Ahbengdriver 6th Gear October 1, 2017 Share October 1, 2017 (edited) in today's era of expensive car prices its best to change EO regularly and more closely. Cheap insurance for yr car engine. I ve run 10k intervals previously on Shell Helix and there are some sluggy stuffs on the oil filler cap. I believe the same could happen to the other "great" brands of oil. Many people follow WS that recommend 10k km oil change intervals, which is fine if it works for you n your wallet. But our car engines are also working when car is stationery at traffic junctions waiting for green to go. If you add that in, 10km will actually be 12k km or more in real terms. 7k interval between oil changes is a good discipline. I now change my oil anywhere between 5k to 6.5k km, as oil is rather cheap these days. Once i can feel the smoothness of the oil dimishing, I will change the oil. I am a believer that oil quality n properties depreciates in some straight line form, and any aged oil is never as good as new oil. And yes i do not waste time n money to do Used Oil Analysis. I also do not like to use Engine Flush, had bad experience once. When I wanted to flush the engine clean, I ll just change the oil after another 500 to 1k km. The oil filter, which can be expensive for some cars, can be changed every 10-12k km. Edited October 1, 2017 by Ahbengdriver ↡ Advertisement 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sdf4786k Twincharged October 9, 2017 Share October 9, 2017 also good to check when to change the oil. https://youtu.be/s4EmIKePHuc?t=300 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inlinesix Hypersonic October 10, 2017 Share October 10, 2017 in today's era of expensive car prices its best to change EO regularly and more closely. Cheap insurance for yr car engine. I ve run 10k intervals previously on Shell Helix and there are some sluggy stuffs on the oil filler cap. I believe the same could happen to the other "great" brands of oil. Many people follow WS that recommend 10k km oil change intervals, which is fine if it works for you n your wallet. But our car engines are also working when car is stationery at traffic junctions waiting for green to go. If you add that in, 10km will actually be 12k km or more in real terms. 7k interval between oil changes is a good discipline. I now change my oil anywhere between 5k to 6.5k km, as oil is rather cheap these days. Once i can feel the smoothness of the oil dimishing, I will change the oil. I am a believer that oil quality n properties depreciates in some straight line form, and any aged oil is never as good as new oil. And yes i do not waste time n money to do Used Oil Analysis. I also do not like to use Engine Flush, had bad experience once. When I wanted to flush the engine clean, I ll just change the oil after another 500 to 1k km. The oil filter, which can be expensive for some cars, can be changed every 10-12k km. Shell Helix is not really great oil lah. If clock 20k mileage a year, there will be 2 oil change in a year. No need to be so kiasu lah. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrylmt Supercharged October 13, 2017 Share October 13, 2017 What are are you driving that you are using Amsoil for? Perhaps knowing the specifications that your car engine requires will help. Some car engines require specific ACEA grades of engine oils - most don't. A good alternative that I used to use was Royal Purple. Found it to be smooth in my old Hyundai engines. Hope that helps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simrbn 1st Gear October 24, 2019 Share October 24, 2019 Amsoil has a new distributor in Singapore. More Details in their FB page. https://www.facebook.com/OilmaxSGSG/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjmadsen Neutral Newbie February 17, 2021 Share February 17, 2021 Royal Purple would be a good alternative. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerNg_185295 6th Gear February 17, 2021 Share February 17, 2021 On 10/25/2019 at 2:04 AM, Simrbn said: Amsoil has a new distributor in Singapore. More Details in their FB page. https://www.facebook.com/OilmaxSGSG/ This brand of oil is very overpriced in Spore. There are better alternatives, ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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