do ... and filter should change together when change engine oil, rarely people change different time.

the amsoil website, does it mention which country ?

just i don't want to waste time to change the filter in the 5000km interval, change a performance filter that can last me 15000km will solve my issue...

the amsoil website mention it was from USA, i have read a few articles that mention amsoil is the first company that develop synthetic oil, how true is it i not really sure, but at least i need to try first as most fully-syn oil won't harm my car, right...

Mobil 1 Fully synth is the best..