Well I am finally out of free oil changes at the dealer. My car is at 36k miles and it is time for me to start doing my own oil changes.
I have been getting oil changed with Mazda Skyactiv oil for the past 36k miles free of charge.
The car is a 2018 mazda 3 touring with a 2.5 and automatic transmission. I do some spirited driving but mostly freeway. I was hoping you guys could help me decide on an oil. The current candidates are below:
Valvoline 0w20 synthetic With maxlife I have a couple 5 quart jugs sitting in my garage that I had bought when I got them on clearance about a year ago at walmart. Seems like a perfectly fine oil and I have no problems using a high mileage oil this early in life.
Castrol Edge 0w20 I have 3 5 quart bottles of this I bought with rebates some time in the past year and a half or so and have been using this in my brother's 2016 mazda 3. it seems to be perfectly fine.
Mazda Skyactiv 0w20 I can get this for about $28 for 5 quarts so not much more than normal synthetic cost. My mindset is this oil was designed specifically for this motor so it must be pretty awesome. This is currently produced by Idemitsu to the best of my knowledge and tends to get good marks here on BITOG
I have been getting oil changed with Mazda Skyactiv oil for the past 36k miles free of charge.
The car is a 2018 mazda 3 touring with a 2.5 and automatic transmission. I do some spirited driving but mostly freeway. I was hoping you guys could help me decide on an oil. The current candidates are below:
Valvoline 0w20 synthetic With maxlife I have a couple 5 quart jugs sitting in my garage that I had bought when I got them on clearance about a year ago at walmart. Seems like a perfectly fine oil and I have no problems using a high mileage oil this early in life.
Castrol Edge 0w20 I have 3 5 quart bottles of this I bought with rebates some time in the past year and a half or so and have been using this in my brother's 2016 mazda 3. it seems to be perfectly fine.
Mazda Skyactiv 0w20 I can get this for about $28 for 5 quarts so not much more than normal synthetic cost. My mindset is this oil was designed specifically for this motor so it must be pretty awesome. This is currently produced by Idemitsu to the best of my knowledge and tends to get good marks here on BITOG