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- Denver, CO
Well it's that time again. Another 75,000 miles down for the interval and it's time for me to change out the plugs.
I'll post a picture again when I take them out, but I just want to confirm that at my 75k change, I bought Mazda OEM plugs and they had the NGK 94124 / ILKAR7L11 right underneath the "Mazda" printing.
All to say it is my opinion that Mazda OEM plugs are just the NGK's and there is nothing special about the OEM plugs. Paying for a logo.
The argument I guess could be made that Mazda "does something" to these plugs but honestly that seems unlikely to me. Enough people have reported using the NGKs with no discernable difference, so it is my opinion that it is not 2015 anymore when the CX-5 was newer and the NGKs should be fine.
Ordering 4 from Rock Auto for $11 a piece.
My question to the rest of the forum, is what's the consensus on these newer Ruthenium plugs I am also seeing?
I'll post a picture again when I take them out, but I just want to confirm that at my 75k change, I bought Mazda OEM plugs and they had the NGK 94124 / ILKAR7L11 right underneath the "Mazda" printing.
All to say it is my opinion that Mazda OEM plugs are just the NGK's and there is nothing special about the OEM plugs. Paying for a logo.
The argument I guess could be made that Mazda "does something" to these plugs but honestly that seems unlikely to me. Enough people have reported using the NGKs with no discernable difference, so it is my opinion that it is not 2015 anymore when the CX-5 was newer and the NGKs should be fine.
Ordering 4 from Rock Auto for $11 a piece.
My question to the rest of the forum, is what's the consensus on these newer Ruthenium plugs I am also seeing?
