SkyActiv Oil Analysis Thread

[N7turbo]

I only use one per year so every 6 months or so I go down and shake them vigorously.

 

[ZooMazda24]

I am in the interesting position of not having done my first oil change yet (2025 CX-5),
so I am hoping to borrow the community wisdom on lubrication matters.
I do not know what it will be like with a 'Skyactive' engine, but in other cars that I have owned, the long intervals that I read about on this and other forums might not be wise.
After five thousand miles the oil in my wife's car has undergone a change of color and has an easily observed viscosity difference. I think that if you expect maximum protection from an oil, it should remain observably the same over the period of use.
Do the CX-5 people who go 5, 6, or 7k miles have oil that looks the same as it did when it was first poured?

 

[Moonlighter]

I am in the interesting position of not having done my first oil change yet (2025 CX-5),
so I am hoping to borrow the community wisdom on lubrication matters.
I do not know what it will be like with a 'Skyactive' engine, but in other cars that I have owned, the long intervals that I read about on this and other forums might not be wise.
After five thousand miles the oil in my wife's car has undergone a change of color and has an easily observed viscosity difference. I think that if you expect maximum protection from an oil, it should remain observably the same over the period of use.
Do the CX-5 people who go 5, 6, or 7k miles have oil that looks the same as it did when it was first poured?

Oil colour doesnt tell the full story by a long shot.

Have a look at the video I linked in post #715.

Mr Speed convinced me, on hard facts and evidence, that changing the oil early, a couple of times before the first factory recommended change on new cars, is well worth doing.

And this one is even more to the point on how to treat new engines.