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Carmadesimpe:
It’s clear you’re moving the goalposts because your initial Mobil 1 argument couldn't stand up to CarMadeSimple™ logic. Now you’ve pivoted to Full Synthetic and 10,000-mile intervals.

Let’s use some engineering common sense:
You can buy the most expensive, premium bowl of Akamu in the world. If you leave it sitting in the sun for two days, does it matter how much it cost? No. It’s sour, it’s fermented, and it’s unfit for consumption.

Oil is the same. Oxidation and Thermal Stress don't care about your Full Synthetic marketing labels. In Lagos traffic, your engine is cooking the oil while the odometer isn't even moving.

The Forensic Reality:
Contradiction: You started with a brand (Mobil 1), now you’re hiding behind a category (Full Synthetic). Real Engineering focuses on Specs (API SN/SP) and Operating Conditions.
1. The Danger: Suggesting a 16,000km (10k miles) interval for an engine in a Recovery Phase is professional negligence. You’re telling a patient who just started a diet to go run a marathon.
2. Severe Service: If the car is idling for hours in traffic, that oil is working, even if the miles say zero.

At CarMadeSimple™, we don't gamble with 10,000-mile Street Myths. We stick to the physics of Severe Service. Keep the marketing; I’ll keep the engines running.

Vela01:
Saying weather doesn't matter is where you goofed bro.

Carmadesimpe:
You’ve made a good observation regarding High Mileage additives, but at CarMadeSimple™, we prioritize Chemistry and Operating Hours over brand names and odometer guesses.

Whether it’s Mobil 1, Total or what have you, the engine’s survival in a Severe Service environment depends on the API SN standard and maintaining proper drain intervals based on engine stress, not just miles.

This Kia is in Recovery because we prioritized the correct Spec over street-level brand debates.

Logic always beats a guess.

Kumuyiii:
This is VERY WRONG oil type for anybody driving frequently and HORRIBLE for anybody doing ehailing. 0w 20 is almost water when hot.... If ur car ain't brand new, driving in nigeria with 0w 20 is you kissing ur engine goodbye quickly.... Expensive doesn't always mean better.

Anybody doing uber should be using 5w-40 to better protect ur engine. Anything ending with 20 is a no no. Anything starting with 20w and above, no no.

Kumuyiii:
This is VERY WRONG oil type for anybody driving frequently and HORRIBLE for anybody doing ehailing. 0w 20 is almost water when hot.... If ur car ain't brand new, driving in nigeria with 0w 20 is you kissing ur engine goodbye quickly.... Expensive doesn't always mean better.

Anybody doing uber should be using 5w-40 to better protect ur engine. Anything ending with 20 is a no no. Anything starting with 20w and above, no no.

Carmadesimpe:
Hello Nairalanders,

I talk a lot about Engineering Certainty vs. Street Myths. Recently, a car owner used the CarMadeSimple™ 5-Star Engineering Checklist to verify a move he had already made for his 2009 Kia Rio.

He had already switched from the traditional 20W-50 to 10W-40, but he used our checklist to cross-reference the chemistry.

The CarMadeSimple™ Verification:
The photo he sent back (attached) shows he’s doing it right:
1. The Oil: TotalEnergies Quartz 7000. It’s a 10W-40 that carries the API SN rating. This is decades ahead of the 'thick' 20W-50 API SF oil most people are told to use.
2. The Filter: He’s using a Genuine Kia Motors filter. Most people don't realize that the bypass valve setting in a genuine filter is critical for maintaining oil pressure.

The Engineering Reality:
Many people are afraid to use the correct weight because they think Nigeria is too hot. The truth? This Kia is now better protected at high temperatures than it ever was on thick, outdated oil.

Age is just a number; Chemistry is the reality. If you are still using thick oil because your mechanic said so, you are gambling with your engine's life

Drive safe, drive simple.
[Content provided by CarMadeSimple™ | Engineering Logic over Myths]

Shimmaa:
2500miles is about 4000km and you don't expect the oil to be black after that usage?

