is this fully synthetic or semi synthetic engine oil?
if it is fully, it should be ok to run 10k, oil colour is not important
but if semi, time is up. you should change it immediately

i still remember one advertisement long time ago, Mobil 1 fully

they claim to be able to clean the engine, thus the oil is very dark in colour, but properties of the oil is still good

how many months for you to clock that 8500km? I just bought 0-30w honda fully syn as well, but have not use yet. planned to change every 6 months or 10000km, depending on which comes first. am still using honda 5-30w semi syn. was changing every 7.5k or 4 months, whichever first.

My 9th gen accord required oil change every 10k km or 6 months interval whenever comes first, but have to use their Fully Synthetic engine oil from Sc. The Oil filter for every oil change. The Aircond filter every 20k km as well as the air filter.

Atf on every 60k km.

I will continue serve the car at sc until warranty expired and go to regular workshop with sc recommended services.

isnt this too often?

Based on Japanese car manuals, it is typically, lifetime (which is about 5 years), or every 150k km.

30k km makes sense if you are towing or perhaps racing your car?

Hi guys, what would be the recommended brands for semi-synthetic EO other than Castrol and Shell? Wanted to try other brands

Interesting points! I do agree that some cars are made to have a life cycle in mind.

ATF is sealed nowadays, and for good reason, one of such reason is keeping the moisture out. As ATF is hyper-sensitive towards water

Cars engine bays being more packed is an inherent design to improve weight distribution and add more technology (be it turbo, or electrical motors). Is it harder to service? Sure.

But technology moves that way, look at the lovely Nokia 3310, removable everything (from case to battery to buttons). If they were to do it for say iphone X, would the phone be 1 inch taller and 1 inch wider and carries a huge lip for future serviceability?

You are right that planned obsolescence is here. But, if you want a car to look good, and have all the tech and safety features you have today, price to pay for moving forward?

Back to ATF, yes, following the service manual is minimum (and recommended), should you want to change it at any mileage (earlier) would be better. Kinda like changing your smartphone batteries yearly, is it better? Yea, but is it cost effective? No one knows.

Hi. Im using a 1.3 Bezza. Perodua recommend me to use their engine oil that is 0w-20. I feel that the oil is too thin. im using (last engine oil is EXN brand) 0w-30 sometimes i use 5w-30 or 5w-40. Is that Ok? i just dont believe in Petronas's product, that is why i uses other brand. If it is not ok, do you have any suggestion?

It's a funny world, so many of us wanna try cap ayam brands from mystery companies, but there is someone doesn't trust a winning F1 team partner's oil picked from the shelf.

Mineral oils would suffice for a Vios engine. If you rev more, then get the semi-syn ones.

Shell Helix Ultra would be overkill for your car, but if money is no biggie, get it. It is one of the best mass market oils out there

Any Motul sifus, need ur advise here whether Motul Multi CVTF has security seal sticker at the opening? How to validate is it genuine Motul oil? Other than that, how long is the shelf life for this oil? Is the printing at the bottom of the bottle is the manufacturing date for the oil?

For Motul Engine Oil, is this the security seal looks like in the photo? Looks like very simple unlike other brand EO security seal which have complex printing on it.

No discount also, bought it at one of the authorised dealer in Motul website. Inside the place light was ambient, after paid and carry to car only look at the labeling and realized the date, then brought back to the shop immediately. I asked what is the shelf life for transmission fluid and he answer maximum 3 years, then I showed him the date for the CVTF that I just bought. He claim that the printing is not the date but some unique serial number, I insisted that must be the date and asked him to bring over some bottles of other oil and the same oil to show me. He did that, other oil are printed different date but for for my CVTF, whole batch are all same date, he told me they just received the stock from their supplier, all are in same batch, even he close his eyes and grab one from the rack also same year. He claimed that is ok to use cus they stored in good environment.
I requested for refund but was told that because they have been opened during the time I make payment to check for the seal which I requested they to open for me.
So my concern is whether these CVTF are save to use?
Btw, what is the selling price here in Malaysia?

Alright thanks, that shouldn't be a problem then
How to verify the oil is thick or not? I try to use torch light to penetrate the bottle to see if the oil still 'red' but couldn't get good result as light couldn't penetrate much inside the bottle.
Will it cause any harm or damage the gearbox if use these 6 years old fluid?

Guys where do you all buy Honda 0w30 (red bottle) outside SC? Trying find ori one

PH auto wont confirm original? Just wondering

Sharing: changed EO today, was using Mobil EP 5w30.  Accumulated mileage approaching 20000km, changed because it has been a year.  Changed filter about 10000km in between.  Note that the oil became thick and I only collected slightly more than two 1-litre bottles of old EO.

Giant store
Made in Germany

If you think from economy of scale POV, Giant/Tesco may not be able to offer this low price anymore if they bring in 2 versions of SHU, as the volume of 5w40 will be halved (maybe) and that does not give them the bargaining chip to get lower cost.

Maybe they can start market survey by importing a small batch of 5w30 and sell it alongside the regular 5w40. Consumers can then "vote"" through their choice of viscosity and Giant/Tesco can adjust their order volume through this sales feedback.

All enhine oil seller in lazada/shopee told me for honda city 2014
Its better to use 5w40 vs 0w20
Is it true?

Just changed mitasu EO! 0 W -30! Quite expensive Ler this oil! 6 L ....ouch!