240sxdm

im still learning about the rotary motors but is there a special oil type i should use when i change the oil. The mazda dealership told me that i should not use snythetic oil just regular oil is that true.

dillsrotary

holy **** dude search and read

Brettus

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ha ha - had to click on this to see if it was for real , thought maybe it was a joke thread .

240sxdm

why you giving me attitude?

funspork

Because the old timers ( high post counts ) are the smartest people in the world, or at lease this forum.

Brettus

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its just that this is about the most asked question on the forum & there is so much discussion on it here that some people get tired of answering it .

Just use the oil recomended by the dealer & you will be fine .

dillsrotary

not at all, the fact that he continues to completely ignore what everyone is saying. The answers are here but he refuses to just travel throughout the forum and read up on the car he bought. This is maybe his 8th thread that i bet will just get the same answers asking him to search and read. Post count has nothing to do with it.


Click the search button and type "oil", you'll have everything you need in a matter of seconds. I have absolutely no problem helping people out and also glady answer PM's that people send me, but if you refuse to do any reading yourself and depend on others to continue to give you answers to the simple/common/broad questions that can be easily found and help YOU learn about your car then you will not have any help.

240sxdm

yeah but thats what a forums is to be posted you guys are a bunch of ********

Easy_E1

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True
Anyway ,,,, Castrol 5W-20

Do you not have an Owners Manual? It has an abundance of information in it.
Start with that, then you can have a bit more knowledge of the car and how it works. Saving yourself the embarrassment of asking a question that has been asked about 1,000,000 times. Then when you can't find an answer about what the gap between the side seal and corner seal then feel free to ask the question.

Next would be to try the "SEARCH" button on the top of the page.
That has all kinds of information on any question you could think of about the Rotary and the RX-8 in general.

Enjoy the forum. And remember,,,
The Lord helps those that help themselves.

deadphoenix52

i use vegetable oil.

BigRed

i found that used turbo machinated oil from old WWII planes works much better. btw pheonix, u coming this thursday?

deadphoenix52

yup. bringing a friend also. [/threadjack]

04RX8man

5w-20 easy as reading the oil cap

AmOoSE

Kinda biased don't you think. You can't sterotype the whole forum for their assholiness (if thats a word) but as a fellow new commer it is like this on any car forum, people just get really annoyed by seeing the same threads over and over again. And for future references the you could probably find all your answers to technical problems in the "tech garage," there is a reason for sub-forums.

dillsrotary

nice rims big red, i see you bite the bullet and got them. def post pics.

Easy_E1

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This newbie is going places.

Now get me some pie.

JK

Brettus

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nah - toast is what you need .

toast is the new pie .....

PerformRX-8

corn oil is the best!!! you get the smell of french fries

Huskyfan23

To answer your question in a no-bullshit manner:

5w20 is the only motor oil you should use with this car. No synthetic, ever.

Keep a case of 5w20 in your trunk. The 8 burns up oil quicker than other vehicles, so it's good to have it handy. Check the oil every couple of fill - ups for the first couple of months, until you determine exactly how far you can go without adding more.

Hope this helps! And yeah, if you don't want to get flamed hit the "search" button on the top of the page.

swoope

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have we not been through this before.. yes we can be ********, but we have the answers.. o wait we have the answers, because we took the time to find them... duh.

in a moment of weakness i will throw you a bone..

1 read the fing owners manual.. 90% of stupid ?s are covered there..

2 http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php

3 read the stickys

4 use step 2 and type oil into the search engine.

5 read everything in step 4.

6 problem solved. you will write a long oil post and and not ask any more stupid ?s.

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...58#post1872358
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...70#post1870670
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...98#post1870598
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...98#post1870598

crossfire

beers

refugeefrompistons

wats the point of oil in the car? i use pig fat

Icemark

actually all rotary engines burn oil, but its oil consumption is still less than any mid 90's GM V8.

Huskyfan23

lol, sorry. I meant to say "burns oil quicker than most other vehicles"

My bad.

8 Maniac

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well, I'd say a forum is a place to find answers and discuss... but if you werent supposed to search for any answers the search function wouldnt exist... and I'd say it's not too unreasonable to assume that there has been a discussion on a car forum about oil... that being said, 5w20 is good.. synthetics are fine it seems, some people dont use it just because the dealer says so and dont want to risk it, but rotarygod and others can testify that there shouldnt be any issues with synthetics. many here use royal purple, including myself, and have no issues. hope this helps, try searching around, tons of info already here in detail about what you asked

rotarygod

This topic has been beat to death and a definitive conclusion proven a long time ago. We need go no farther in this thread.