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- South Carolina
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- 12 MZ5 13 CX-5
2012 Mazda5. Did my 120,000 mile service today which consists of a through suspension, brake, and undercarriage inspection, rotating the tires, oil change, and ATF oil and filter change.
Upon removing the old ATF, it looked a lot darker than I would like. My normal ATF schedule is drain and fill every 30k miles, pan drop and filter change every 60k.
Now that the old girl is getting a few miles on her, and because I use a Wix 58113 filter which comes with a silicone gasket instead of having to use RTV, I'm going to shorten the time between my ATF service to a filter change every 15k. I also use OEM Mazda M5 fluid. This time it took exactly 4 quarts to full on the stick at 149°F. I verified the ATF temp with my Autel scan tool. Took about 10 minutes idling (I guess, didn't actually time it) to get to that temp.
Oil and filters are cheap. Transmissions are not. I've already relocated the TCM to the firewall, too. I am meticulous in my car maintenance, because cars are expensive!
Just my 2¢, and if it can help someone else out, I'm glad to have done it.
Upon removing the old ATF, it looked a lot darker than I would like. My normal ATF schedule is drain and fill every 30k miles, pan drop and filter change every 60k.
Now that the old girl is getting a few miles on her, and because I use a Wix 58113 filter which comes with a silicone gasket instead of having to use RTV, I'm going to shorten the time between my ATF service to a filter change every 15k. I also use OEM Mazda M5 fluid. This time it took exactly 4 quarts to full on the stick at 149°F. I verified the ATF temp with my Autel scan tool. Took about 10 minutes idling (I guess, didn't actually time it) to get to that temp.
Oil and filters are cheap. Transmissions are not. I've already relocated the TCM to the firewall, too. I am meticulous in my car maintenance, because cars are expensive!
Just my 2¢, and if it can help someone else out, I'm glad to have done it.