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The currently available Idemitsu oil is not the high moly oil that was available a few years ago. They stopped making that one for commercial sale for some reason. The factory fill on 2.5 NA engines is still Idemitsu high moly. Mazda dealers do have a new Idemitsu high moly GF6a oil by the quart...

Somewhere in the workshop manual it says that any suspension part with a rubber bushing needs to be torqued with the full weight on the suspension

When OEMs mention another specific brand in the manual, that's just a marketing thing. Castrol paid Mazda for the placement

Mazda just came out with the GF6 version this year, years after the standard changed. It's probably going to be 2-3 years before they go GF7

Mazda has a newer GF6 version now. It's pretty pricey by the quart

How's your belt tensioner?

Floor it through the kickdown switch a few times. If you baby it too much, the programing picks up bad acceleration habits

Your belt tensioner has leaked pretty bad

It's basically Mazda radar cruise control w/lane centering.

what's the 2nd $750 for?

reset the counter at each fill up

Dealership. you're still under warranty.

CX50 PHEV? where?

Cowl bolts

Even though the manual might say 4.5L, just put 5 to get to the top of the line

that discussion has been going on here for many years. for the NA engines, it's fine to just put the whole 5 qt jug and not overthink it

That Idemitsu was the closest you could get to the Mazda OEM high-moly oil (also made by Idemitsu)

TCU is "Telematics Control Unit." You're thinking of the TCM, "Transmission Control Module"

Cylinder head crack and valve cover gasket leak are not the same thing