wat engine oil shud i use for my rx-8 type s?im using the Shell Helix ultra 15w 50 synthetic oil,is it ok for the renisis engine?or shud i go for regular engine oil?plz let me kno the best solution........thanx

 

15w 50?! It's typical for cars to come with an owner's manual that addresses these sort of questions.

 

here, this link might help you out

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-do-yourself-forum-73/diy-how-use-search-function-rx8club-com-forum-73846/

 

the search button is your new best friend....

MNAO recommends 5w 20 oil. There are also many discussions on whether to use synthetic or not.

 

grammer.......so........terrible...........rx8 type s?...........spelling.............gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaa........my head asplode.

 

Yeah, that's close to the factory recommended 5W20

RTFM... please.

 

Someone inform me on type-s....????

 

u shod reead thu manul fo du caaar? thm bookess are smaarts.

beers

 

lol swoope, rub it in

 

wat engine oil shud i use........synthetic or regular????????? for renisis

 

search... it's been discussed A LOT
if you want to go by recommendations from Mazda, use regular
if you want to go by what people have experienced, use either, synthetic doesn't seem to be an issue anymore.

 

Dear Lord give me the strength...

 

Don't use synthetic. 5w-20

 

...and for the sake of your future, I hope you're from a foreign land and speak very little English or you're BSing everyone.

 

our engines never need to have oil put into them. The flux capacitor is self sustaining.

 

watz da problem using synthetic oil in a rotary engine?

 

Niaz,

LEARN TO USE THE SEARCH BUTTON!!!

You're wasting everyone's time with these ridiculous questions that have been answered HUNDREDS of times!

 

DAMN, that must be a new feature on the 05+ models... my 04 doesn't have a flux capacitor

seriously though... SEARCH SEARCH SEARCH
did I mention to SEARCH?

 

da problem using synthetic oil in a rotary engine is dat da synthetic does not burn like normal so i tink..np

 

For all those responders above--I assume that this is the case. It looks like the guy is really struggling here. I assume that English is not his native language and he is making an honest attempt to communicate. Cut the newbie some slack, here, guys. This is only post #3. Let's not shut him out with flames.

 

Does, too. My 04's got one. SEARCH!!!!

 

Just use WD-40. Do you know what that is?

 

FALSE! Feel free to use lower grade less refined crap all you want in your own car but don't ever tell someone they shouldn't run a higher quality product in favor of an inferior one. That's a step backwards in the advice department. He's running a good oil, just a bit of a thick one.

 

English also isn't his first language apparently and he doesn't seem to understand search so why don't we help him out a bit. Lighten up.

Synthetic is perfectly safe and absolutely fine for a rotary. Been using it for years. Nothing wrong with it. Some people love to use lower grade oils in their engines either from the unwillingness to spend a few extra dollars every few thousand miles for an oil change (yet they use more expensive high octane gas which has no benefit? Strange!) or from a lack of knowledge on what makes oils good. It's not what they are made of that's important. It's how well they do their jobs and synthetics do it better. Hard to intelligently argue against that one but I'm sure someone will still try anyways. If you are using synthetics you are using some good oil. Even oils that aren't truly synthetics that are still labeled synthetics are still better oils than the average conventional oil. They are more refined. Some will downplay the importance of this but when you consider a less refined oil has more impurities in it, and more impurities make an oil that breaks down faster (among other things), it's really hard not to justify using a better oil. This assumes you actually care about your engine. As far as weight is concerned, I'd stick with 5W20 or 5W30. A 50 weight oil is pretty thick and it isn't helping you in any way.

 

RG has it summed up - that 15w50 is WAY too thick for the Renesis, and where are you buying Helix Ultra? That stuff is upwards of $25 a litre.

S