Lubricant Discussion- Engine Oil / Gear Oil

[pwuser14958616851]

Hi Everyone!

I want some guidance regarding oil and filter change in Toyota Corolla Altis Grande 2016 model in Islamabad.

After how many km or duration the following need to be changed:

1) Brake Oil
2) CVT Gear Oil
3) Oil Filter
4) Air Filter
5) Ac/Cabin Filter

Thanks

[ASR]

Brake oil after every 80000 km
Gear oil after every 40000 km
Oil filter oem after every 10000 km or at every oil change
Air filter oem after every 10000 km or according to condition
Ac filter after oem every 10-15000 km or according to condition
Duration can be less if u use non genuine low quality part
Non genuine high quality parts are also available in market

[abid110]

i have new Alto 660cc 2022. its nearing 36k Kms. is manual gear oil change due? or should it be continued further? no issues at all whatsoever. manual says inspection only every 15k kms.

[bazilahmad]

Any review or feedback on using guard air filter or oil filter in Honda Civic X

[hassan3344]

Is Carrera a good coolant and stuff brand? Any better alternatives?

[aragon1]

Hi can anyone tell me where can I find original Liqui Moly or Mobil 1 oils in Karachi?

[ASR]

Mm lube oil abu al hassan isphani road karachi
Zafcom at phase 2

[ASR]

Mobil 1 and liquimoly are totally different blends take care while choosing

[aragon1]

How so? I will be going for 5W-30/40 (Fully synthetic) by Mobil 1 or LM

[ASR]

Liquimoly is not fully synthetic according to my knowledge further experts can guide

[aragon1]

I think this one is fully synthetic

[ASR]

I dont think so
Go for mobil 1

[dms664]

This is not fully synthetic. If it was they would have printed fully synthetic on the pack.

Check on amazon and International sites. I took this up with LM distributor in Pakistan and he was of the view that they have less margin in Fully synthetic hence they have not imported it. Unethically they are giving impression of fully synthetic for different jargon like synthiol etc that they are fully synthetic to lure in gullible customers.

[saqibhassan95]

I think this one is fully synthetic

This is not fully synthetic. If it was they would have printed fully synthetic on the pack.
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Check on amazon and International sites. I took this up with LM distributor in Pakistan and he was of the view that they have less margin in Fully synthetic hence they have not imported it. Unethically they are giving impression of fully synthetic for different jargon like synthiol etc that they are fully synthetic to lure in gullible customers.

Here's the answer

that's because of german laws
anything without 100% PAO, you can't market it as a fully synthetic
read this
https://www.liqui-moly.com/en/press/press-releases/detail/motor-oil-mineral-synthetic-or-fully-synthetic-6193.html

that's why the german packing has no fully synthetic labels and their american counterparts from amazon has fully synthetic labels

[pwuser162557941033]

This is a fully synthetic oil. It is labeled as such on the picture you posted. People can barely read English, let alone German.

[dms664]

[saqibhassan95]

There's difference in "Made in Germany" vs product on sale in USA
Where it's made is not even topic of discussion
where it's being sold, that matters, that's gonna decide whether it will be marketed as fully synthetic or not, depending upon their local laws

[dms664]

@Xulfiqar can guide us better on this topic.

Cc @capsat

[Xulfiqar]

@saqibhassan95

Is right, us laws being a bit weird allow “technically semi synthetics” to be classed as full synthetic oils.

[aragon1]

So how do we know whats fully synthetic? because the packing of Mobil 5W-30 says "Advanced Full Synthetic". Now I don't know if the word "advance" is some marketing or it truly is fully synthetic