oil cooler

Greetings all, I'm back again for another fix on Zuzu, my 2008 Mazda 5 with 178k miles. This time it was my leaking oil cooler. Let me start off with the BIGGEST WARNING EVER: There is a YouTube Instructional about a man fixing his leaking oil cooler with make-your-own gasket material. For...

Found out a while back that my Mazda 5 has an oil leak above the oil filter. Researched it online and found out that I need to replace the entire oil cooler, since it is the old black model and I cannot replace the gasket. I found one for pretty cheap ($150 compared to the $400+ at other sites)...

After leaving the dealership with a quote of 750, I am determined to fix this my self. I went to O'reileys and bought an oil cooler kit for $199. Now I have not been able to find anything that shows me exactly where the oil cooler is but i have come to the conclusion that is right above the...

*Mods please move if posted into the wrong spot* We tried to fix a slow leak in our 07 CX-7 oil cooler and made it worse (can't drive it now). Can't find anyone in the North East US or really anywhere that has one in stock to overnight to us. All places seem to have about a week lead time...

Trying to replace the o-rings. The unit sits on a pedestal that is attached to the block. there are 2(two) 10 mm nuts underneath. Not easy to get to but I was able to get them loose. Then at the back, in very close proximaty to the firewall there is an oil line. I can not get this loose...

I've noticed some happy people who have added the Mazda OEM oil filter conversion kit so that they can use a spin-on filter with their MS3, but several parts places have told me the kit cannot be used with the 2.3L with turbo because the turbo engine has an oil cooler connected to the upper...