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Old 11-15-2005, 05:38 PM
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what oil is in the car when you buy it?
anyone know what Mazda uses?
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Old 11-15-2005, 05:41 PM
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Probably what they supply to the dealerships that use Mazda rotary oil (5W-20, a semi-synthetic blend, I believe).
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I 'm wondering who makes the 'mazda' oil?
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Old 11-16-2005, 11:13 AM
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its a 5w20, im not sure who makes it, is it the shell helix?
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all it says on the bottle is 'distributed by mazda' , and is it really semisynthetic? I 'll keep buying it at the dealer, may as well stick with it i'd guess.
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In the 6's, its motorcraft 5w-20 semi-syn. Its really hard to identify inital oils, as all the engine lubes mix in and screw up the chemical analysis.
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whatever the Hiroshima plant gets when they built the motor.... Idemitsu?
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Old 11-18-2005, 07:16 PM
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zoomzoomH and crossbow seem to disagree......
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Old 11-18-2005, 08:39 PM
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not disagreeing at all, as a matter of fact we sort of agree, that they fill the engine with whatever oil is available at the local plant

US Mazda6 = built in US = Motorcraft oil
US RX-8 = built in Japan = Japanese brand oil
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Old 11-18-2005, 08:48 PM
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Ok so maybe I'm misunderstanding some posts so can someone clarify?

Are you asking what oil Mazda uses when they roll an 8 off the assembly line?
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Are you asking what oil the dealership uses where you purchased your 8?
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what oil is in it rolling off the assembly line.....
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Originally Posted by miater
what oil is in it rolling off the assembly line.....

OK Thanks! I think it was the title of the thread,then the responses that had me confuzzled.
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I hope it WAS NOT the same oil from the factory.

My car had just over 40 miles on it when I bought it new, at the end of September (this year), and it was built 14 months earlier.
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^most likely it IS factory oil sitting in the engine for 14 months.... that's why you change the oil asap!!!
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That was condition of purchase when I bought mine. Even though it was an '05 and hadn't been on the lot long, I demanded fresh oil and a full tank of gas before I signed the papers.
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