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MaintenanceandCare
OwnerMaintenance
qRecommendedOil
EngineOil
CAUTION
UseSAE5W-20engineoil.
Oilcontainerlabelsprovideimportant
information.
Donotuseeithersyntheticorsemi-
syntheticmotoroil.Otherwiseengine
startingperformancecouldworsen.
Achiefcontributionthistypeofoilmakes
tofueleconomyisreducingtheamountof
fuelnecessarytoovercomeengine
friction.
U.S.A.andCANADA
NOTE
Changingtheengineoilshouldbe
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donebyanAuthorizedMazda
Dealer.
TheMazdaRX-8requiresregular
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checkingoftheengineoillevel.The
compact,highperformance
RENESISrotaryengineinyour
vehicleconsumesasmallamountof
engineoilduetoitsstructural
(ILSAC)
design.Anoilpumpoptimizesthe
amountofoilinjectedtolubricate
therotorsealsinthecombustion
cycle.Althoughyourvehicleis
equippedwithanengineoillevel
warninglightandanengineoil
pressuregauge,itisbesttokeepthe
engineoillevelintherangebetween
fullandlowbycheckingtheoil
dipstickregularly.Mazda
recommendscheckingtheoillevelat
everysecondfuelfilling.Theoil
consumptionoftheenginedepends
onenginespeedandengineload.
Underextremedrivingconditions,
oilconsumptioncanbehigher.
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FormNo.8V89-EA-06F
Product Specification
Categories | Mazda Manuals, Mazda RX-8 Manuals |
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Model Year | 2007 |
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