Engine oil OEM Mazda or MOTUL

The red Motul is amazing stuff!

Motul 4T 7100 10w40.

Engine works like a charm, gearbox changes gears effortlessly and the oil smells nice as a bonus.

I’m in MD and use Motul 5w30 X-clean EFE

I started using motul 10w40 after my apache rtr 180 crossed 50k kms. It gave the old engine required smoothness and the engine feels stress free.

I run X-Cess 5w-40, seems great. Takes a little longer to heat up than 5w-30 but I imagine you’d want the high thermal stability it offers in your location.

Motul has been phenomenal for me

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$.

Only used Motul 300V 5w30 or 5w40 since I bought the car new in 2009. Today I'm on 178k kilometers and still on the first chain and chain tensioner. No rattle, no oil consumption or what so ever.

I do have slight oil loss but I also track my car several times a year so it's to be expected. Recently switched to 5w-40 motul so we'll see how that does.