Oil Filter Location!!!!
- Thread starter jophus14
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i jack it up, but i can't grasp the filter for s***. it took about 1hr 10 minutes to get oil and change it this morning. i've changed my oil in the P5 about 5 times so far and it has never been an easy process. it's never taken this long, but i still hate doing it because i know it'll be a hassle.
unless you happen to be a rather large person, which might make it a little more difficult to get under the car...this REALLY shouldn't be a big deal.....if you do your own oil changes....just make sure you don't over tighten the filter when YOU put it on...you should NEVER need a tool to put the filter on...it should always be put on by hand.....tighten it till the oring first touches the block, then one full turn further....and its easy enough to do by hand. then taking the thing off is a piece of cake. getting at it shouldn't be hard either...you are going to have to jack the car up to get to the drain plug anyway, just wiggle a little further under the car, reach up and snag that bad boy out.
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- 2001 Mazda MP3
those belt style oil filter wrenches suck for the most part IMO. I'd get a socket tool that fits on the end of the oil filter and do it that way. Just remember to tighten it with only your hands when putting it back on.
I've mentioned this before but get the K&N filters. they have a 1" socket end to them so you can use a socket wrench to get them off. much much easier than trying to contort your arm up into that tiny space. like always those who design cars don't fix/work on them. if they did then you'd have no prblems ever fixing a car.
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- 2001 Mazda MP3
didn't know that NJp5- those K+Ns look nice! http://knfilters.com/oilfilter.htm
do you have a part number? It doesn't turn up on K+Ns site.
do you have a part number? It doesn't turn up on K+Ns site.
HP-1008 have to use the "-" mark when searching for the "hp-1008"
they are very handy. (yippy) only they run an average 0f $10 seen them as low as 9.....if you like them buy in bulk to get free shipping. Us diesel parts(found through the KN website resellers page doesnt charge shipping on orders over 25$)
they are very handy. (yippy) only they run an average 0f $10 seen them as low as 9.....if you like them buy in bulk to get free shipping. Us diesel parts(found through the KN website resellers page doesnt charge shipping on orders over 25$)
I change my own oil. It's a piece of cake. I go to the dealer to buy the Mazdaspeed oil filter and I use Royal Purple. I can see having a problem if you have big hands, but thankfully I can get around the top and bottom of my engine pretty easily since I have small hands. No tools were needed except for the pan.
I wouldn't use a Fram oil filter if I were you. We cut one in half in my auto shop class a few years back and the filter element was pretty weak. Unless they've changed the design of their oil filters in the past couple of years, they're junk.
wierd. i tighten my by hand, and loosen by hand as well. granted it takes some grunting, but i found it was better to bust a knuckle or two rather than try to get that stupid oil filter wrench up there. i take the cross member off though. btw i have pretty big hands (or so my gf says), so i dunno what th eproblem is. dont use a impact wrench to put the filter on next time.
flat_black
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Don't tighten it too much in the first place, and use sandpaper when you go to take it off, and it comes free. Should just relocate the filter, though, if you don't like crawling underneath. =)
