Engine Oil - All About It

[S14]

shell rotella t6 5w40 for either gas or diesel

[cxxxavier]

regular oil lang yung ride ko, but thinking about going full synth on my next maintenance period.

Parang bawi-bawi lang together with the cost of the regular oil and the labor cost.

[cooldad]

regular Valvoline lang basta regular change oil lang

[stormwatch]

Used castrol magnatec for a long time. Really good oil. pero mahirap maghanap when you need to top up.

 

Using Shell oil after that. The regular one (Yellow). Cost efficient and madali mag top up. Mas mura pa magpalit ng ilang beses kesa sa fully synthetic.

 

BTW, driving an i-DSi GD Honda.

[dcumshaft101]

I use TOP 1 SMO

20W-50

[FF]

as an ex shell guy ... your regular multigrade diesel or gasoline engine oil is more than enough to give your car's engine the protection it needs. the main advantage of synthetic oil is it protects longer over time . i guarantee you if you change your regular oil every 5 k then you're more than protected. as a rule of thumb ...if you use synthetic oil you can extend your change oil from 5 thousand to 10 thousand.even more if you can have your oil quality tested and monitored.

 

fact is motor oils have a very looooooong usable life. here's a real life story. when i was with shell , i changed oil in january using synthetic oil. every month , i would draw out a 20 ML sample of oil from the engine. I would put in an equal amt of oil back to ensure adequate lubrication.

 

As a shell field staff ... i have the luxury of being able to send oil samples from my car to the shell lab. they would send me back a report that would advise me if the oil from the engine was still good enough to use.

 

To make the long story short , it took 12 months before the lab advised me to change the oil. My car ran over 20,00 Km over that span.

Edited January 8, 2016 by FF

[FF]

 

diesel oil won't damage your engine but it will damage your catalytic converter.

the catalytic converter ? why so ? how does using a diesel engine oil in a gas engine affect the catalytic converter ? hmmmm. are you takling about diesel fuels or diesel engine oils?

[bigsam]

my friend has a 15yr old diesel engine with almost 600,000kms on it.. he just uses the cheapest recommended oil, never used additives. i am following his lead.

[FF]

my friend has a 15yr old diesel engine with almost 600,000kms on it.. he just uses the cheapest recommended oil, never used additives. i am following his lead.

smart guy:-)

[bambolbhi26]

as an ex shell guy ... your regular multigrade diesel or gasoline engine oil is more than enough to give your car's engine the protection it needs. the main advantage of synthetic oil is it protects longer over time . i guarantee you if you change your regular oil every 5 k then you're more than protected. as a rule of thumb ...if you use synthetic oil you can extend your change oil from 5 thousand to 10 thousand.even more if you can have your oil quality tested and monitored.

 

fact is motor oils have a very looooooong usable life. here's a real life story. when i was with shell , i changed oil in january using synthetic oil. every month , i would draw out a 20 ML sample of oil from the engine. I would put in an equal amt of oil back to ensure adequate lubrication.

 

As a shell field staff ... i have the luxury of being able to send oil samples from my car to the shell lab. they would send me back a report that would advise me if the oil from the engine was still good enough to use.

 

To make the long story short , it took 12 months before the lab advised me to change the oil. My car ran over 20,00 Km over that span.

 

I agree with you FF. I only change oil every 12 months with my accord using fully synthetic oil.

[Piratebay]

Use regular motor oil, i change oil every 5,000 km naman.

[Robo Cop]

i do change oil every 12 months

[thedarkknight]

i always use OEM oils/lubes for my car

[Izumo]

Theres a right oil (grade) for every type of car and you can find that in you car manual.

 

Like for Hilux, use 15W-30 grade engine oil otherwise your engine wont function as efficiently as it should.

[Radiomir]

Synthetic all the way.