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Engine oil ELF or PETRONAS
Petronas is a pure virgin oil.
Great for UAE road and climate.
I personally use Petronas oil or petromin oil.
Great performance and good mileage getting.
Pros: great performance, good mileage
Vehicle:
Ford Explorer
As a 2015 Abarth 595 owner here in the UK I tried Petronas Syntec and have to say the little fella seemed to like it.
Pros: engine liked it
I've been putting 10w-40 ELF 70 STI regular oil in my 1.6 petrol from '98 for 3 years now with no issues.
Pros: no issues, good performance
Vehicle:
Opel Astra G
Petronas Syntium 5w 30 on a mercedes and audi a6. No complaints at all, and good price
Pros: good price, no complaints
Vehicle:
Mercedes
The 5W30 full synthetic engine oil works the best for a wide spectrum. Its working temperature range is practical for daily use and it costs less than 5W40.
Pros: practical for daily use
Cons: costs less than 5W40
Vehicle:
Mercedes
5w40 for sure, my engine sounds happier, quieter, more sound than it did when the PO had 5w30 in it. So 5w40 is a given especially since you have a lot of Km on the clock, when it comes to the brand it really doesn't matter especially if you keep the oil change intervals reasonable.
Pros: engine sounds happier, quieter
Vehicle:
BMW
Mileage: 12500 km
I use Elf Oil and I change mine every 5-7k miles.
Pros: oil change 5-7k miles
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 11200 km
My giulietta 1.4 MA is still reliable at 130k km. Never had any problems with engine always used recommended petronas oil. Had to rebuild my turbo once (at 120k km) it had very little play that made my car burn some oil.
Pros: reliable, good engine
Cons: turbo rebuild needed
Vehicle:
Alfa Romeo Giulietta
Mileage: 130000 km
I currently use ELF Exellium NF, Motul is good too I was tempted to get it....you can also check out ECS Tuning, they sell Lubro Molly now, I think that's gonna be my next choice and I might stick with it. I've used Amsoil for about 20K miles and liked it too. Otherwise, you can't go wrong with Castrol Syntec 5w40 either, I've used it since new all the way till 60K miles.
Pros: liked it
Mileage: 32187 km
I used ELF Excellium NF 5W40.
Mileage: 9000 km
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