What can go wrong with an oil change?
10 Major Mistakes You’re Making When Changing Your Car Oil
- Not keeping track of oil changes.
- Not rotating your tires.
- Not replacing the drain plug crush washer or oil filter cover o-ring.
- Overtightening the filter or drain nut.
- Using too expensive or too cheap a motor oil.
- Using the wrong weight of motor oil.
Can old oil mess up your engine?
When your dirty oil is allowed to be in constant contact with your oil, it can actually scratch the engine. The longer your car runs with dirty oil, the more damage can be done to the engine. However, if you allow your engine to run with old oil that should be discarded, then you do run the risk of ruining your engine.
Why do I need an oil change on my Mazda 3?
Whether your change oil light illuminates or your vehicle will be due for an oil change soon, you must not miss any Mazda 3 oil change. As your engine’s oil gets older, it gets more contaminated and picks up particles when flowing. Furthermore, a contaminated engine’s oil is usually associated with a clogged oil filter.
Is the Mazda 3 SP 23 burning oil?
Mazda 3 sp 23 burning oil. I cannot see any leaks nor is there blue smoke. 2005 mazda You don’t list vehicle mileage or just how much oil is being used in X number of miles. Have you just acquired this car? Is there a question? Usually if your burning oil it is the piston rings or the valve seals but more information would be helpful.
What happens when your oil is low in your car?
Low oil just runs the oil temperatures up dramatically and that in turn leads to the oil breaking down which in turn leads to oil sludging/coking and consumption issues. If every motorist adopted VDCdriver’s methodogy there would be far, far fewer engine issues.
What causes a Mazda RX 8 engine to fail?
Seals in engines though are failing due to too much heat as is evident from failed engines and cats plugged up with oil as documented on RX 8 owner forums.
What kind of oil does a Mazda RX 8 use?
Every city in the USA has slow traffic jams and warm weather. Every where else in the World (except in the USA) Mazda requires in the RX 8 Owners Manual the use of 5W-30 oil to adequately protect the very same hot running rotary engine that is in RX 8’s in the USA.
What’s the warranty on a Mazda RX 8?
This is probably why Mazda now only warrants the car for 3 years or 36,000 miles instead of the prior warranty of 5 years or 50,000 miles. This is also clearly documented in many RX 8 owner web sites.