Oil Change
- Thread starter ryguy
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Then why the 7500 mile recommendation???
They usually recommend 7500 miles if you are driving mostly highway miles. Every 5000 miles if you do city/highway mixture. 3000 if only city.
When I had my Mazda3, I would change it every 5000. The dealership would always put on the windshield sticker to change it again in 5000 miles.
Highway - 7500
City/Hwy - 5000
City - 3000
When I had my Mazda3, I would change it every 5000. The dealership would always put on the windshield sticker to change it again in 5000 miles.
Highway - 7500
City/Hwy - 5000
City - 3000
I usually go for 5000 in my wife's cars (mostly driven around town, including the CX-9). When I do mostly highway miles in my car (not the CX-9), the car computer calculates about 7500-8000 per oil change. 3000 is excessive these days, in my opinion. Waste of money and oil to dispose of.
I agree completely!
Today's engines are built with very fine tolerances, and are not the engines of yesteryear that required a serious break in period and the discovery of fine metal shavings on the first oil change. That, combined with the advancement in oils and oil filters over the last 30 years, makes the 3K oil changes obsolete. You can easily go 5K between changes without any problems.
CX9 SportOwner
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V6 Ill do every 5000. 4 Cylinder Id recommend 3000
CX9 SportOwner
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4's work harder and rev faster. More strokes per mile than 6 and more wear.
DashingMax
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- 2006 MazdaSpeed6
4 months/5000 miles according to manual
According to owners manual, the severe maintanance schedule states every 4 months or 5,000 miles, except Puerto Rico which is 3 months/3k miles.
I did not see 3mths/3k miles anywhere for US and Canada.
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According to owners manual, the severe maintanance schedule states every 4 months or 5,000 miles, except Puerto Rico which is 3 months/3k miles.
I did not see 3mths/3k miles anywhere for US and Canada.
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I have the same doubt, so when to change the oil?
Some guy said if mainly city driven, then at 3000miles
The manual says 4 months (5000miles)
so whats the answer???
Or maybe change at 4 months no matter how many miles????? ( I mean even if there are less than 5000) ????
Some guy said if mainly city driven, then at 3000miles
The manual says 4 months (5000miles)
so whats the answer???
Or maybe change at 4 months no matter how many miles????? ( I mean even if there are less than 5000) ????
My first oil change...
I did my first oil change this last weekend. I don't know if the filters are all this way but, apparently, the filter gorillia was working the day my engine was built. The filter was on so tight I had to go to NAPA to get a special 3 jaw filter removal tool to get it off. A slick little device that grabs the filter tighter the harder you pull on the wratchet handle. It worked. But I had to crank on the filter so hard the clamping jaws deformed the filter's case.
The filter is only supposed to be tightened 3/4 of a turn after the gasket makes contact with the base and mine was easily 1 and 1/2 turns - WAY to tight.
Other than that the oil change was easy to do with the vehicle on the ground - no ramps needed.
Ted
I did my first oil change this last weekend. I don't know if the filters are all this way but, apparently, the filter gorillia was working the day my engine was built. The filter was on so tight I had to go to NAPA to get a special 3 jaw filter removal tool to get it off. A slick little device that grabs the filter tighter the harder you pull on the wratchet handle. It worked. But I had to crank on the filter so hard the clamping jaws deformed the filter's case.
The filter is only supposed to be tightened 3/4 of a turn after the gasket makes contact with the base and mine was easily 1 and 1/2 turns - WAY to tight.
Other than that the oil change was easy to do with the vehicle on the ground - no ramps needed.
Ted
