Hi Guys,

Pretty new here to this topic.
Never really took an understanding on ATF and Engine oil until i think i was overcharged for services on changing these two oils.
I owned a honda city '06 (+/- 11years with a clocked in mileage of about 223000km.
For Engine Oil i was convinced to switched to Addinol Semi Syn 1040 on my previous service (cost me RM180, which i think overcharged).
My next oil change is coming up - for both ATF and Engine Oil - so i want to cultivate some understanding and asked for recommendations on good ATF and engine oil protection for my car (11yo with 223,000km clocked in).

Thank you.

Anyone use shell helix ultra PurePlus and find it turn brown easily?

Did oil change on my car the oil turn into light brown from golden in just 30 mins drive.

Not sure if it is because it has superb cleaning power or it gets "fried" easily.

Mileage and age of ur car ?

60k km, 5 years car.

It does not turn brown that soon when I was using aisin fully synthetic over the last oil change.

Guys, I still have some engine oil left from oil change during last 2 times of maintenance, I wonder if it is compatible to top up with my current engine oil that I'm using during last maintenance as both are different brands but I'm not sure about the grade though ? Will there be any effect ?

Car: Proton Wira Auto 10+ years

ATF, just used the std Honda ATF for your specific car, should be good enough already. Just need to find where selling the cheapest/most reasonable price.
For engine oil, can go to Tesco/AEON and find which ever on good promotion price there, that will save you a lot. Any semi synth 10w40 should be good enough from whatever reputable brands like Mobil, Total, Castrol Elf, even Mitsubishi Eneos oil from AEON. Should cost you around rm90/4ltr if on promotion price.

Can mix, should still be ok if good/reputable oil.

Guys, I bought Shell Helix HX5, wondering whether it's original.
I see they put another sticker on top at behind of the bottle. Looks suspicious



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Yes, it is genuine. If you're concerned, you can drop in any Shell petrol station to check on their oil bottle caps.

I also noticed that after the word 15W-40 there is no word For Diesel and Gasoline Engines

I Googled Shell Helix HX5 and the word is in all the photos



This post has been edited by navilink: Mar 9 2017, 11:22 AM

Recently cheap full synthetic engine oil sold in lazada. " dynolube" . Wonder why it sell so cheap. Maybe it is recycle oil ? Anyone can help ?

recently many articles shown that cooking oil made of palm oil can be used as good as engine oil that cost >10x.

found from Autoworld:





i guess that's what they put in the cheap brands making 10x margin.

organic > synthetic

any review for Saji brand? haha

This post has been edited by lowya: Mar 11 2017, 03:33 PM

Boiling point is just but 1 parameter only.

To produce a good quality engine oil, the blender needs multiple and balanced formulation of additives, acidity regulators, dispersent, defoamers, viscosity index improvers, etc. Additives cost money and the process to reach to certain parameters needs money. Even if you buy a pre-blend, that still costs money as someone else did the dirty job.

Yes, plam oil can also be considered as a good potential for base oil, but it has been in market for so long, still no palm oil based engine oils? Something must be missing the mark right?

I own a 2011 city. I usually buy my own engine oil and atf separately from an auto parts shop and bring it to the workshop. I get the semi 5-30w for rm80 while atf is about rm25 I think. I'll need about 3-4 bottle of atf per change. Oil filter is rm15. All before gst.

Labour is only rm15 per oil type change. Done together is rm25.

I live in setapak. Auto shop is in setapak. All products are the same that honda sc use.

Goodidea. Hopefully the auto shop can guarantee its products is 100% original.
There are plenty of fake or recycled engine oil outside.

Some ways to prevent it is by buying it at sc (expensive since some using retail price) or buy at tesco during offer. Get mine at tesco shell fully Synthetic 5w-40 at 129rm. Last time also bought mitsubishi fully Synthetic 5w-40 at jusco balakong, clearance sales at rm99

After going through the Mb 229.3 and Mb 229.5 list, I found out the cheapest oils which meet these requirements which can easily be found in Malaysia.

For MB 229.3, it would be the Caltex Havoline Formula, Caltex Havoline Synthetic Blend (RM 95-110), and Shell Helix HX7(RM 101-135).

Interestingly, Caltex Havoline Formula is non-synthetic dino oil. However, there have been some not so positive reviews regarding the Havoline engine oils. Do your due diligence first.

For MB 229.5, it really depends on what’s on sale. Currently, Castrol Stop Start Fully Syn 5w30 is going for RM 150 on gemfive.com. (Do note that in Germany where labelling laws are tighter, this Magnatec is not labelled as a full synthetic, but rather as a hydrocracked synthetic)

I was mainly looking through the major brands in those MB specs sheets. Please do let me know if I have missed any.

https://bevo.mercedes-benz.com/bevolisten/229.3_en.html
https://bevo.mercedes-benz.com/bevolisten/229.5_en.html

This post has been edited by konchy: Mar 14 2017, 11:23 PM

When on big promo in Tesco, last time that same Castrol oil was only rm135.

Maybe you can experiment by using the palm oil into your engine then tell us the result?

Done that.



https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cje/2014/643521/

Good, how long did you try? Are you still using it? Did you drive aggressively too/rev hard?