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How much you bought your motul and which one?

What specs do you wish to maintained?
If good and super cheap with latest Api sp spec, mizu fully synthetic only rm80 for 4L. Using pao + ester somemore.

If wan achieved higher spec a bit like b3/b4, can get Q8 oil from their official seller in shopee. Rm125 for 4L fully synthetic.

What else... denial.

The usual bs about doing lab test to authenticate. Cannot use eyes to see. Different batch. Different region.

To be honest, I'm not exactly critical of engine oil as long as they are not recycled oil. It's just that recently my usual car (sonata yf) was sold and my dad pass me his 2009 merc. I was told needing to top up engine oil every now and then but I was topping up too often to the point of getting annoyed. Then I was told by the mech my dad bought the wrong viscocity, bought 5w30 instead of 5w40. Maybe it was diluted so bad, instead of topping up 800-1000ml every 1000km, I actually top up close to 6L for just 3000km (his leftover 5w30 ¾ bottle and I bought the brand new 5w40 from Petronas mesra). I actually bought a 250ml measuring cup and pour in 3-4 cups each time.

Had a engine oil servicing last month and it just pop up needing to top up oil (roughly 900km from 2 petrol refilling). I added the remaining 650ml and will monitor how it goes. I wanted to avoid getting the wrong viscosity and repeating the frequent engine oil top up.

Oh... didn't knew about blue smoke. Early morning start did see smoke from the exhaust but how to determine white or blue smoke?

Vanli is okok only in my list... got one time recommended me Bort absorber... damn lousy absorber kong after 1 month... went to warranty and replace another pair for front... kong again after 1 month.

Vanli claim their oil from europe... shopee seller show me memorandum from petronas saying changes in foil to non hologram.

I dont know can trust or not. Mesra oil is almost no smell but vanli and shopee seller very similar smell.

Oily? It's hard to describe. Perhaps I would call it deliberately added fragrance to make it smells good. The original oil from mesra also had some smell but very very faint unlike those from vanli or that shopee seller.

The obvious is the viscocity since mesra version seems to flow more smoothly. Also lighter tint kinda like new cooking oil vs slightly used cooking oil color difference.