Recent content by MyFirstMazda

Mm I just noticed that the ebay filters have printed on them Genuine Parts. Maybe the company making them is called Genuine.

I was looking at oil filter prices today, and it appears that the Japan filter is now less money than the Thai filter. But they are calling the Japan filter PE01-14-302B/302A. Not sure why there is a slash 302A in the description. Anyway a pack of 10 Thai filters is $123.99 and a pack of 10...

Years ago there was a class action settlement against Paypal. I don't remember what the case was about. But I received a check for one penny. I never cashed it, I think I still have the check somewhere. I went and found it, the check is for two pennies, not one. And it was versus Ebay, a Brice...

My CX-5 makes a clunk that I feel more than I hear, when I first pull out of my garage. My car has to roll for it to happen, it doesn't do it putting it in gear or giving it gas. Then after one time it doesn't do it again until the next day. So it seems like something sticks over night and...

I was looking at the memory saver I purchased December 2019, I thought it was a lot at $36.72. Now it's $52.69. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CH59OAS?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1

I changed mine so long ago I don't remember how to set it back, not that I will set it back.

Great pictures. To me it doesn't look too bad for all those miles.

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.