Hello, all, I sadly got rid of my Acura TL for good reasons which I would rather not get into now..
Now I am the proud owner of a Mazda3 hatch with a manual transmission. For 2023, the car has a 13.1 compression ratio, cylinder deactivation and (I believe) Direct injection. The horsepower went up by 5 from the 2022 model, so there were some changes made to the engine.
I've never owned a Mazda before.
Any advice on breaking in? Is hard acceleration to seat the rings still a thing?
The factory recommendation 10k OCI, which of course, being a BITOG guy, I will never let happen.
Any advice as to how long before I dump the FF? When I bought by Acura, the dealer discouraged me from getting the first OC too soon, I guess because the FF had some special sauce in it.
I will use only Mazda oil filter (although because it's a 2023, the application charts aren't up yet for this model year) because I know that is an issue.
Now I am the proud owner of a Mazda3 hatch with a manual transmission. For 2023, the car has a 13.1 compression ratio, cylinder deactivation and (I believe) Direct injection. The horsepower went up by 5 from the 2022 model, so there were some changes made to the engine.
I've never owned a Mazda before.
Any advice on breaking in? Is hard acceleration to seat the rings still a thing?
The factory recommendation 10k OCI, which of course, being a BITOG guy, I will never let happen.
Any advice as to how long before I dump the FF? When I bought by Acura, the dealer discouraged me from getting the first OC too soon, I guess because the FF had some special sauce in it.
I will use only Mazda oil filter (although because it's a 2023, the application charts aren't up yet for this model year) because I know that is an issue.