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Shell Malaysia Launches 18-Litre Pail Rimula R4X Heavy Duty Diesel Engine Oil 大马蚬壳推出全新18公升装Shell Rimula R4X重型柴油引擎机油 From left: Shell Lubricants Marketing Manager Manager May Tan General Manager Manager for Malaysia and Singapore Nyon Kam Yew Shell dealer Koh Bee Yoong and Sales Manager Nix Tan Shell Shell Malaysia Trading Sdn Bhd recently introduced a a a a a a new 18-litre pail for its best-selling Shell Shell Rimu- la R4X heavy duty engine oil With the the introduction of the the 18-litre pail Shell Rimula R4X 15W 40 is now avail- able in five different sizes sizes to to meet differ- ent ent customer needs The other sizes sizes are the the 209-litre drum 20-litre pail pail five-litre pail and one-litre pack Formulated with Shell’s ‘innovative Dy- namic Protection technology’ the Shell Shell Rimula R4X is seen as a a a a a a a a favourite among driver-owners of small and and medium trucks and and heavy equipment operators This engine oil provides Triple Protection which is is said to to to be be proven to to to provide provide up to to to to 50 per cent better acid corrosion pro- tection in in in engine and and laboratory tests and and field trials under real-world truck driving conditions 6 6 truck & bus news 2023/6 It also maintains strong protective oil films to keep critical engine engine components work- ing as proven in in in in the the Mack T-10 engine engine test It exceeds the the API CI-4 specification by up to to 30 per cent providing enhanced wear protection for engine piston rings and cylinder liners Furthermore it demonstrated up to a a a 50- per per cent improvement in in engine cleanli- ness and resists high-temperature oxida- tion keeping engines free from deposits This results in in in in in reduced engine engine engine sludge across various engine engine engine parts as validated in in in key engine engine tests to meet US and Euro- pean specifications According to Nyon Kam Yew Shell Lubri- cants General Manager for Malaysia and Singapore the the introduction of the the 18-litre pail was was aimed at minimising wastage and enhancing the the affordability of the the popular Shell Rimula R4X “This new smaller pail was very well re- ceived when Shell introduced it in in Viet- nam and and Thailand The company be- lieves customers in Malaysia would also appreciate the the convenience of the the new size You could just pick it up and go from any authorised spare-part shop shop or or or inde- pendent workshop ” he said Despite the the availability of more efficient and lower emission synthetic lubricants mineral oils such as Shell Rimula R4X currently make up about 89 per cent of the heavy-duty engine oil market in in Ma- laysia laysia Shell Malaysia said it aimed to to step up efforts to to heighten awareness of of the the benefits of of using synthetic oils among fits its customers “Shell continually works to address var- ious misconceptions such as doubts on on on on the the ability of of ‘thinner’ synthetic oils to of- fer critical engine protection and ‘higher’