bloody oil!

[ayrton012]

Thanks Oilman, it\'s OK. I change my oil immediately.
I\'m curious too why the US exxonmobil.com site suggests 5w-20 to use?

[oilman]

It can only be down to temps and the US certainly is always slightly diffferent to Europe. For example we favour 10w-40 and 5w-40 here, they conversly favour 5w-30 and 10w-30.

The difference is sae 30 vs sae 40 and although they are different with regards to the heat tolerance, it could be down also to style of driving. I don\'t think the Americans push their cars to the same extent as us heavy right footed Europeans.

I would look at the following product which around 60% of the RX8 Owners Club Members are using including myself as it meets all the specs and is a semi-synthetic. I find that this product suits my car well and have no complaints at all.

You can always email me for prices.

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/TechSpecs/titan%20xtr%205w_30.pdf

Cheers
Simon

[oilman]

Take a look here, you may find something appropriate.

http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14364&highlight=oil

This GB is open until 29/4/05

Cheers
Simon