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Old 03-31-2004 | 01:59 PM
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Synthetic in a Rotary (Penzoil commercial)

http://www.fd3s.com/video/RX7Synthetic.asx

They choose the one vehicle you aren't supposed to put synthetic in for their ad.
Old 03-31-2004 | 02:09 PM
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haha...
Old 03-31-2004 | 02:23 PM
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how do I do a burn out like that??
Old 03-31-2004 | 03:47 PM
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Oh god...
You CAN run synthetic in rotary engines.
Old 03-31-2004 | 03:53 PM
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Cool commerial though.
Old 03-31-2004 | 04:52 PM
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Cool commercial, must be a few years old.
Old 03-31-2004 | 05:18 PM
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Re: Synthetic in a Rotary (Penzoil commercial)

Originally posted by winter
They choose the one vehicle you aren't supposed to put synthetic in for their ad.
Like vudoodoodoo said - you CAN use synthetic in the Renesis. It's been discussed often enough around here! Yeah, dealers told people you couldn't, there was a tips pamphlet suggesting you shouldn't, but the oil specs in the manual do not forbid it and recent e-mails from Mazda about this issue now say that synthetic oil is fine.

Let this myth die!!!

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Old 03-31-2004 | 09:01 PM
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Re: Re: Synthetic in a Rotary (Penzoil commercial)

Originally posted by Gord96BRG
Like vudoodoodoo said - you CAN use synthetic in the Renesis. It's been discussed often enough around here! Yeah, dealers told people you couldn't, there was a tips pamphlet suggesting you shouldn't, but the oil specs in the manual do not forbid it and recent e-mails from Mazda about this issue now say that synthetic oil is fine.

Let this myth die!!!

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Bingo!!!

Or else Mazda would have stated that you must use special "Rotary Blend Oil", as opposed to a blanket about synth in this engine.

A lot more information is found here
Old 04-01-2004 | 12:24 PM
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Just got an oil change today at the dealer....They used the Mobil 1 that I provided no problems.
Old 04-01-2004 | 09:49 PM
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cool commercial
Old 04-09-2004 | 03:43 AM
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Is that commercial new, or from back in the day when the FD came out?
Old 04-09-2004 | 03:49 AM
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Well, if that commercial was made when the FD was new, IIRC Mazda's official stance at that time was no synthetic in the rotary, so it would have been ironic. I think that's what the original poster meant, everyone knows synthetic is okay these days...
Old 04-09-2004 | 01:48 PM
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The FD doesn't have a Renesis either...
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