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You said 5w40 oil is that thicker than 10w40 ? , just wondering about cold morning starts i have no garage

Thanks for the advice

Took to Mazda , My wife picked it up they said not worth going thru the trouble of replacing coil,plugs etc based on it burning 1 qt of oil every 150 miles . The service advisor (female) said drive it til it drops then replace the engine. I am using 10w 40 and LUCAS oil stabilizer (20%) any...

The Temp gague is right in the middle and doesnt move once its warmed up , sometimes i find it takes a bit to move while warming up though.The smoke doesnt have a smell at all during start up it is cloudy white when I drive away I just had my wife watch me , when I stop at a stop light and pull...

sorry i used 10w40 not 140w40 that was a typo

Got called to work so cant drop off car until monday , I went thru 1 quart in last 150 miles , no black smoke or leak just white smoke and smoke fumes at stop lights when pull away. I guess the writing is on the wall I hear a little rattle low in engine but not bad. I put slick 50 in a few days...

also the car only has 78000 miles on it

Will do Thanks , I had to go out of town again this time went a little slower and didnt have my wife and kids with me and burnt a quart of oil in about 250 miles , thats much better than the day before. I just added a quart of slick 50 maybe that will slow the engine failure down , dreading...

Thanks for the info , cant get into mazda til next week. It has been going thru more oil than normal and I havent changed it for 10-15000 miles so I just changed it. Now its going though alot of oil , drove 200 miles and burnt aquart . I bought some oil addidtive junk a gooey stuff and anothe...

2004 Mazda 6 GS sport V6 Automatic 3L Engine hesitates at 90km when i hit gas I am having a problem mostly when going up hills and pressing the accelerator a little harder at 90km or more , the car revs up and hesitates and the rpms are going up but the car doesnt go any faster it chug chugs...

2004 Mazda 6 GS sport V6 Automatic 3L Engine hesitates at 90km when i hit gas I am having a problem mostly when going up hills and pressing the accelerator a little harder at 90km or more , the car revs up and hesitates and the rpms are going up but the car doesnt go any faster it chug chugs...

I am having a problem mostly when going up hills and pressing the accelerator a little harder at 90km or more , the car revs up and hesitates and the rpms are going up but the car doesnt go any faster it chug chugs and the engine light starts flashing. If i really baby the accelarator i can...