amsoil oil
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cmw08.5cwp
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- 2008 Mazdaspeed 3
I run nothing but amsoil in my bike and I love it. Never really thought to run it in my car. I run Pennzoil Platium in the MS3.
jmcdonald56
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- 2008.5 MS3
I run Amsoil in my MS3 and love it.
I love amsoil, the only reason I would not run it now is if your budget doesn't allow. It's more expensive than most other oil but not by much. Comparable to Mobil1 in price, just use it and you will see. These turbo cars destroy oil but amsoil holds up pretty well to it.
LovinMyMS3
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You can pick up a 5 quart jug of Pennzoil Platinum at Walmart for around 20 bucks. It tests out as well or better than Amsoil in UOA's and costs less.
LovinMyMS3
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Guess you didn't read the thread above you.
coololddude
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Any of the oils you mentioned will work exemplary.
funksilver07
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- 2007 Sunlight Silver Mazdaspeed 3 GT
+1 this is my oil of choice as well. The only downfall is I have to go to Walmart haha...
is def gonna be amsoilMy $0.02:
Considering that the MS3 trashes (contaminates) oil far worse than most engines, I wouldn't run any oil for extended periods.
Even if Amsoil is better than Mobil 1, PP, etc., the true benefits would only be realized if you used the oil for an extended period of time.
I would stick with a good brand name synthetic but I wouldn't pay more for Amsoil.
I had been running castrol GTX for cheap oil but I changed it every 1000 miles. If you are going to be able to change your oil that often even a non brand 99cent oil will do. If your not then a good quality synthetic is a must. These cars are horrible to their oil, mazda really did something odd. I don't see any other manufacturer being this hard on oil.
If the MZR is really that bad I would avoid the OTS synthetics all together and go imported. Total Quartz, Motul, ELF, lubro-molly, Amsoil are all manufactured with Group IV base oils instead of hydro-cracked Base III oils (which are really just highly refined conventional base oils)
All engines treat all oils differently. Amsoil is a group IV base oil so it's going to be able to withstand heat cycles more than an OTS synthetic.. whether it's better than the before mentioned oils is only discernible with oil analysis samples. some of which can be found here:
www.bobstheoilguy.com
if you absolutely want OTS convenience and are price conscience, you should be looking at Shell Rotella T-6/PP.
All engines treat all oils differently. Amsoil is a group IV base oil so it's going to be able to withstand heat cycles more than an OTS synthetic.. whether it's better than the before mentioned oils is only discernible with oil analysis samples. some of which can be found here:
www.bobstheoilguy.com
if you absolutely want OTS convenience and are price conscience, you should be looking at Shell Rotella T-6/PP.
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i did read it. i guess im going to have to research, learn and compare for myself. that answer was pretty vauge, i could have too said amsoil is equivalent to my citgo 0w20 i get at the local gas station. (not true, just an example)
Just wanted to ask what is UOA's?
LovinMyMS3
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My statement is based on research at BITOG. You might make unfounded statements, I don't.
LovinMyMS3
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Check out BITOG, google it.
LovinMyMS3
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Changing oil this soon waste money, oil and your engine. There is more engine wear on fresh oil than with oil that has a few miles. Before anybody whines about this statement, go read BITOG for a few hours. Our engines can go 5k on PP according to UOA's.
He's using the regular Castrol GTX conventional (why idk..) but I agree, he's causing more wear changing it every 1,000 miles versus a longer OCI with a higher quality oil. Or even the exact same oil.
