peterisurhero

hey guys, well todae i was at the browning mazda dealership in socal. Looking around their service department, i saw a advertisement for "elf synthetic oil". it was confusing at first cuz i have read many threads about mazda recommending to use mineral oil and not synthetic. but i guess now they are approving us to use "elf synthetic oil". so i asked one of the service managers and they said they only approve ELF SYNTHETIC OIL. i asked them how much it was, ITS SO DAMN EXPENSIVE. $65 for oil and service at the dealership. juss wanted to let you guys know taht they actually let some kind of synthetic oil in our 8's

sunilseru

I would never trust the dealer. They are most probably looking to make some money...

CarAndDriver

I can't say this for sure, but I think that Mazda thinks it is fine for synthetics for use in all its piston engines, just not the rotary.

I wouldn't trust a dealer anyways as the other poster said. It's just advertising.

Umbra

Synthetic is fine in MOST mazda vehicles.

zoom44

call the 800 number and ask them

danhilde

What 800 number? Is there a Mazda Corporation 800 number that we can call to ask specific questions about our RX8s? If so, I'd love to ask 4 or 5 questions right now. Hate to trust dealers, even though I seem to have a pretty good one here in Mesa Arizona.

nycgps

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Mazda does not recommend Synthetic oils for ALL of their cars.

Jedi54

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No offense, but this thread's title is awfully deceiving. It should say, "My dealership recommends Synthetic in my RX-8"
Yes, if you call MNAO you can ask them specific technical questions about what oil is recommended in the 8. (hint hint, it's dino oil)

Silver_Surfer

NO,NO cant be true! Better read your owners manual

nycgps

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Mazda does not recommend Synthetic oils for ALL of their cars.

What does that mean ?

StealthTL

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In Europe they recommend only Mazda brand "Dexelia" oil (made by Elf/Total) for the rotary. Of course, it's 100% synthetic.

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nycgps

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That cant be ! maybe it means the BOTTLE is made of Synthetic 5w30 plastic !

Its Dino juice inside !

alfy28

Mazda only recommends Synthetic oils for the 350z , but for the 8 =no no.

StealthTL

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WTFlmaoOMGbbq.....

NoTears316

meh...

rotarygod

Mazda does not recommend synthetic oils for any of their cars.

Mazda recommends synthetic oils for the M3 and the Mini as well!

zoom44

not according to that europe service bulletin posted here somewhere

nycgps

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Of course Mazda recommend that oil, because its *Dexelia* oil, its not *Synthetic*

I said it before and let me just say it one more time. If Mazda really really has prove that Synthetic engine oil would *kill* engines, then they should have some edvidence somewhere, and they should be able to sue whoever selling *Rotary Safe Synthetic Oil*.

but nothing has happen. Damn gotta love those big company's legal department.