Kumuyiii:
Fake for mobil station? 😳😳😳

tobby98:
Get it from reputable Mobil filling stations on major highways/roads like the one at Ahmadu Bello Way, Awolowo Way, the one on Ozumba Mbadiwe and Ikeja. Those Mobil stations inside close, streets and off roads mostly sell fake oil/palm oil...Just like for MRS, all are selling for the price of 739, but not all have complete meters, the ones with complete meters are only but a few like the one on Ahmadu Bello Way is very complete, one on that Festac Access road, the one on the road to Ojota to mention but a few. This observation is as a result of experience and experiments.

AlphaTaikun:
@nedekid,

Yes indeed, I have ALWAYS been aware that all DNA samples are taken to laboratory facilities outside Nigeria. It's just swab samples that are taken to South Africa, the UK or the United States. I watched the FULL media interview of 'Deji Adeleke on the Channels Television YouTube channel and the second video is from Arise News. I've attached the two FULL videos right BELOW:

In the Channels Television video Timestamp 24:08, 'Deji Adeleke said he did NOT follow them (David Adeleke and Adebayo David [BRed] his nephew who also bears the name David Adeleke in addition to the name Adebayo) for the subsequent DNA test sample collections at other clinics except when he followed them to the FIRST Indian hospital named Verdic on Lekki Peninsula which he normally uses for his medical checkups.


[1] Paternity: ‘Anu Not Davido’s Daughter’, Dr. Adeleke Shows DNA Results [FULL VIDEO]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5dl6UypEyQ?si=QA0Q9sNeVV9-Bsw_
Channels Television • Jan 21 2026


[2]
Davido’s Father Breaks Silence, Says 0.00% DNA Test Result Clears Son Of Paternity Claims

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kjnRKlB_cw
Arise News • Jan 21 2026


It's good to know that you also attended the University of Ibadan in the 1990s and I assume you are over 50 like me (which shows in the mature convo and useful suggestions you are giving out here). I get your perspectives very CLEARLY and Ayo Labinjo was even given a scholarship to Adeleke University in Ede where she studied English up to the end of her 200 level before she left after her mother got to know on a visit to 'Deji Adeleke's younger sister of another banker guy Ayo Labinjo allegedly dated in Ibadan from the Channels Television Timestamp 38:50 as told by Dr. Sikiru Adeleke, (Dr. 'Deji Adeleke's cousin who works at Adeleke University) who Ayo Labinjo allegedly confided in after Sikiru Adeleke asked why a young lady like her doesn't know the father of her child. Ayo Labinjo's mother too came to Ede and said she had gone around and I we assume "spiritualists" had told her as of 2022 that David Adeleke is Anu's alleged father.

There's a lot of muddling up here, so, just like you stated, Ayo Labinjo should get a lawyer and get to do another round of DNA tests from the Ibadan-based banker who declined to do a DNA test and from David Adeleke as well. Enough of this NONSENSE as that little girl (Anuoluwapo) has to know who her biological father is.

This should serve as a lesson too for to young ladies who just have s*x with people they aren't married to. Ayo should just thank her stars that in Yorubaland, children born out of wedlock are usually NOT denied, BUT this is ALSO a good lesson for people to do DNA tests so that another man's child is NOT given to you as a man to raise from childhood.

[b]I MUST commend Dr. 'Deji Adeleke for offering a scholarship to Ayo Labinjo and paying her N50,000 monthly [/b]while helping other people ofcip to 3,000 from his foundation which was founded in 1996.

Arkmanbuddy:
I also think Mr. Deji should also talk to his sons to stop sleeping around. This is not a flex that your son's been accused of not accepting a child that's thought to be his, though DNA tests have proved otherwise.

