5w-20
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mazdaspeedster3
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- Mazdaspeed3. 2008
No way would I pay for the wrong oil, who did the change, the dealer?
I stopped reading here.
Yea unfortunately.
oaklandopen
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you could bring in your own oil next time if you still don't want to do it yourself
mazdaspeedster3
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- Mazdaspeed3. 2008
My dealership said they would do the labor on an oil change and my parts (oil and filter) for $15.
That's probably the route i'll go since I probably won't want to do it again come winter.
too bad you couldn't stop typing...
SPEED3TYPE2
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Go back and get them to switch to 5w-30 thats there mistake, It is rumered the 5w-20 contributes to turbo smoking..
I tried, but my speech dictation software would've... ALRIGHT ALREADY I'LL TAKE OUT THE DAMN TRASH... picked up me saying it out loud anyway.
MikeHTally
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- 2008.5 Speed3, 2006 Chrysler 300C, 2003 Ram 1500
I wouldn't buy the "generic invoice entry" crap. I've seen that on some other threads. One more reason to let someone besides the dealer do the maintenance .
coololddude
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you want to go to 5-30 synthetic pretty soon anyway. good for turbos. tastes good too!!
Darksun280
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i smoked for 3 months BAD not knowing jiffy lube put 5W-20 in my car. had them switch it on next visit and smoking is reduced by like 98%
SPEED3TYPE2
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prob is how do u know for sure they switched the oil correctly did you witness the change?
FrequentFlyer
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- 2008 CWP Mazdaspeed3
This "generic invoice" crap is getting ridiculous. This is like the 5th thread I've read about this 5W-20 crap going in an MS3 by mistake in the past 2 or 3 months. I knew I wasn't taking advantage of my dealer's offer of free oil changes for life for a reason. If I'm going to bring my car in for service I want EXACTLY what was done to the car on the invoice. The only thing both you and the dealer have to prove otherwise is the invoice. Everything else is hearsay. If I were you, I'd change the oil yourself right away (or have someone help you) and send a sample off to Blackstone labs for analysis for $25. I'd even video tape the whole thing so there is a time/date stamp on it. Blackstone would be able to tell you if it were 5W-20 or 30. Or if you're not as vindictive as I am, you can just pay to get it changed by another dealer. 
I did not even take the dealer up on the free 1st oil change as I don't trust them to work on my car. They did give me a free oil filter. I just changed my oil this past weekend and the oil smelled of fuel and was very thin. This car is hard on oil so use the synthetic. I use M1 extended performance every 5000 miles. I might go to 4000 miles after seeing the oil from my last change.
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Oil can be black as tar and appear dirty but still have the viscosity to protect your engine.
+1 for frequentflyer on the blackstone oil analysis! They can tell you exactly what is in your oil and its condition. Using this data you can determine if you actually need to be changing your oil as often or infrequent as you do.
