Mazda Oil Filter Question
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- 2023 CX5 turbo
I have my next 9 oil changes ready to go lol....Young Mazda sends me a $40 mailer that is basically like cash in their parts. I have been getting one every month so been buying oil filters, air filters and cabin filters....who am I too complain...my neighbor bought his spark plugs that way...they only let you use coupon a month so over the course of 4 months he bought his plugs....
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wait, do you have a turbo AND a non-turbo skyactiv mazda? I see there's 3 non-turbo filters
and, you have 3 crappy value line filters... I would've refused them when the parts guy brought them out to the counter
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- 2023 CX5 turbo
my mother in-law and my niece (niece has 2 an older one and a new one) have non-turbo cx5's and my brother in-law has a CX5 turbo with about 120,000 miles on his so he has no issues using the value filters....family get togethers look like a CX5 convention.
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- 2023 CX5 turbo
I did a quick google search and never really found anything bad on the MV filters...most everything was pretty positive. Can you provide the scientific data/sources ie not just "someone on a forum said they were bad". It is funny that Mazda engineering would allow something crappy to be used especially with dealerships pushing extended service contracts (warranties). thanks.
A few people including me, have had bad experiences with these. I've had 2 of them leak. When I go to the dealership and ask for the ones made in Thailand, the comment usually is "oh, you want the good ones"...good enough for me.
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- 2023 CX5 turbo
so just a leak? I clean the surface and lube the gasket so that does not worry me..I also don't over tighten...I wonder about an actual oil filtering issue? has anyone used the MV sent in an oil analysis sample and came back with excessive insolubles etc? I am guessing being many dealerships are using them leaks are not all that common if properly installed or they would get tired of paying the returns for leaky filters..
Yes, did all that, was properly installed the way I've been doing for over 40 years including at the dealership and small garages where I worked. Seemed to be leaking out of the stamping by the inlet holes. They don't have to be common, one or two is all it takes for me to not use them. I NEVER had a problem with the other OEM filters from Mazda.
Hey, if you trust them then all the more power to you. I'm just citing personal experience and preference.
Hey, if you trust them then all the more power to you. I'm just citing personal experience and preference.
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- CX5 GT
for such a small price $ difference its not worth it to get the MV one. Let the dealership use those for the freebie oil changes for the people who go there.
My choice is always use the non MV for oil and air. I only use the MV cabin filter from time to time or Wix.
ps the non MV one has markings how to tighten it properly. By Hand!! and lube the filter gasket. Been doing that for long time. Hate it when people use wrenches to tighten non-element type oil filters.
My choice is always use the non MV for oil and air. I only use the MV cabin filter from time to time or Wix.
ps the non MV one has markings how to tighten it properly. By Hand!! and lube the filter gasket. Been doing that for long time. Hate it when people use wrenches to tighten non-element type oil filters.
