View Poll Results: How often do you change your oil? (synthetic and regular)
Synthetic - every 3,000 miles (5,000 km)
9
14.06%
Synthetic - every 5,000 miles (8,000 km)
22
34.38%
Synthetic - every 10,000 miles (16,000 km)
1
1.56%
Regular - every 3,000 miles (5,000 km)
17
26.56%
Regular - every 5,000 miles (8,000 km)
11
17.19%
Not listed (post your milage)
4
6.25%
Voters: 64. You may not vote on this poll
How often do you change your oil?
February-2nd-2003, 06:18 PM
#4
a.k.a. spydermonkey
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 1,413
How often do you change the filter, with the oil change or with the oil change and in between? (ex. If you go 5,000 miles betweeen oil change, you change the filter at 3,000 miles and at 5,000 miles)
February-3rd-2003, 07:09 PM
#8
Protege Enthusiast
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Surrey, BC
Posts: 131
Every 8,000 km (5,000 mi). That's what Mazda states is required under the "severe service" schedule, so I'm sticking to it so that they have no excuse to not honour their warranty obligations. Out of warranty, I may look at a different interval.
February-3rd-2003, 10:01 PM
#10
a.k.a. spydermonkey
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 1,413
Originally posted by Protege52003
I use regular oil and change every 5000 miles among with rotating the tires to get even ware. Do any of you think or notice a great difference with using synthetic oil......?
I use regular oil and change every 5000 miles among with rotating the tires to get even ware. Do any of you think or notice a great difference with using synthetic oil......?
February-3rd-2003, 11:59 PM
#11
Protege Enthusiast
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: GA
Posts: 460
Ive noticed increased gas milage on my truck with mobil 1 oil, but im using 0-W-30, so its pretty thin stuff.
Good synthetic can actaully "clean" your engine also. It will help remove and flush out deposits that were already present .
Good synthetic can actaully "clean" your engine also. It will help remove and flush out deposits that were already present .
February-4th-2003, 08:55 PM
#12
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Daytona Beach, FL
Posts: 52
3000 miles or 3 months, no matter what. I use a name brand oil (anything but Castrol crap), a good oil filter (Fram, Penske, OEM).
I have had cars that reached 200,000 miles without having to do anything to the motor internals, including an RX-7.
I have had cars that reached 200,000 miles without having to do anything to the motor internals, including an RX-7.
