Originally Posted By: d00df00d
Originally Posted By: chrisri
RX8 is a special animal.
What you want is non PAO, high spec C3/229.51-52, LL04. Preferably GTL based oil.
Because?
(not disagreeing; just want to hear your reasoning)
BTW, Mazda's own synthetic engine oil for this engine is largely PAO per this page: http://www.mazda.co.jp/carlife/service/parts/detail/oil/lineup/synthe-renesis/
Good friend of my was a main Mazda tech, and that was what he told me years back. Then it had me thinking, I had similar experiences with normal piston engines that used oil. RX8 use oil by default.
His (and my) reasoning was that PAO based oil in engines that use lot of oil leave much harder deposits in chamber and cause all sorts of problems. It seems those are much harder to burn of( if possible) than group 2 or 3. GTL burns very clean. IMO.
Mazda specific oil is PAO , as you posted. How good did it do in these?
Originally Posted By: chrisri
RX8 is a special animal.
What you want is non PAO, high spec C3/229.51-52, LL04. Preferably GTL based oil.
Because?
(not disagreeing; just want to hear your reasoning)
BTW, Mazda's own synthetic engine oil for this engine is largely PAO per this page: http://www.mazda.co.jp/carlife/service/parts/detail/oil/lineup/synthe-renesis/
Good friend of my was a main Mazda tech, and that was what he told me years back. Then it had me thinking, I had similar experiences with normal piston engines that used oil. RX8 use oil by default.
His (and my) reasoning was that PAO based oil in engines that use lot of oil leave much harder deposits in chamber and cause all sorts of problems. It seems those are much harder to burn of( if possible) than group 2 or 3. GTL burns very clean. IMO.
Mazda specific oil is PAO , as you posted. How good did it do in these?
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