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Has anyone used the Mexico recommendation of 5W-30 instead of the USA recommendation of 0W-20 in their CX-5 2.4l?
Has anyone used the Mexico recommendation of 5W-30 instead of the USA recommendation of 0W-20 in their CX-5 2.4l?
Has anyone used the Mexico recommendation of 5W-30 instead of the USA recommendation of 0W-20 in their CX-5 2.4l?
Yes, for '16 CX-5 Flexible OCI can be up to 10,000 miles or 12 months depending on the driving habit. But Mazda changed the programming since '17 and now the Flexible OCI is up to 7,500 miles or 12 months.It'd be interesting to see how far the Flex schedule allows the turbo to go on an oil change. On my '16, the Flex setting allowed me to go past the 8500 mile mile on an oil change...a tad high for the first oil change IMO.
2.5T uses thicker 5W-30 oil but it did cause some problems on oil change service for these CX-9 owners even at Mazda dealer. Some Mazda OEM 5W-30 oil is not synthetic, and other conventional 5W-30 oils are also readily available, dealers would use these non-synthetic 5W-30 oil for oil change on 2.5T. It definitely is not a good practice as turbo engine requires full synthetic oil.Looking in owner's manual 2.5T should be using 5W-30 in the US.
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https://www.mazdausa.com/siteassets/pdf/owners-optimized/2019/cx-5/2019_cx5_om.pdf
OT: I see this was discussed in CX-9 forum about 2.5T's maintenance requirement of 40K mile spark plug changes.
EDIT: Wonder if Mazda will come out with a branded 5W-30 w/Moly?
Excellent information. People who insist to change oil at the first 1,000 miles are worried about wear-in metal debris but the fact is any of these should get caught by oil filter.I cut and pasted this from a 2011 article by Edmunds https://www.edmunds.com/car-maintenance/top-7-urban-legends-about-motor-oil.html
5. When you buy a new car, change your oil at 3,000 miles to remove metal particles from the engine break-in process. There might be a grain of truth to this, according to the experts at Blackstone. Oil samples from engines during the first 3,000 miles of driving show elevated "wear-in" metal levels, coming from the pistons and camshafts, says Ryan Stark, Blackstone's president. But he added, "To me, it doesn't make that much difference because if the filings are big enough to cause damage, they will be taken out by the oil filter."
However, a Honda spokesman says its cars come from the factory with a special oil formulation for the break-in period. Honda advises owners to not change the oil early. Stark said Blackstone Laboratories' test of Honda's break-in oil shows it contains molybdenum-disulfide, an anti-wear additive. But Stark said Honda is the only manufacturer he knows that's using special break-in oil. The take-away? If there are any special break-in recommendations from the manufacturer, follow them. And consider analyzing the oil at 3,000 miles.
And Honda has been using moly-rich factory break-in oil for many years and the owner's manual has specifically stated that owners shouldn't change factory oil early in Break-In section. IMO, I definitely wouldn't change my first oil early on my new Honda's. Mazda has said the Mazda moly oil has been used for factory fill. Keep it there for at least 5,000 miles should be a proper way to do.
He has an older CR-V if I recall.If your new Honda is a CR-V (or any model) with the 1.5L turbo, I would caution you and any other Honda owners to check the oil as often as possible, especially if you are in a cold climate.
You may be going to the dealership every thousand miles for free oil changes to keep the gas out and the engine alive.
Honda has still not come up with a fix for this problem.
Just a heads up.
Looks like fuel dilution issue on '17 and '18 CR-Vs.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a23643680/honda-cr-v-engine-oil-issue-2017-2018/
Yes I have a gen-1 1998 Honda CR-V with 182,532 miles and I bought it new. At that time Honda didnt say anything in the owners manual that the break-in oil is used from factory and owners need to keep it there until the normal specified OCI. I made the first oil change around 1,000 miles on my CR-V like every new vehicle Id owned in the old days.He has an older CR-V if I recall.
Looking in owner's manual 2.5T should be using 5W-30 in the US.
Page 6-25
https://www.mazdausa.com/siteassets/pdf/owners-optimized/2019/cx-5/2019_cx5_om.pdf
OT: I see this was discussed in CX-9 forum about 2.5T's maintenance requirement of 40K mile spark plug changes.
EDIT: Wonder if Mazda will come out with a branded 5W-30 w/Moly?
There is the Idemitsu Zepro 5w30 which looks very good. Available on Amazon.