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- 2023 CX-5 2.5 Turbo AWD Auto
RIP 8/23:2013 CX-5 Sport FWD Auto 120k
Hey all! Transmission pan drop with filter and fluid replacement went well this week. 30k miles on the car and transmission filter for reference. I cut some of the filter media out for grins and giggles to see what its catching. Nothing crazy in there. I dried it out by pinching the media in a shop towel, and it was cool how much forbidden glitter transferred to the shop towel. Filter is doing its job 
The little bits of what look like sand in the filter are metal. Had lighting held at steep angle with respect to the media so the media is quite dark in that pic. I flipped the media over and took a picture of the backside with light straight down on it to show how its constructed. Did one more in front of a window to show the mesh structure better. The media has large crosshatch threads, and the super fine threads of the filter are held together by that larger crosshatched mesh. Last picture is a representative pic of what the media looks like under 4x objective on a microscope. Honestly not sure what magnification the scope's camera itself is, guessing 5 or 10x so that scope picture is likely 20-40x magnification.
Found some bits of metal here and there. There is MUCH more dark non-reflective material in the filter. I'm guessing this is friction material from the transmission? Looks like carbon. Dark somethings. The microscope picture is a little deceptive. The media is by no means clogged even though it looks like there's a ton of material present in that scope picture. Wish I could compare to a new filter.
The condition of the magnet in the pan at 30k on my '23 T looked just like the condition of my '13 2.0 NA's magnet at 100k miles. Fluffy donut. Felt good wiping that sludge off. Pan itself was clean on the bottom, no sludge there.
The little bits of what look like sand in the filter are metal. Had lighting held at steep angle with respect to the media so the media is quite dark in that pic. I flipped the media over and took a picture of the backside with light straight down on it to show how its constructed. Did one more in front of a window to show the mesh structure better. The media has large crosshatch threads, and the super fine threads of the filter are held together by that larger crosshatched mesh. Last picture is a representative pic of what the media looks like under 4x objective on a microscope. Honestly not sure what magnification the scope's camera itself is, guessing 5 or 10x so that scope picture is likely 20-40x magnification.
Found some bits of metal here and there. There is MUCH more dark non-reflective material in the filter. I'm guessing this is friction material from the transmission? Looks like carbon. Dark somethings. The microscope picture is a little deceptive. The media is by no means clogged even though it looks like there's a ton of material present in that scope picture. Wish I could compare to a new filter.
The condition of the magnet in the pan at 30k on my '23 T looked just like the condition of my '13 2.0 NA's magnet at 100k miles. Fluffy donut. Felt good wiping that sludge off. Pan itself was clean on the bottom, no sludge there.
