Engine oil Castrol or RAVENOL

I have that engine in my car and I've been obsessed about finding the best lubricant from day 1 of purchase... it seems like in general most engines in the 2000-2014 era, but especially om642, like a thicker oil, 5w40-0w40, with ravenol vmo being the only oil in there that had incredibly low metals in it by far, even at a 10-15k km oil sampling.

yo te diria q te fueras por un castrol edge 5w30

Que tal mi amigo, yo tengo exactamente el mismo carro un Mazda 2 2012 lo que podes hacer es leer el manual porque depende del clima del lugar donde lo vas a conducir (en este caso es Guatemala) segun el manual en la tabla API tenes que hecharle 10w30 yo ese uso, yo le hecho Castrol 10w30 full sintetico y cero problemas.

Now they use castrol power 1 ultimate 10w50

I talked with my friend who works in skoda dealership as mechanic, he told that castrol edge is the best motor oil for these mk 3 models because it comes from factory with it. They have run tests on Petrol and diesel engines and best for these engines is edge, because it's made for these engines.

Castrol Edge LL.

I personally use Castrol in all my vehicles, and if I buy used cars I preform an oil flush and start using castrol immediately.

In my 2020 A6 I had aral oil and it consumed 1l of oil in 15k km. Then I used castrol LL and now it does not consume a drop at all.

I personally have used the RN17FE 0W-20 (Renault branded Castrol GTX bottles) for 10k km after the innitial oil that was filled in the factory (I don’t know which one was filled in factory). I haven’t noticed any better fuel economy but that can be tough to determine because I drove the car mainly through the winter and did more shorter trips than the original factory first fill oil that I drove with during spring and summer.

I recently changed the oil in a diesel Passat (150,000 kms) which had Castrol Edge put in 12,000 kms ago during the last service by a VW dealer. I have changed many oils in VW diesels and found the Castrol oil that came out to be the dirtiest, sticky, staining and sort of gritty oil ever.