Earlier today I changed the oil on the Mazda CX-5 in the sig. I have owned six new vehicles in my driving life and up till now each one was a real bugger getting the filter off or the drain plug out.
After removing the access panel I saw the drain plug and filter right close to each other. I tried a quick couple of times to remove the filter by hand but then switched to a cheap Hypertough filter wrench from Wallys. Loosened like a charm. Next I attached the 8mm hex drive to a ratchet and snap, it was loose.
I drained the Idemitsu factory fill which still looked good like amber honey and refilled with VAS 0w20. Also replaced the Roki filter with a M1 M108EP which I bought earlier. The Mazda dealers only had the value line filters and I had hoped for the Thai made ones.
I’m not as fast as most of you but in just under one hour I was finished and buttoned up. I’m sure everyone has their stories of struggling with first time changes but this change really made me satisfied. Honestly, the hardest part was removing and replacing the access panel. Those nylon push rivets were a bit of a struggle.
After removing the access panel I saw the drain plug and filter right close to each other. I tried a quick couple of times to remove the filter by hand but then switched to a cheap Hypertough filter wrench from Wallys. Loosened like a charm. Next I attached the 8mm hex drive to a ratchet and snap, it was loose.
I drained the Idemitsu factory fill which still looked good like amber honey and refilled with VAS 0w20. Also replaced the Roki filter with a M1 M108EP which I bought earlier. The Mazda dealers only had the value line filters and I had hoped for the Thai made ones.
I’m not as fast as most of you but in just under one hour I was finished and buttoned up. I’m sure everyone has their stories of struggling with first time changes but this change really made me satisfied. Honestly, the hardest part was removing and replacing the access panel. Those nylon push rivets were a bit of a struggle.