i use high quality distilled chicken fat. mmmmm chicken fat

 

Not just you, but all who have posted here need to review the Rules for User Conduct.

6. Be respectful. This is harder to define, but will be moderated. An example would be disrespecting RX-8 owners who chose an automatic transmission over a manual, and "sneering" at them or acting like they're idiots for the choice they made. If a moderator believes you are being purposefully disrespectful to a fellow member, you will be notified. Bashing for the sake of bashing will not be tolerated.

 

he has a point

 

royal purple 5w30, full synthetic.

 

not oil thread again!!

 

mods are no fun

 

There are also people who has been building these engine for 30 years.
there are also hard prove that engine wears out immaturely, the wear was "never before seen", at least not before 100+K miles.
There are also people with mechanical science degree.

Hmm, even the 13B-REW never had these kind of immature wear problem. I really wonder why.

Unlike the older days, OE nowdays will recommend things that can make it thru the warranty period, maybe a bit longer after that, but thats about it. cuz OE found out that, if everybody's car can last 200K miles like the old days, there will be MUCH less new car sales.

 

20w-50

 

Im starting to think 20w50 for summer, and 10w40 for winter.

meh. Im no engineer nor the person who designed rotary engine. but Im a person who loves this engine, actually spent quite a lot of my time to study this engine's spec, tech sheet, older rotary engine's history, their specs, their oil requirements, real world people's results, oil technology, etc.

 

Since your in Trinidad, you have a Japanese model right??

 

10w-40. Find something with SL grade. SM grade,even its newer spec, is not as great as SL, at least when it comes to lubing engine parts.

 

blasted immature rotaries - when will they ever grow up

 

seriously? That's tame compared to other posts I read here.

 

yea its a japanese model

 

Blow baby BLOW !!!!!

MUHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA !

 

Mmk because all the info I can find is for US models and alot of places say that certain thing won't work with JDM models...

Have you done any mods?

I'm looking for what type of oil would be good for us also in a hot dusy climat like Trinidad and Jamaica

 

read the part that is in bold

 

tekne3K, no its currently stock.. i thinking 5w20.. how much quarts does your car take?

 

You're in a hot climate, and you don't have a US/Canada model. Use 5w30. There are about 6 1/2 quarts total, but it does not all come out when you change. It takes about 4 quarts to refill after draining the oil on level ground and changing the filter.

There's a DIY on oil changes in the DIY section. That may be of interest to you.

Ken

 

Xw20 is just asking for trouble in the future. 30 is just *barely* enough.

we all have the same engine, JDM or USDM or whatever.

so use at LEAST 5w30.

 

That example is great.
That cracked me up.

I am gonna bet that the person who wrote rule #6, drove a manual.

 

Do you know what the Japanese owner's manual specifies?

Ken

 

extra-slutty olive oil

 

Hehe, I love the "use 5W20 because Mazda designed the engine" argument. Especially as they recommend 5W30 and not 5W20 here in Europe :P

I'll be using min. XW30 myself.

 

Europe is different. Older, more languages, etc. They get sunsets over the Atlantic, we get sunrises. You can't even see the Pacific from anywhere in Europe. All those differences...why should we expect the same viscosity to apply?

Ken