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Old 03-22-2007 | 02:35 PM
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oil change

I am going to do my oil change soon, I have a 6spd. just wondering which oil is the best for our car?
Old 03-22-2007 | 02:40 PM
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Try search.

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Old 03-22-2007 | 02:45 PM
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i like 5w30 royal purple synthetic. i also use castrol syntec.
Old 03-22-2007 | 03:04 PM
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I've been using Castrol 5W-20 dino since i've had the car.
Old 03-22-2007 | 03:39 PM
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I use motor oil.
Old 03-22-2007 | 04:09 PM
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API SL, SAE 5w20 or 5w30.
Old 03-22-2007 | 04:55 PM
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I've used Penzoil 5w20 and Quaker State 5w20 just keep it 5w20
Old 03-22-2007 | 05:36 PM
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I'm using Castrol GPX 5W-20, non-synthetic (per Mazda's recommendation).

There's a lengthy, ongoing debate about what kind of oil to use. Some like non-synthetic ("dino"); others believe synthetic is better. And to further complicate things, Mazda recommends 5W-20 in North America and 5W-30 everywhere else. Search and you'll enjoy countless hours (or days) reading about the RX-8 and oil.
Old 03-22-2007 | 08:28 PM
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dead horse---> <---you

btw - how on earth did you ever fathom up a name like that?!
Old 03-22-2007 | 08:35 PM
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clearly he has 3 rx8's.
Old 03-26-2007 | 04:32 PM
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Not a dead horse if you just purchased.
Old 03-26-2007 | 07:27 PM
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I like putting my oil in my air intake.....
ohhh... wait.... that's another discussion......

I just use Mazda 5w20 oil.... works for me...
Old 03-26-2007 | 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr.Hailey
Not a dead horse if you just purchased.
what kinda sick #$%^ are you?

Either that or you just simply made a substantially bad financial investment on a dead animal carcass.

at any rate, it makes references to searching.

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