Engine oil OEM Mazda or IDEMITSU

i am of the mindset of using oil from the region. my GTI is a german car and gets liquimoly, a german oil. my toyota/subaru is Japanese, Idemitsu is a japanese oil (and the oem supplier for Subaru). i have 5w30 in it now.

I've been running Idemitsu oil in the XT and the wife's Crosstrek for the last four and five years and have been happy with it.

You’ll be fine, idemitsu is a bit of a rotary specialist when it comes to fluids

Could be weather related. I'm in Canada and we have weather from -35C to +35C, so Mazda recommends oil changes every 8000km instead of 12,000km.

I use original Mazda oil and Nipparts for the filters. I live in Europe and I buy these for 80€ / 85$.

For [Naturally-Aspirated Skyactiv engines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyActiv), it is highly recommended that you use Mazda's own(Idemitsu) high molly GF-5 0w-20. [Arguably it is one of the best oil for skyactiv engines]

I think Idemitsu is the better option if you have access to it. Mostly because it was developed for the rotary engine.

After reading several posts I got the Mazda Molly and Personally really like it! With the Molly it seems to run much quieter not such a heavy tick and just overall feels better’

I run 5w-40 in everything. Mazda Skyactiv, Toyota 3UR, Honda J35. They all like it and run quiet.

Mazda’s OEM 5w30 is a little too thin for my blood considering the engine temps when driving hard, fine if you’re going to never redline the car