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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 07:01 PM
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I took my car to the dealership for the first oil change. They put conventional oil 5w-20. The dealer said that my car can use that oil due the tropical temperatures in Puerto Rico. Should I can go back to synthethic? The manual saids: OW-20 full syntherhic for USA and Canada. Any sugestions?


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Old Jan 15, 2013 | 01:07 AM
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Hmm, Genuine Mazda Oil here in NZ is not synthetic and they don't recommend running synthetic oil in Mazda's.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2013 | 04:14 AM
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The new mazdas in USA and Canada recommend using 0w-20 synthetic oil not conventional. The reason they changed it is due to the skyactive motor have lightweight parts and other internal changes such as oil injectors onto the cams.
 
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Old Jan 16, 2013 | 11:17 PM
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Our regular petrol oil is recommended for Sky-active too.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2013 | 09:12 AM
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I took my car back to the dealership. They re-do the oil change with synthetic OW-20.
 
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