Personal Lubricant

I'm an oil freak. Everytime I went to shopping complexes or hardware stores (let alone the sparepart shops), I will pay a visit to the oil shelf. The price of an average motor oil in Malaysia is ridiculously high; especially synthetics. But if you wander around frequently, you'll be suprise some of good imported stuffs were sold cheaper than our so-called domestic RRP (recommend retail price). Once before Carrefour brought in Europe made Shell Helix Ultra with a pricetag of RM149, which is ard 50 bucks CHEAPER from our local-blended one. How on earth Carrefour manage to do so? With larger bulk quantity and direct order through the manufacturer to cut down the agents or dealer commission. You can imagine how much the dealer make the hell lot of money just by bringing the oil in here and charge addtional 30-40% to the consumer.

By default, 4G92 MIVEC can take any 40-weight oil, be it 0W-40, 5W-40, 10W-40 or 15W-40; either synthetic or conventional will do fine. The thinner 30-weight oil (something like 5W-30 or 10W-30) is preferable if your engine is in mint condition (or after rebuild). If you're losing oil, it means that your seals are overdue for a change or the engine is asking for an overhaul. Remember, putting thicker oil such as 20W-50 might reduce the oil consumption but the problem is still there. It just a temporary solution. Plus, thicker oil is going to rob your engine performance, reduce engine protection during start up and decrease your fuel efficiency.