Today visited Giant Kelana Jaya and they only have Shell semi-synthetic oil. Went over to Tesco Paradigm Mall and they only have 5 bottles of 4L Shell Helix Ultra 5W-40 Fully Synthetic left, at RM109. API SN, ACEA A3/B4. Made in Germany. I bought 1 so there's 4 left!

I myself bought a bottle to test it out on an old car one more time. Previously had used this before but within 5k km i actually got my mech to drain them all out and replace with LM 10w-30 Semi Sync.

I did pour out the oil from the bottle to have a look indeed it's darker than a normal. I would assume in EU they really do recycle their engine oil due to environmental reason. Let's see if it's really good as claimed by the fellow forumers here who have been using it for donkey years.

Are you suggesting it's the EU based oil are partly recycled oil ?

They do have strict rules in recycling of used oil, but not back into engine oil. It's recycle into many by-products such as bitumen / oil stock for industrial use.

Anyway, as anything goes , use at your own risk and more importantly doing a timely change of oil is better than using high grade oil but neglect changing it.

well that's all i can say pouring it out, it's indeed pretty dark unlike the ones you will get from your official service center and/or from petrol kiosk. Yup, will give it a try if the engine do not feel right will flush it out asap.

Well considering so many peeps had vouch for Tesco Shell oils i just can't sit around and not testing it.. Especially when it's RM109 for fully sync.

By right Giant / Tesco should sell the HX8 at lower price than Ultra, because if you take a look at Shell stations, HX8 is around RM 180 vs Ultra which is RM 220 plus.

and the reason why Shell Malaysia introduce HX8 is to so-call make their Fully synthetic more affordable and keeping their Ultra , the top of the line model , although there is one more , rare, limited edition called Shell Helix Power.

https://www.shell.com.hk/zh_hk/motorists/oi...helixpower.html

The difference between the HX8 and the Ultra is not just fully synthetic. Like someone mentioned here in BITOG forum:

https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbth...lix_HX8___5w-30

Kinda like HX8 is Nescafe and Ultra being...Starbucks kopi.
Heck if my car can drink Starbuck coffee at discounted price, why would I still buy Nescafe?

BTW, I have tried the Ultra to like 13K before I decided "enough is enough". My 2 sens, If its recycled oil or some minyak masak in disguised, it would had break down at 3K mileage.

I’m new to this topic after read from this forum discussion,I think I made a good decision and get a good deal in giant
Thank everyone for sharing

Very good buy! Use in good faith.

you sapu 10 bottles ??

i sapu 8 bottles LEL

You guys making me furious leh.

You still can get 5w40 at Tesco.
RM 109 I think.

I drove 20km just to get EO LMAO

200km also worth it.....

Just 1box only ,didn’t try oil from hypermarket yet ,Still struggling to fully trust these oil

4 years later still you guys talk about it. In fact my 1st post is dated 4 yeads ago.

I have bought one myself and never regretted.
RM 89.90 for a ori retail price of RM 230 oil is bang of the buck.

The reason why Shell Malaysia can't sue Tesco and Giant is because they are bringing in genuine oil also. But they created fake stories about lab testing showed "2 out 10" tested fake.

So What Shell Malaysia did was to create a nonsense ad - Made for Malaysia / Utk Pasaran Malaysia.
Of course this does effective fool some people but in reality, there is no such thing as an oil developed for a specific country.

I have even read some FB comments - "EU oil is for cold country such as UK. Not compatible for our hot country". Nonsense. The 5w40 from EU and the so-called 'Made for Malaysia Market' 5w40 has the same viscosity.

And I bet some would doubt it because of the cheaper price. Its OK. You can goto Shell Station and get it for RM 230 if that satisfies you.

Ya engine oil are designed for 2extremes, winter/summer temperature specs.

People are very gullible, fear of damaging engine.

its a valid fear.

what saddens me is when facts having a lab sample available, people still refused to believe lol

You can't teach old dog new tricks. Nvm, more oils for us

I have two vehicles, 1.6turbo & 3liter NA. I do not trash my cars,but drive fast. The last 5 years have been using Tesco Shell full syn without any issues. I'm very glad Tesco or Giant provide this oil at such good price!

Shell brand oil I got recently from Giant still better than other unknown chap brand.

FYI Tesco price is now RM260 ..."harga sudah naik"...Tesco Cheras. Ampang no stock.

Agree with you on all the bullshits from Shell Malaysia on 'Made for Malaysia' oil adverts , and would love to read public statements in black and white from Shell Malaysia stating clearly that this Helix Ultra VOA from Russia is NOT suitable for Malaysia weathers bla bla bla .