Originally Posted by Rotor Rocket

swope,

I saw your post in the rx8 tech garage forum. You quoted a post from rotary god dated 2005. I have told you that i got this info from mazda 2 years ago, 2004.

I qoute from RG's post.

"Now onto Mazda's position on synthetics since I know that the opinion of the smartest rotary person in the U.S. isn't good enough for some people. As I stated earlier, I asked the head of rotary engine development for the past 30 years at Mazda. He designed and built the 787B engine too. In very broken english he told me that not all synthetics are created equal. some are better than others when it comes to mixing with fuel in the oil metering system. The oil metering system is the key. It is NOT with swelling seals. He said that because some oils work very well and others not as well, it is far easier to just officially say not to use them than to say which ones to use and not to"

My statement said exactly the same thing.

I quote

"in speaking with the powers that be at mazda U.S.about two years ago re synthetic oil, that person told me that the last time Mazda tested synthetic oils, they encountered problems as i described earlier. Based on the fact that at the time of our conversation, mazda had not tested the current crop of synthetics, they felt it appropriate not to recommend synthetics. I was told that if they get around to testing again, that if things were to change, they would make mention of that fact. i guess that mazda has not done tests since my conversation, and that accounts for why they aren't recommending synthetics in their current booklets.Everyone can use what they want. i go with what is published in the factory booklets/updates until i read different."

So here's the point swope:

I got this stuff two years ago, and it's from a higher up than RG's source, but, I never treated anyone in this forum in the manner that you have . You also, RG.

Case closed!

Originally Posted by Rotor Rocket

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I got this stuff two years ago, and it's from a higher up than RG's source, but, I never treated anyone in this forum in the manner that you have . You also, RG.

Case closed!