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    RX7 Oil

    Top Gear reckon it should be run on Mineral and not synthetic.

    Do they know something or just talking bollox?

    http://www.topgear.com/car-news/top-...-mazda-rx-7#11

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    Pretty common knowledge for ****les, don't know for what reason though.

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    I used Castrol GTX in the RX8

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    It's something I never considered. Not looking at buying an FD, just something I saw on a Top Gear video

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    That makes a lot of sense

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    Mineral if it's still got the standard Oil Metering Pump, as it injects it into the inlet and burns it as part of the combustion cycle. Synthetic doesn't burn as cleanly and can carbon up the rotors.

    Synthetic if you remove the OMP, as the lubrication is done by putting 2 stroke oil in the tank. Means it ups the cost of fuel even more

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