not all EO contains MoS2 or Moly based additives. though it was friction modifier to reduce friction for greater FC.
it's only subject to low viscosity oil suxh as 0W20 or lower to enchance the engine protection due to low viscosity.

and don't try PTFE based engine oil treatement. although it was great. it could damage your engine in long run..
just personal opinion as PTFE will damage the engine still disputed.

i own a almera, i also using 0W20... maker was Idemitsu ?
u got steel ball 190km/h...

Did you noticed Tan Chong Motor uses only 3 bottles of 1 litre 0W20 of engine oil and later they add in those crap engine additives to supplement the other 500ml of engine oil?

no, not really.
API is an international institute, or heck you can even argue it's american since A is American afterall.
Certainly is not dependent on individual countries regulations. If that were the case, there's:
JASO Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Auto...ds_Organization

ACEA Europe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Auto...ers_Association

or in Malaysia, that should be either PUSPAKOM or JPJ (still local standards/regulations)

nothing to do with API.
If you would like to find out more info, may read up the first page.

http://www.api.org/~/media/files/certifica...eestructure.pdf
Additionally, the "royalty" to pay to API is 3k usd, to be honest if you're dealing with lubricants and the potential profit of it, 3k isn't a huge sum to pay.
IN FACT we have local companies being certified as well Petronas excluded, example:
https://engineoil.api.org/Directory/EolcsRe...ndName%3Dshenzo

The only excuse to not get certified is products not able to meet API's standards/requirement, which are fairly strict:
http://www.api.org/certification-programs/...ditionfinal.pdf

Sure, it may not be good oil, in fact almost all racing oils aren't certified due to additional additives being used.
However it certainly gives the mass consumers a peace of mind instead of "oh my butt feels this oil smooth" random claims of good and whether really good or not no one will know unless someone presents a UOA (used oil analysis) test that can provide rock solid proof.

no, liqui moly MOS2 does not even have 0w20:
http://www.liqui-moly.de/liquimoly/produkt...ocument&land=DE
lowest is xw30 which surprisingly is gone from their website.

personally i wouldn't go with PTFE based additives as well considering some people did in fact reported damage or have very poor UOA results

wkkay
bro can turn off preview for pdf?

LiquiMoly Mos2 don't have Moly additives ?
why does it called MoS2 ?

Ya..i don't know why only consume 3L engine oil only on 1.5 L 4 cylinder engine ?
i always reject the aftermarket engine oil treatment unless it's genuine brand.

yes they do.
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/moly-basics/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molybdenum_disulfide

i was referring to your post:


in which no, even high viscosity oil have moly/mos2 in them.

what i mean is usually for low viscosity oil like 0W20 does have Moly..
of course 5W30 or higher can be contains Moly as well..

not 0w20 (got 1 Mobil Super 5000 5W-20), but here api sn mobil 5000
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbth...opics/2278298/1

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbth...&Number=2547400

http://www.pqiamerica.com/ExxonMobilSuper5000.htm

point is, viscosity is NOT a determining factor whether an engine oil has moly or not.
it is an additive that EO manufacturers choose to include or exclude.

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Dec 16 2014, 06:36 PM

Lols you guys are totally not talking on the same channel, hahahah

i would say.. for SAE 0W20... usually contains Moly..
i understood that Moly just the additives for EO, but sometimes it is necessary additives for lowviscosity EO.

Ikr? Lol

No, just no.

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/moly-basics/

i linked already loh (scroll up)

=edit=
oh wait just this page, not previous page lol

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Dec 17 2014, 12:02 PM

Those 'floating sneak preview' is abit annoying and hard to see lol.

you tell me, i have those pdf links (neh API punya costing/methods etc, VERY detailed stuff hehe )which cannot be previewed or link clicked upon... need to reply/quote and see the link unless i go edit and put on code tags to prevent the preview thing taking over

any citation ? in my experience of 0W20 EO, all of them contains Moly.
maybe we're in different channel

I just linked?
Click them maybe?