Apologizing in advance. new owner. some basic questions
04-09-2007, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by CarAndDriver
Pics please. Welcome.
Check the oil every 1000 miles or so. Rotaries use more oil than piston engines. The stock Bridgestones are junk in anything cept dry weather. Use any oil other than Mobil-1. The gas mileage will be worse than your S2K. That's about it for now.
Check the oil every 1000 miles or so. Rotaries use more oil than piston engines. The stock Bridgestones are junk in anything cept dry weather. Use any oil other than Mobil-1. The gas mileage will be worse than your S2K. That's about it for now.
Lol, I 've been using Mobil1 for 3 years. When does the bad stuff start happening?
04-09-2007, 06:09 PM
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At the risk of offending my valued colleague, Nubo, and starting the inevitable battle, I would like to point out that Mazda recommends using 5W-20 dino oil only, not synthetic. We use Castrol GTX 5W-20 on ours. Since the car burns oil by design, and since any good dino oil easily lasts the length of time it'll stay in this car before it burns up, dino oil is fine with me.
For the record, I'm a fan of synthetics, using Mobil1 with my S2000 and Miata.
For the record, I'm a fan of synthetics, using Mobil1 with my S2000 and Miata.
04-09-2007, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 124Spider
At the risk of offending my valued colleague, Nubo, and starting the inevitable battle, I would like to point out that Mazda recommends using 5W-20 dino oil only, not synthetic. We use Castrol GTX 5W-20 on ours. Since the car burns oil by design, and since any good dino oil easily lasts the length of time it'll stay in this car before it burns up, dino oil is fine with me.
For the record, I'm a fan of synthetics, using Mobil1 with my S2000 and Miata.
For the record, I'm a fan of synthetics, using Mobil1 with my S2000 and Miata.
04-09-2007, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by 124Spider
I would like to point out that Mazda recommends using 5W-20 dino oil only, not synthetic.
Im not trying to start another VS war, but I just want to see it
04-09-2007, 06:34 PM
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Good question. I've seen things like in the first post on this thread
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...0&page=1&pp=40
a bunch of times, which is enough to convince me that dino oil is the way to go with this car.
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...0&page=1&pp=40
a bunch of times, which is enough to convince me that dino oil is the way to go with this car.
04-10-2007, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by silencer_tk
I love this car. anybody have a solution for plugging up the holes in the trunk that are left once removing the emblems?
my advice is take the rx-8 emblem off the front. seriously.
And to plug the holes I assume you are not going to go to a body shop and have them welded shut and painted over? That is the best way. Or there are little plastic plugs you can get from a Home Depot, Lowes, Menards type place.
06-17-2007, 11:03 PM
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I would check out www.racingbeat.com.
They have some good writeups on the car and have been a top tier rotary shop for 30 years. They also sell an oil temp/pressure and water temp gauge kit that includes sensors and gauges that fit in your ashtray slot.
They also have some good articles on breaking in your rotary, basic maintenence and what certain performance upgrades will get you.
They have some good writeups on the car and have been a top tier rotary shop for 30 years. They also sell an oil temp/pressure and water temp gauge kit that includes sensors and gauges that fit in your ashtray slot.
They also have some good articles on breaking in your rotary, basic maintenence and what certain performance upgrades will get you.
05-29-2008, 06:40 PM
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I'm a new owner myself, and I enjoyed racingbeat's link to the royal purple faq that shows synthetic oil is perfectly fine. Thank you. I don't recall anyone linking that faq in the 4000 pages I read in the synthetic/dino thread.
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