2018 CX-5 Transmission fluid change question

[N7turbo]

You won't. 122 isn't the normal operating range.

Interesting. Must be different per transmission? For the MX-5, the ATF should be 136—144 °F.

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[200955]

7 liters??? If your dealer did the drain-and-fill for you they’ve made some money from you by exaggerating the ATF amount! You need less than 5 liters even if the dealer dropped the pan to replace the filter cartridge.



No it’s a filter cartridge / strainer there, not a fine screen.

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Don’t do that. See my previous post.

Sorry my friend you must have quantities mixed up, right out of the service manual and I have no idea how your has a paper filter unless it was done already once. Mine was a fine mesh screen right from the dealer.

(Approximate Quantities)

Capacity
Automatic transaxle fluid	SKYACTIV-G 2.5	7.8 L (8.2 US qt, 6.9 Imp qt)/ 8.0 L (8.5 US qt, 7.0 Imp qt)
SKYACTIV-D 2.2	8.0 L (8.5 US qt, 7.0 Imp qt)

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[yrwei52]

Sorry my friend you must have quantities mixed up, right out of the service manual and I have no idea how your has a paper filter unless it was done already once. Mine was a fine mesh screen right from the dealer.

(Approximate Quantities)

Capacity
Automatic transaxle fluid	SKYACTIV-G 2.5	7.8 L (8.2 US qt, 6.9 Imp qt)/ 8.0 L (8.5 US qt, 7.0 Imp qt)
SKYACTIV-D 2.2	8.0 L (8.5 US qt, 7.0 Imp qt)

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These specs listed in the manual are TOTAL capacity for each transmission. You won’t be able to drain all ATF out from an automatic transmission as almost a half of it is resided in the torque converter、oil passage、and differential chamber which can’t be drained out from pan plug. And Mazda OEM filter cartridge / strainer FZ01-21-500 for SkyActiv-Drive transmission definitely is not a fine mesh screen.

Again, if you did ATF drain-&-fill by yourself, you couldn’t drain out 7 liters of factory ATF from pan plug.

 

[yrwei52]

Here is the ATF filter cartridge / strainer for Mazda’s SkyActiv-Drive automatic transmission showed in Mazda’s Workshop Manual:

It’s not a fine mesh screen.

 

[madar]

This could be the very cold atmosphere temperature when you did the ATF drain-&-fill?

No. Atmosphere has nothing to do with internal oil temps. Oil temp at 122 degrees is 122 degrees.

 

[madar]

Interesting. Must be different per transmission? For the MX-5, the ATF should be 136—144 °F.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID (ATF) LEVEL ADJUSTMENT [SJ6A-EL] | 2016 ND Shop Manual

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That is different. Maybe because there' no dipstick? The procedure states 7 liters, but I think they probably mean total fluid amount in the trans for component replacement or major repair.

 

[macker]

Good info. Definitely need to do 2 or 3 drain/refills given the amount of oil that circulates in the tranny. Similar to what I've done on my 13 Lincoln MKX.