So the car is a 2013 Mazda2, I bought it second hand with 9800kms on it. It was put on the road In April of 2014, So its barely 7 months old. Factory Fill was changed in July at 6800kms with 0w20 Full Synthetic at the dealer.
Its now at 10500kms and I am going to be changing the oil soon and need some advice.
Owners manual states 0w20 Synthetic recommended, but that was for 2013+. The 2011-2012 with the same engine was 0w30 with no mention of synthetic. European/Australia models just spec 5w30. I am not a fan of using 5w20 and now 0w20 when I have heard of so many cars burning oil these days.. I'm not confident that engines have tighter clearances these days compared to the 90's. 5w30 worked great in the 90's, know of tons of cars that didn't burn any oil, both well maintained and neglected while on a steady diet of 5w30 and 10w30 dino.
My thoughts are to use 5w30 Dino for one interval and then follow it up with 5w30 Synthetic since I would like to extend intervals a bit.
Here are my concerns.
1. The vehicle was babied for the first 10K, I got the impression that the previous owner was a bit of a hyper miler. I am a little worried that the engine wasn't and still isn't really broken in and am thinking a Dino oil could help that out a bit. (or is it already too late)
2. Car isn't as fuel efficient as one would think, Would I see a drop off in MPG with 5w30?
On the Shelf is 5w30 Pennzoil Dino Yellow Bottle, and Pennzoil Platinum 5w30.
Don't really care about the warranty. The warranty won't save me from having a car that I need to constantly feed oil to in between OCI's.
Its now at 10500kms and I am going to be changing the oil soon and need some advice.
Owners manual states 0w20 Synthetic recommended, but that was for 2013+. The 2011-2012 with the same engine was 0w30 with no mention of synthetic. European/Australia models just spec 5w30. I am not a fan of using 5w20 and now 0w20 when I have heard of so many cars burning oil these days.. I'm not confident that engines have tighter clearances these days compared to the 90's. 5w30 worked great in the 90's, know of tons of cars that didn't burn any oil, both well maintained and neglected while on a steady diet of 5w30 and 10w30 dino.
My thoughts are to use 5w30 Dino for one interval and then follow it up with 5w30 Synthetic since I would like to extend intervals a bit.
Here are my concerns.
1. The vehicle was babied for the first 10K, I got the impression that the previous owner was a bit of a hyper miler. I am a little worried that the engine wasn't and still isn't really broken in and am thinking a Dino oil could help that out a bit. (or is it already too late)
2. Car isn't as fuel efficient as one would think, Would I see a drop off in MPG with 5w30?
On the Shelf is 5w30 Pennzoil Dino Yellow Bottle, and Pennzoil Platinum 5w30.
Don't really care about the warranty. The warranty won't save me from having a car that I need to constantly feed oil to in between OCI's.