The dipstick image-are you low there?
I find the CX-5 to be a pain to verify level on...
I find the CX-5 to be a pain to verify level on...
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- 2025 CX-5 Preferred in White
are you using ramps or jack stands?....i run a fumoto as well but i have the brass nipple with a vinyl hose into the drain hole of my drain pan/jug then i dump it back into the 5qt jug it came from...this would save me a step if i have the clearance
N7turbo
2023 CX-5 2.5T ... 2024 MX-5 RF GT
Middle of the dipstick is normal for this car; it is exactly 5.1 quarts as directed.
The level is indeed difficult to read. I find the best readings will come after the car is off for a while, a good hour at least.
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have a '25 NA and put in 5qt each oil change...manual calls for 4.8qt...i typically check it cold as well even though the manual says to start it first...if it's between the dots it's good to go
N7turbo
2023 CX-5 2.5T ... 2024 MX-5 RF GT
I am using my trusty Rhino Ramps from 2001. I have just enough clearance to squeeze the jug in there for a direct drain. I then put a flashlight against the jug as it has a see-through meter and I can watch it fill up. I drain 1 qt, then stop and fill up my sample bottle, then resume with the 5 qt jug. That's one of the nice things about the valve as well.
I see when I look at them online now, the design has changed.
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thanks...i bought the truck version a couple years ago for my wife's suv...they must have a similar height...until then i was using a jack and stands...don't know why i waited this long to get some...
Benn having a clunking noise from the front end since I got home. Replace the outer tie rod ends (right one was loose) but that wasn't it. I suspected it was the sway bar end links even though they showed no movement no matter how I tugged on them. Ordered some beefy Moog pieces from Rock Auto and installed those today. Problem solved. Took two hours thanks to Mazdas lame method of the fastening of their end links, I was only able to get one nut off. The other three got cut off. Anti-seize put on the new ones to avoid this in the future (plus the Moogs have a square head on the inside of the bar as opposed to the hex head recess Mazda uses to hold the stud).
BoomerZoomr
'25 CX-5 Signature '19 Mazda6 Signature
I paid a friend with an auto detailing business to do the full service on my CX-5 I bought just over two months ago. This guy has been doing my vehicles for 30 years, and they do great work. He had a tough time getting it clean though.
My neighbor has had some concrete removed and replaced with brick pavers. So the workers were cutting/jackhammering concrete and cutting bricks with a saw. Between the wind and their gas blower, I ended up with that dust on my car on two different days. I went to the car wash and sprayed it off after the first incident. The second time it sat on my car for days, since I knew they were almost finished and I would have my car cleaned. I guess that cement dust getting on my car, getting moistened at night, and dried in the sun… bonded it to my paint, like a haze on the paint. My car guy said it was hard to remove, more difficult than paint overspray. It’s clean now… my neighbor felt bad about it and went down there and put some money towards my bill. I cleaned my garage out so I could fit both cars in there after mine was cleaned, because those workers still had a little clean-up to do. The moral of this story is… there is regular dust, and there is concrete/brick dust. Don’t get the latter on your car.
So that’s what I did… paid someone to make my car look better than the day I drove it home. Does that count?
My neighbor has had some concrete removed and replaced with brick pavers. So the workers were cutting/jackhammering concrete and cutting bricks with a saw. Between the wind and their gas blower, I ended up with that dust on my car on two different days. I went to the car wash and sprayed it off after the first incident. The second time it sat on my car for days, since I knew they were almost finished and I would have my car cleaned. I guess that cement dust getting on my car, getting moistened at night, and dried in the sun… bonded it to my paint, like a haze on the paint. My car guy said it was hard to remove, more difficult than paint overspray. It’s clean now… my neighbor felt bad about it and went down there and put some money towards my bill. I cleaned my garage out so I could fit both cars in there after mine was cleaned, because those workers still had a little clean-up to do. The moral of this story is… there is regular dust, and there is concrete/brick dust. Don’t get the latter on your car.
So that’s what I did… paid someone to make my car look better than the day I drove it home. Does that count?
