Bro, thank you for the info. Today I visited another 1 more established Tesco Extra and Giant, both does not have good branded engine oil with discount. Giant is selling Shell Helix Ultra at 229 (at normal price). I wonder what is the reason that Tesco is not carrying much branded engine oil with promotional price which they normally do. Anybody got insider's news?

Side topic, I think in the rate our country developing, sooner or later we won't get a lot of items in our hypermarket like what we experienced for our engine oils.

This post has been edited by gold member: Dec 7 2017, 10:27 PM

i heard rumours about tesco fully synthetic oils and why they are cheap. They are considered 2nd or 3rd grade fully synthetic. dunno if this is true.. maybe some experts can elaborate?

Something must be going on, maybe Shell Malaysia & others are pressuring Tesco not to undercut them anymore! Cannot be just suddenly Tesco stops selling like that.

That's rubbish, not true at all! Tesco imported directly themselves from Europe, bypassing those Malaysian distributors. Probably then they bad mouth Tesco, spreading that nonsense rumors. Many of those brands like are not 1st rate synthetic to begin with no matter who sells them, they are mostly Group 3 based. You want 1st rate synthetic, then buy Amsoil, or the ester based Motul or any of those really top brands who made their oils from group 4 or above synthetics.

This post has been edited by 6UE5T: Dec 8 2017, 11:02 AM

I used it for 13k km OCI, still turn out ok on the ncp42 vios.

Used Mobil1 fully sync from Tesco before 0W40, no issues at all.

That time was RM129, i bought 2 bottles.

Or maybe something wrong with Tesco or distributors who supply to Tesco. Or maybe Tesco gets some complaints from these big companies.
I have searched some Shell Helix Oil in Lazada, some got good feedback but the authenticity of these oils are still in doubt. Some I read can verify through sms to a no. But bear in mind, if I would sell counterfeit oil, I would set up the sms system which is not that expensive to invest in- it is just a phone no. with reply.

This may be the end of the good old days. The days to have affordable engine oil no longer exists.
Sigh, I didn't stock a few bottles merely due to do not want to the tie up money with these stocks and headache to keep these oils at home.

This post has been edited by gold member: Dec 8 2017, 10:17 PM

Last 2 week Giant, Kampar suddenly got sell Shell Helix Ultra with only RM99. Brought 4 straight away. AEON time to time is selling mitsubishi fully syn oil also at 99/ bottle.

I suspect Tesco got complaints from those Malaysia brand distributors. I noticed Tesco also has downsized their rack space/allocation for this section, which looks like they are not planning to sell as much anymore too!

Bros, thank you for info once again.

Day 1- Visited 1 Tesco and Tesco extra, no stock for most major brands. IIRC, only house brand at around RM169 and some type which I am not familiar with.
Day 2- Visited 1 Tesco extra and 1 Giant. Tesco not selling any major brands that I know of and Giant selling Helix Ultra @229.
Yesterday and today, visited AEON Big. Shell Helix Ultra 4L @ RM151.15. Bought 4 bottles straight as stocks. 1 bottle manufactured in 2015. 2 bottles Aug 2016 and 1 bottle Jan 2017. Another few bottles Jan 2017 shown signs of spills and less volume by looking at the indicator by the side.

Comparable to the lowest price, from 120 to 139, now the lowest I can get is 151, considered acceptable and IMHO, is from reliable source.

Also, have checked Lazada. Do not know the authenticity of the oils but read that from same seller e*as the stock varies. Some said have verification code while some said no. Some said genuine products some in doubt. Still awaiting the situation to settle down hence stock some Helix Ultra. Price at 140+

I believe since it is low stock in Tesco, currently I am experiencing engine oil crisis. Do not think have chance to buy through Lazada Tesco.

Check with Shell Petrol Station, selling at around RM260+ (without any promotion). Ah Beng spare part shop at around RM220+ which I doubt about authenticity.

Yeah, regarding the manufacturing location, I think I read that Lazada (not Tesco one), Shell (some) are from Hong Kong.
While Tesco/AEON Big from EU. Helix Ultra from Tesco and AEON Big all I purchased do not have aluminium foil seals.
Even some oils sell in Shell Petrol Station showing inconsistency in the stocks, some have sms verification and some do not have.
Very confusing combination. This shows that there are so many different sources of engine oils in the market.
Sorry to say, I like to buy "genuine" / OEM spare part from Ah Beng spare parts shop but not for the engine oils.
I do buy other car oils/ fluid from Ah Beng spare part shops though e.g.: ATF, brake oil etc.

This post has been edited by gold member: Dec 10 2017, 06:25 PM

Same as me.. bought from lazada more cheaper

If you're so into shell, why not consider pennzoil? Same plant and GTL technology for the base oil. There are some that sells in garage zone, can look up for mayalab.

Tesco no more selling Mobil 1 or Shell fully synthetic engine oil?

Yea, quite sad lar ....
Anyway, for fully synthetic maybe you can consider Mobil Super 3000 5W40 SN A3B4 in Aeon Big Subang Jaya..

Yeah, no more Mobil, Total, Elf, Repsol, or Shell. They're only selling Castrol, Dyno Lube and Tesco oil now.

Tesco Paradigm..


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Decent price but not the cheapest. Giant usually sells tgis oil cheaper at below rm100.

Tesco selling Shell Helix Ultra. Imported fr Germany. Bottle cap does not have aluminium seal like the one distributed by Shell Malaysia. Hope it is good oil..

Same with Giant, also imported from Germany or any other European countries. It's good, I and tons of others have been using for so many years without issues.

Aluminium seal, as specially developed and found in Shell Malaysia products, is pure marketing and/or saleman gimmicks for differentiation (from EU Shell products) in package appearance whilst 'inside' is exactly similar, all for 'justifying' their exorbitant and cut throat selling price , victimising consumer pockets .
In layman terminology, this is all bullshit from a local greedy corporate player .

Seeing that its no longer imported by Tesco from the photo of the sticker my guess is that Shell Malaysia sent a threatening letter - like a Show Cause letter or lawyer letter asking them to stop importing . But seems Tesco takes from another supplier silently . My 2 sens guess.