{"id":10147,"date":"2018-05-15T08:53:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/?p=10147"},"modified":"2018-09-13T12:43:48","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T20:43:48","slug":"mazda-motor-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/mazda-motor-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Mazda Motor Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are always lots of opinions on motor oil flying around the internet these days. \u00a0I normally skip chiming in on any of the conversations as someone, in the end, goes away with hurt feelings but not today!<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Back in December, we ran our 2015 Mazda 3 2.5 Skyactiv at the 25-hours of Thunderhill race which like the title says is a 25-hour non-stop race. \u00a0In the spirit of doing things which are a bit, insane CorkSport entered our Mazda 3 which no one had done before in this long of an endurance race. \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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For an event like the 25-hour, the internet says you should run a bit thicker oil due to the high rpm and non-stop abuse on the track. I am more at the end of the arena of doing what the engineers at Mazda designed the car to use so we ran 0W20 oil in the car. \u00a0We did use a great product, Motul 0w20 racing oil to prove a point that with modern engines and oils you don\u2019t need to up the viscosity.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

After 25 hours of non-stop racing the car to the redline and never giving the car a break, we drained the oil and sent it off to Blackstone laboratories to get an analysis done on the oil.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Based on the internet knowing everything we would expect to see the oil viscosity wiped out from the non-stop running and heat as well as there being lots of impurities found in the oil from the same. \u00a0In reality, the comments from the report are pretty boring really. They mentioned the lead found in the oil which was from race gas we burned up in the car during testing as this motor is completely stock so there is no lead in the engine bearings. \u00a0There really isn\u2019t anything else to say about it.<\/span><\/h3>\n

So the next time someone tries to tell you that you need to change to a non-stock weight of motor oil in your Mazda send them to this blog and run what the engine is supposed to have with a good quality oil.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Happy Mazda Motoring!<\/span><\/p>\n

-Derrick<\/span><\/p>\n

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There are always lots of opinions on motor oil flying around the internet these days. \u00a0I normally skip chiming in on any of the conversations as someone, in the end, goes away with hurt feelings but not today! Back in December, we ran our 2015 Mazda 3 2.5 Skyactiv at the 25-hours of Thunderhill race … <\/p>\n

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