Recent content by MyFirstMazda

Dealerships are strange. They know your make/model year falls into the valve seal issue, they can even check for a leak with a simple test. Why do they resist doing the work. I guess it is the reason Tchman2016 said. Burning oil can potentially clog up the catalytic converter. Yryei52 proves to...

I've been being hard on my car by doing short trips. Then yesterday I didn't let it warm up, backed out of my garage and parked it in the driveway to get the lawn mower out, and later pulled back in the garage. So today when I started my car the engine didn't sound great, it was making a taping...

I don't believe that there is some sort of magic break in oil. Honda had that recommendation to help with the environment. But changing the oil early isn't necessary, and most people don't change the oil early. I admit that I changed mine early, I don't think I ruined my engine, I may have...

Volkswagen also fudged the numbers on their emission tests and were caught. The engines were probably burning a lot of oil from people changing it too soon and they hid it :ROFLMAO:

Wow! that was VWoA's lawyers screwing you out of a repair. If you changed the oil 50 miles short of the recommended interval they would have blamed you as well.

I would guess that the oil light went on because it was low, not from aeration from too much oil. And yes checking in the morning after all the oil settled makes it easier to read. I hate the impreciseness of the fluid levels that are stated in the manual. It has caused a lot of debates on this...

So I got the Walmart battery and installed it. It took me about 20 minutes or so. I made a video Replacing the Battery in a 2018 Mazda CX-5

You can't break anything by changing the battery, either a setting was reset or a fuse was blown.

Watch this video. He shows where lane assist is turned off and on https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QS32K0Ud6R0

It is nuts that putting in a new battery messes things up on newer cars. My 2018 is due for a new battery, this reminds me to use the memory saver when I do it.

Unfortunately I don't know anyone who is a Costco member. I see that there are people selling Costco shop gift cards on ebay but they mark them up too high.

Welp my battery is cranking slower in the morning so I best buy a new battery. I see that the Walmart EverStart Maxx Lead Acid Automotive Battery, Group Size 35 12 Volt, 640 CCA is $139.84. Is this still the best price for a group 35, 640 CCA battery?

It is probably just advertising, but the cheaper cheap oil shows it is only 2 stars on the back, and the 'Advanced' shows 4 stars on the back. It makes one think the cheaper cheap oil isn't good. Look at the back of each of these Super Tech oil jugs: Cheaper cheap oil Cheap Oil

I checked my pockets after I changed it and didn't find any money😉 :)

I am going to switch from Castrol to Pennzoil. Today I see that Pennzoil is $23.78 at Walmart. Castrol has gotten expensive. Pennzoil