Synthetic in a Rotary (Penzoil commercial)

Mar 31, 2004 | 12:59 PM

winter

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Synthetic in a Rotary (Penzoil commercial)

http://www.fd3s.com/video/RX7Synthetic.asx

They choose the one vehicle you aren't supposed to put synthetic in for their ad.

Mar 31, 2004 | 01:09 PM

NAVILESRX8

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haha...

Mar 31, 2004 | 01:23 PM

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how do I do a burn out like that??

Mar 31, 2004 | 02:47 PM

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Oh god...
You CAN run synthetic in rotary engines.

Mar 31, 2004 | 02:53 PM

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Cool commerial though.

Mar 31, 2004 | 03:52 PM

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Cool commercial, must be a few years old.

Mar 31, 2004 | 04:18 PM

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Re: Synthetic in a Rotary (Penzoil commercial)

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Originally posted by winter
They choose the one vehicle you aren't supposed to put synthetic in for their ad.

Like vudoodoodoo said - you CAN use synthetic in the Renesis. It's been discussed often enough around here! Yeah, dealers told people you couldn't, there was a tips pamphlet suggesting you shouldn't, but the oil specs in the manual do not forbid it and recent e-mails from Mazda about this issue now say that synthetic oil is fine.

Let this myth die!!!

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Gordon

Mar 31, 2004 | 08:01 PM

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Re: Re: Synthetic in a Rotary (Penzoil commercial)

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Originally posted by Gord96BRG
Like vudoodoodoo said - you CAN use synthetic in the Renesis. It's been discussed often enough around here! Yeah, dealers told people you couldn't, there was a tips pamphlet suggesting you shouldn't, but the oil specs in the manual do not forbid it and recent e-mails from Mazda about this issue now say that synthetic oil is fine.

Let this myth die!!!

Regards,
Gordon

Bingo!!!

Or else Mazda would have stated that you must use special "Rotary Blend Oil", as opposed to a blanket about synth in this engine.

A lot more information is found here

Apr 1, 2004 | 11:24 AM

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Just got an oil change today at the dealer....They used the Mobil 1 that I provided no problems.

Apr 1, 2004 | 08:49 PM

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cool commercial

Apr 9, 2004 | 02:43 AM

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Is that commercial new, or from back in the day when the FD came out?

Apr 9, 2004 | 02:49 AM

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Well, if that commercial was made when the FD was new, IIRC Mazda's official stance at that time was no synthetic in the rotary, so it would have been ironic. I think that's what the original poster meant, everyone knows synthetic is okay these days...