first off, it's been a while since I've been on the forums, so forgive me if there's been any changes or strides that I'm unaware of.
To start off, I've always ran 10w-30 M1 on a 3-4k interval. If I extended it further my HLA's would tick very loudly on start up and noticeably louder than normal after warmed up. Well Since I've put a turbo on my car I've done 2 oil changes, both using M1 10w-30. On the first fill I got to 2,xxx and it started ticking. Well I thought the valve in the filter had failed. I used a Honda oil filter (honeywell) so I replaced that and it still ticked loudly.
Changed the oil and it went away. now after almost 3k its ticking loudly again, that change I decided to use a genuine Mazda oil filter.
I read some guys that run turbo miata's really like Rotella t6 so I decided to go out and buy a gallon. I think I'll go with a Honda filter again because I work at a Honda dealership so I get them for nothing. It is a little thicker oil but I can't see that hurting anything in my application.
here's the basic's
1. What kind of vehicle you have- Mazda Protege, 1.8 DOHC turbo
2. What your owner's manual says -- not just viscosity, but certifications (look for acronyms like API SM, ILSAC GF-4, etc.) and change intervals as well ---Not sure but it's not the stock motor so that irrelevant.
3. Where you live --South Florida
4. How you drive (easy? hard? fast? slow?) -- hard, lots of high RPM's
5. What your daily drive is like (short trips? long trips? city? highway?)--some short trips mixed with highway drives(note-5th gear, 80mph is ~4200rpm
6. Whether your car has any known problems-- a leak that needs to be addressed. nothing serious though.
here's some eye candy.
To start off, I've always ran 10w-30 M1 on a 3-4k interval. If I extended it further my HLA's would tick very loudly on start up and noticeably louder than normal after warmed up. Well Since I've put a turbo on my car I've done 2 oil changes, both using M1 10w-30. On the first fill I got to 2,xxx and it started ticking. Well I thought the valve in the filter had failed. I used a Honda oil filter (honeywell) so I replaced that and it still ticked loudly.
Changed the oil and it went away. now after almost 3k its ticking loudly again, that change I decided to use a genuine Mazda oil filter.
I read some guys that run turbo miata's really like Rotella t6 so I decided to go out and buy a gallon. I think I'll go with a Honda filter again because I work at a Honda dealership so I get them for nothing. It is a little thicker oil but I can't see that hurting anything in my application.
here's the basic's
1. What kind of vehicle you have- Mazda Protege, 1.8 DOHC turbo
2. What your owner's manual says -- not just viscosity, but certifications (look for acronyms like API SM, ILSAC GF-4, etc.) and change intervals as well ---Not sure but it's not the stock motor so that irrelevant.
3. Where you live --South Florida
4. How you drive (easy? hard? fast? slow?) -- hard, lots of high RPM's
5. What your daily drive is like (short trips? long trips? city? highway?)--some short trips mixed with highway drives(note-5th gear, 80mph is ~4200rpm
6. Whether your car has any known problems-- a leak that needs to be addressed. nothing serious though.
here's some eye candy.
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