Reply With Quotewhy do you change oil so often ??
in europe we will change 0w40 every 30,000km and 15w40 every 10,000kms, no one will change 0w40 after 5000km unless he is running a race car
as I remember in USA they change 15w40 every 5000mil around 8000km.
True,Originally Posted by rjastra
If changing every 5,000km, semi syn is more than sufficient.
One of the reasons to use fully syn is the longer life under harsh conditions compared to mineral oil.
I change mine every 10,000 using fully syn, or 7,500 if semi syn.
which reminds me I gotta change mine this weekend.
10W40- Mobil x2000, or Burson have a special, FUCHS 10W40 semi syn for $30
why do you change oil so often ??
in europe we will change 0w40 every 30,000km and 15w40 every 10,000kms, no one will change 0w40 after 5000km unless he is running a race car
as I remember in USA they change 15w40 every 5000mil around 8000km.
i use the Nulon stuff too and change every 7500km. i'm thinking of switching to 5000km intervals now as the Barina doesn't get driven as often since we bought our new car.
regarding change intervals there's a lot of controversy about it...every man and his dog has an opinion. for me i change regularly as cheap insurance against rather expensive internal engine problems.
in fact if you look at the 'extreme conditions' section of most manufacturers log books the change intervals are much closer to 5000km than 15000km - there's an argument that says all city driving qualifies for 'extreme conditions'
bah either way i went 0W40...castrol edge....got it on "special" trade discount ;-)
ya know they got 10W60 nowdays or something around those numbers atleast.. i was suprised..guess its for the falcoons and commonwhores
next question for you all...ryco filter or OE filter?? Bearing in mind i'm using a Full Synth oil. Currently i've been buying OE filters with no probs
i dont like ryco :P get a valvoline one same price roughly as a ryco from SCA
Probably is, but better to be safe than sorry.. $50 every 5000kms is a small price to pay when you think replacing my 2.3L DISI turbo engine will cost around $12K
My car is under constant *harsh conditions*
I change my oil so often because after a few thousand kilometres, carbon builds up in the oil from the turbo...why do you change oil so often ??
in europe we will change 0w40 every 30,000km and 15w40 every 10,000kms, no one will change 0w40 after 5000km unless he is running a race car
as I remember in USA they change 15w40 every 5000mil around 8000km.
Also the mazda turbo engine isnt very sound....a few have gone POP, so I said...i would rather spend small amounts of money now and know the longetivity of my engine.
Well I do a lot of freeway and city driving...my car is just over 2 years old and I already have 116000kms of sound driving.i use the Nulon stuff too and change every 7500km. i'm thinking of switching to 5000km intervals now as the Barina doesn't get driven as often since we bought our new car.
regarding change intervals there's a lot of controversy about it...every man and his dog has an opinion. for me i change regularly as cheap insurance against rather expensive internal engine problems.
in fact if you look at the 'extreme conditions' section of most manufacturers log books the change intervals are much closer to 5000km than 15000km - there's an argument that says all city driving qualifies for 'extreme conditions'
I have had no problems with my car, many of my friends and members of mazda MPS club have had blown turbos and engines..
So I will keep telling myself that servicing my car with fresh oil every 5000kms is the secret to having a car with no problems (touch wood)
Mazda have in the log books to service car every 10000kms, but i havent let mazda service or touch my car since 70000kms...they do very bad servicing and I personally know more about my car than the techs.
Mazda use and recommend Castrol....but i have been using Nulon for over 40000kms now...with no problems.
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i'm interested to hear the answers to this. there's a lot of hoopla made about oil but almost none about filters.
i used to use Valvoline filters but have decided that they are pieces of crap after getting one which was rusting at the bottom with the paint flaking off...so it's back to GM filters. only thing i dislike about the OE is the lack of a anti-drainback valve - everyone knows you should have one on a horizontally mounted filter!
Had that same problem with a ryco. The filter was orange with rust!
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