Mineral , semi synthetic or fully synthetic?

[dr. d]

i have been using off-the-gasoline-station-shelf mineral oil for decades now. no ill-effects.

[Monseratto]

Any Fully Synth oil than can be bought at the malls?

[dcvingkamotekid]

sir *dr. d, parang mas ok pa ang mga mineral oil na binibenta sa gasoline stations (e.g Shell Helix) basta you're religiously changing your engine oil every 5,000 KMs.

sir *Monseratto, saw a Valvoline sa suking Ace Hardware.

*PS: napapaisip din akong gumamit ng Royal Purple engine oil

[Egan101]

Any Fully Synth oil than can be bought at the malls?

Mag1, Valvoline, Mobil, and Castrol can be bought in Ace Hardware or True Value.

You'd be better off buying them from gas stations. UniOil and Total stations sell fully synthetic oils cheaper than Shell. UniOil carries the Idemitsu brand (same as the casa fluids of Honda) while Total's product is named Quartz which is a new variation of the Elf oils before.

[babkalakal]

Thank you sir. Kasi im planning to have the pms outside casa. Any oil brand would you recommend for Vios?

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Oil from any reputable brand is fine. Even a good quality mineral oil is fine for 5k oil change interval.

As for personal preference i use zic oil lately from korea good quality even better price. Shell hx7 semi syn is also good for me but at the price i can get zic synthetic na. I try to stay away from castrol particularly yun local ones.

[akosidab]

How about the pertua? Anybody here have tried using?

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[dhenz76]

Oil from any reputable brand is fine. Even a good quality mineral oil is fine for 5k oil change interval.

As for personal preference i use zic oil lately from korea good quality even better price. Shell hx7 semi syn is also good for me but at the price i can get zic synthetic na. I try to stay away from castrol particularly yun local ones.

sir pasuyo sa PM ng binibilhan mo ng zic engine oil. need ko ng engine oil for toyota altis 2005. salamat

[dhenz76]

Mag1, Valvoline, Mobil, and Castrol can be bought in Ace Hardware or True Value.

You'd be better off buying them from gas stations. UniOil and Total stations sell fully synthetic oils cheaper than Shell. UniOil carries the Idemitsu brand (same as the casa fluids of Honda) while Total's product is named Quartz which is a new variation of the Elf oils before.

ok pala engine oil ng unioil sir? nababasa ko ng good engine oil ang idemitsu, ang problema ko wala unioil sa area ko.total lang ang meron

[HondaCity1998]

Good After noon. Ask ko lang mga sir anong viscosity ang gagamitin ko sa honda city 1998 ko (non-vtec).
10w40, 10w30 o 15w40? for non synt.

Please help. Thanks

[StockEngine]

for an almost 20yo stick with 10w40

[Egan101]

ok pala engine oil ng unioil sir? nababasa ko ng good engine oil ang idemitsu, ang problema ko wala unioil sa area ko.total lang ang meron

UniOil yung official distributor ng Idemitsu dito sa Pinas. Oks yang Idemitsu kasi yan yung stock fluids na gamit ng Honda.

Oks din yung Total Quartz fully synthetic. Total yung global partner ng Nissan-Renault group. Ginamit namin dati sa City at Jazz nung nahirapan ako makakita sa labas ng casa nung VTEC LEV 5w40 synthetic oil.

Good After noon. Ask ko lang mga sir anong viscosity ang gagamitin ko sa honda city 1998 ko (non-vtec).
10w40, 10w30 o 15w40? for non synt.

Please help. Thanks

Kahit ano dyan puwede. Yung base mineral oil na gamit ng Honda casa is 10w30. Mayrun Shell 10w40 semi-synthetic oil (High Life, blue bottle) at Shell 15w40 mineral oil (HX5, yellow bottle). Kung saan mas makatipid, puwede na yun basta palit ulit after 5k km.

[HondaCity1998]

for an almost 20yo stick with 10w40

Thanks. i'm currenly using 20w40, ayun may oil leak nanaman ako sa valve cover gasket. ung mekaniko kase nag sabi na un ang ilagay ko kaya un nilagay ko.

ano pa bang pwedeng naging sira due to wrong vescosity? thanks

[Egan101]

Thanks. i'm currenly using 20w40, ayun may oil leak nanaman ako sa valve cover gasket. ung mekaniko kase nag sabi na un ang ilagay ko kaya un nilagay ko.

ano pa bang pwedeng naging sira due to wrong vescosity? thanks

Find the source of the leak first before changing fluids. Maybe a gasket needs replacement or something else.

[HondaCity1998]

Find the source of the leak first before changing fluids. Maybe a gasket needs replacement or something else.

Noted! Thank you. hopefully transmission's engine is not broken. I'll fix it tomorrow.

[dr. d]

sir *dr. d, parang mas ok pa ang mga mineral oil na binibenta sa gasoline stations (e.g Shell Helix) basta you're religiously changing your engine oil every 5,000 KMs.

but why shouldn't we change it religiously?
we're also required to change it regularly, even if it were synthetic.

change oil. the biggest non-secret to keeping your engine happy.

[Vodka]

if manual says API-SN then use API-SN in the recommended viscosity

if manual says replace engine oil every 10,000kms or 6months whichever comes first, then do exactly that if you drive under NORMAL conditions (not severe!). yes this applies to MINERAL OIL too! in fact the manual doesn't specify a different interval when using mineral/synthetic

don't be an idiot and stretch it to 1yr because you used synthetic

[sirkosero]

There are semi-synthetic oils in 5w40 (Shell Helix HX7) and 10w40 (Valvoline, Shell) viscosities. For mineral oil, you can opt for 10w30 (Idemitsu) or 15w40 (Shell HX5).

20w50 is just too thick for small engines. Even with big 4-cylinders (2.0L or more), I would not even recommend it.

Was referring to the question on what viscocity toyota casa use.

They wont allow bringing of oils bought outside

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[dr. d]

if manual says API-SN then use API-SN in the recommended viscosity

if manual says replace engine oil every 10,000kms or 6months whichever comes first, then do exactly that if you drive under NORMAL conditions (not severe!). yes this applies to MINERAL OIL too! in fact the manual doesn't specify a different interval when using mineral/synthetic

don't be an idiot and stretch it to 1yr because you used synthetic

some manufacturers say every 10K km ang change oil intervals for ordinary driving conditions.
what they might not be saying, is that the oil filter must be replaced every 5K km.
what's your take on this, guys?

[Flipo]

Any Fully Synth oil than can be bought at the malls?

I bought MAG1 Full Synthetic 5W-30 API-SN, ILSAC GF-5 at Ace Hardware.

[papi smith]

Ang masasabi ko lang, dito sa Pilipinas, considered severe driving conditions na tayo automatically..

some manufacturers say every 10K km ang change oil intervals for ordinary driving conditions.
what they might not be saying, is that the oil filter must be replaced every 5K km.
what's your take on this, guys?