oil change ?

[Dexter]

so im gonna be rollin 3,000 miles soon (sometime this week)

i was wondering what kind i should put in there. some say synthetic, some say regular till 10,000 miles, then synthetic

either way, which brand and thickness would you recommend (for synthetic, and regular, respectively)

thanks

 

[Limited Edition]

I switch over to Synthetic at 3600km. No problems what so ever. Just go with the regular 5W 30 will do fine.

 

[mazdadan]

Yeah, since you are turbo i'd go with Mobil 1 synthetic 5w30. If you are in a hotter climate or run the car really hard you could use 10w30.

 

[turboge]

If it's your first oil change, use regular blend oil. Give it another 1000 miles and then switch over to 5w30 synthetic.

 

[mazdadan]

Yeah that's a good idea too....since I go a little longer than 3K between oil changes I forgot to mention that.

 

[Swope]

I'm planing on changing at 2000 with regular oil, then switching to mobil 1 at 5000.

 

[Dexter]

thanks

 

[RX-KEVIN]

Went to redline around 1500 miles

 

[arkitek]

Having done some research, I will probably switch to synthetic on my 3rd oil change at around 10,000 kms or so. Dino oil every 3000 kms until then. This should more than allow for all the necessary break-in and seal settling. Then every 7-8000 km there after with syncthetic.