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SOHC, your fleet is probably less than 5 years old and synthetic or at least semi-synthetic was possibly the factory recommended oil to use. Our MX's were never factory designed to use synthetic, although a query put to a reputable Mazda shop or Mazda HQ might reveal what experts and technicians recommend......just a thought. Your fleet history with Mobil 1 synthetic is very encouraging!!93SOHC wrote:you mean I have to put oil in my car?![]()
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but seriously I use penzoil 10w30. But the BP will get synthetic since i'm getting a full gasket set. About synthetic: This is just my expierence as I maintained a fleet(15 trucks) of chevy s-10's all 2.2l 4cyls. These trucks were mostly purchased new and we always ran mobil 1 synthetic, with no leak problems(some trucks had over 300k on them), but the few used ones we had leaked terribly with the mobil 1.
Now that i know that i may change to mobil 10w 30 now. Is it better than castrol high milage?mazdubber wrote:AFAIR Mobil 1 is always a synthetic. It's supposed to mean Mobils best or #1. Natural oil is just Mobil.jschrauwen wrote:OK, the non-synthetic, many thanks.Ricksmx3 wrote:Just regular 10w 30.
I've heard a few bad stories from some of the Ducati club members saying that castrol is not very kind to the valve train area, so I never even bothered to try, besides, it had a low tolerance to foaming which is critical to air cooled motorcycles.Ricksmx3 wrote:Now that i know that i may change to mobil 10w 30 now. Is it better than castrol high milage?
I used castrol high milage and gound my car ran sluggish. Also someone else on this board who used it wrote the same thing. I use regular castrol 10w30 and one on my mx's went up to 300,000km. Regular mobil (NON synth) should be fine as well, but my advice is stay away from high milage oils and synthetic. I am telling u this from expeience.Ricksmx3 wrote:Now that i know that i may change to mobil 10w 30 now. Is it better than castrol high milage?mazdubber wrote:AFAIR Mobil 1 is always a synthetic. It's supposed to mean Mobils best or #1. Natural oil is just Mobil.jschrauwen wrote: OK, the non-synthetic, many thanks.
I'm still running the stock K8 on my 95 GS and I've only had this vehicle since November. I did an oil change just after I bougt it for maintenance of course, and to winterize it using Quaker State 5W30. I had been thinking about switching to synthetic on my next change, but reading that makes me think twice about doing that. As far as I know, the previous owner(s) had never switched to synthetic before, and since this motor is about 10 years old now, does anyone think I should just stick with non-synthetic instead cuz from what this sounds like it seems as though I should only be using synthetic if I do the engine swap or change all my gaskets all together?mazdubber wrote:Just a thought after reading all of these posts. Motors are not designed to use a certain type of oil. Oil is designed to work with the motors and under many conditions. Synthetic is by far a better product. However, an old motor that has used mineral oil for a long period of time is dependant on it. It contaminates seals and collects grime. As soon as synthetic is poured in, the detergent cleans away the grime and damaged seals will start to leak.
What?.....no more JP4....it does burn a little cleaner, but not by much.kiwi_MX3 wrote:Christ, an't all you lot lucky you don't have to work on stuff thats had JP8 in the tank, screws everything right up....