have u tried buying magnatec or shell helix ultra from tesco ? these are made in the e.u and are brought in through tesco's channels, therefore are sold here cheaper than locally packed ones.

for e.g i recently bought , during a weekend offer, shell helix ultra for 80 bucks. the packing date was first quarter of this year...
castrol edge is sold for around 150 bucks...

and its tesco. i dont think they sell fakes....

tesco brand oils.... im wondering who their supplier is ... is it BP ? if its BP, then, tesco oil must be the same as castrols ... right ?

i never buy OEM stuff from hypermarket...

bcos i tried to buy carrefour brand soda biscuit cheaper than hup seng brand soda biscuit just about few cents only, the crispy no good enough compare to hup seng brand... learnt a lesson: cheap doesn't means good quality...

so far i've no issue with the shell, and castrol oil that i bought from tesco.
in fact. i recently bought a bottle of shell helix ultra at 80 ringgit. fresh bottle pulak tu. ( bargain price i know). its now in my car, and i've no issues.
but i found something out. the oils that they sell in tesco is actually brought in through their channels from the UK.  so for some of the product, the oil spec is lower that what u can get locally. for example. castrol magnatec 10-40 tesco is sl rated. the one sold locally is actually sm rated.
i think most engine oils officially sold in malaysia is at the moment sm and sn rated.  where else , in the uk. most fully syn is sm rated, most semi is sl rated.

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Added on July 11, 2011, 10:45 am

i dare not lor. besides. 30 bucks extra can buy castrol already...

i have been using shell helix ultra fully synthetic bought from tesco for rm99 a bottle (4L). usually bought 2-3 bottles everytime. been using for the past 70k+ km. better power compared to petronas oil. so far i am satisfied with shell ultra helix from tesco... save me rm100 from normal price.