Mineral????????? nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Go for the cheapest reputable FS is better than Mineral. Bardhal is crap though cheap so avoid that. Just go for the cheap and cheerful Pennzoil FS 5W30. It sells for about RM126 or just get the AEON 5W30 Shell RM136. Buy from spare parts shops, they are cheaper than retail most of the time and they don't normally sell fake oils.

to be fair, there are API SN mineral oils and you and i both know it isn't that easy (despite how people may naively think) to acquire API certification.

now, there are also some insider images showing how bardahl oils are made, and they are supposedly from Malaysia/Singapore.
The thing is, Bardahl is a very old (and reputable) oil from USA since the 1950's AND is API certified for a lot of their products.

my suspect is, the Bardahl you get in Malaysia, is of much lower quality/standards (not to mention NOT API certified), or it may very well be fake bardahl or just oils riding on the bardahl name. (oem/rebrand/repackaging, whatever)


all that said, look back at pennzoil, it basically the same/similar deal with bardahl, done under UMW Malaysia.
now UMW is also an O&G company themselves, so i dont think it'll be bad with pennzoil, however it certainly isn't as glamour as the pureplus they have right now and it is certainly not API certified.

Go to a honda showroom, ask for their service schedule, and you can see a selection of engine oils available during service. The best of all, their mineral oil can undergo 10,000km oil change interval. Engine oil production has really progressed these years....

Fair point. I've used their semi and fully syn oils in my own car. They seem to last quite long before the 'sluggish' feel from the engine kicks in.

Oh well I've been on FS most of the time for the lifespan of this car, so not gonna start minerals either way.

want to change eo semi.total,repsol&ELF.which 1 better.ermm

You were considering total semi 159?
Why not shell fully 139?

Even semi 99, id go fully in a heartbeat because semi synthetic oils are very Controversial as you can have 1% synthetic content and 99% mineral base oil and you still can call it semi.

my old car cannot reach 10k for 4 lit.little bit leak.can topup ka with other brand?
do u know ester base oil.why so pricey?

This post has been edited by wira_laju: Nov 7 2015, 09:27 PM

Same here, so I just go with shell, among the cheapest reputable brand full synthetic.
And sure no issues mixing especially if it's going to leak anyways lol.

I'm still finding Korean Zic lol, iinm at Jalan Ipoh got a Korean car specialist workshop that has that engine oil banner.

Unfortunately didn't visit since I was short on time for my brakes servicing at nestum
davidke20

Ester lubricants are expensive because they are derived from alcohol /acids.

The main ingredient for perfumes. (that's why they smell so good lol)

Lemme know if you finds it(ZIC I mean).

arrgg, gone are the days when i bought shell hx7 semi-syn 5 litre @ rm79 and rm89...
now those are rm99..

This post has been edited by voscar: Nov 7 2015, 10:11 PM

definitely bro

Brand mixing ok la, not a race car shouldn't be a huge problem.

And if it's leaking that bad, you better get it fixed. Head gasket, valve guides, piston rings, etc. Check and replace.

Ester are group 5 base oils. The method of extracting these group 5 base oils is expensive so the stock itself is expensive to begin with before blending into an engine oil. Then there's the additives, expensive additives and that'll jack up the price even more.

I bought a bottle of Castrol's Magnatec 10W-40 at Aeon Big for RM99 recently after failing to find any decent priced SS/FS xW-30 oils. I went to Aeon, Aeon Big, several spare parts and mechanics and the prices were expensive so i settled for the magnatec since i've never used it before.

I'll do my oil change next month. Any reviews from those who've used the SS Magnatec before?

It breaks down fast. But what is true for me may not be true for you. Just keep your senses open for any differences in engine performance.

And you must be damn unlucky, I saw a lot of 5W30 Shell 1L bottles at Aeon and then a lot of Elf semis at Tesco. And did you come across any Pennzoil brand oil at the spare parts shops? Perhaps you have one of those faces that look like you're a waterfish?

pennzoil malaysia... UMW... nope. lol.

ZIC oil can buy online, official portal some more

http://www.skilube.com.my/products/index.p...-motor-oil.html

Can be a little bit more expensive than what you can get from car parts shop (provided you can find it around your area). I found mine near my area (in johor though). The website sell RM10 more expensive than the workshop sells for the CI rated diesel oil.

thanks for the info bro

davidke20
not as cheap as i hoped it to be

so expansib

You mean ZIC A+ 5W30?
At what price would you consider buying?