The man shouldn't be out here defending his sons. That's my take.

dahflemzy:
5L is 35k though my vehicle uses 4L. The 1L container is 7500. I buy from only total stations. They say na synthetic but me I Dey count am as semisynthetic.

PeaceMaker24:
Please I use a 2010 Corolla and use Mobile 1 5W-30 oil.
My issue is getting a genuine mobile 1 plug cos it seems what am using isnt original as oil turns dark after 2,500 miles and I get to use it to 5k miles before servicing .

I am already considering changing to Fastron synthetic 5W-30 .
Pls is there a special way to know the high mileage mobile 1?
I use the car for ehailing

northbird:
He started the shade by quoting me and stating that you hide something in books for a black man and ended "I come in peace". Does that look like a peaceful man to you? .. ..
Recall, that's the same issue he had with @BAZ001. Before Baz001 gave him gaza gaza.. you can't shade personalities. Let him state his opinion n move on.

and I'm not bragging about Hardex.. it's labelled synthetic, isn't it. ? and I have used it for 4 years ..so at least I can qualify to offer a review. To me, it has been very fantastic. The issue wasn't about the value of the oil rather than frequency of oil change.

I still maintain an old engine is an old engine. Regular oil change tends to preserve the life of the engine.

Why are we even dragging this? Let everyone do what suits him..

chidifrank:
Please I want to ask, since I will be changing my oil regularly, is it possible and easy to just be changing the oil by myself than always calling on mechanics to do the oil change for me

northbird:
Which engine oil business are you yapping about..?
They should drain engine oil at 7000miles . .on ehailing..that's an equivalent 11,000km. . A car should cover 11,000km before they drain oil on ehailing ..
Look at the advise of the educated black man. . Arrogant and empty.

I also use synthetic Hardex 5w20.n regardless of what they talk about extended miles.
I drop the .oil 2500-3000km.

Why are you pained? No one is going to stop your sales, so relax and stop stressing yourself.. educated black man.

northbird:
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Don't go ballistic. No one is after your Engine oil business.. I see you ran to Google to pick screenshots n narratives favouring your position.
Talking about education, you ran to AI as your source.. .. and you think you are the educated one. ?... Get some sense now..

you should know there are certain premises that are neither black nor white but absolutely on the prevailing circumstances at that moment.

I'm just saying. An old engine is an old engine. Using synthetic doesn't mean anything, especially if it runs commercially... Is your car also running commercially? Do you use them to do kabu -kabu..
I marvel at drivers covering 6000-7000km without an oil change , lying to themselves about synthetic bullshit..
An old 20-23 year old engine expecting to run like a brand new engine.

northbird:
A lot of drivers run to buy synthetic thinking it's going to save them from the cost of changing oils..

An old car is an old car ,regardless of the appellation, Tokunbo ooh / foreign used especially when it's been used for commercial activities( ehailing).
The ideal mileage to change your oil is 2500-3000km. Which is even far less on the dashboard cos most Dashboard is configured in miles..

How do you drive a car for more than 2 month without oil change on ehailing and not expect the oil to shorten?. 20 - 23 year old vehicles.....

Regular oil change is one of the ways to prolong the life of the engine.

chidifrank:
Sorry this 5w40 what brand should I get and is it fully synthetic I should get ?

Tgini:
Hello everyone, I recently bought a 2016 s63 .
I want to service the suspension , I already have the body control accumulators and the filter . Please where can I get the original fluid here in Lagos.

Louiscars:
I’ll advise to order it outside the country or better still talk to Dru23, he’s based in the us and sells original fluids here, he’ll most likely be able to get you the original CHF fluid for the abc unit

HeavenlyBang:
Price?

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minista94:
It ranges from 75k to 100k and your selling below the cost price?

Well done santa-claus

Yours is of better quality when you've not used the Naija own...

noble71:
Please car gurus recommend the best car air freshener you have used. All the once I buy are not good.

minista94:
Mobil 1 is never 78,200, there was never a rule it was like that talk more of now oil prices has dropped