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When I bought my MZ5, the dealer already set up an appointment for 3 months from the purchase date for the first service, which they will do for free. They said if I should reach 3,000 miles quicker than that I should reschedule. After reading through the manual, however, it looks like I could go 5,000-7,500 before the first service. Any recommendations?
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Has any one ever used those tire pressure monitor valve caps? Are the very accurate? |
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Replying to: frank4cars (Jul 29, 2005 3:43 am) Personally, I will probably get my oil changed every 3000 miles since that has been the standard on every other vehicle I have owned. Having said that, these newer cars that have many more electronic engine parts require less lubrification, this is why the manual says 5000-7500 miles before your first service. This is only my opinion, I am not a mechanic. Again, I would talk to the service manager and then to an independent mechanic and go with what makes sense to you. Obviously going by the vehicle's service manual recommendations is ultimately the way to go, but it can't hurt to have a few extra oil changes at the front end to baby you new vehicle. Congrats on the new Mazda, hopefully this has been helpful. PK. |
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I'm curious to know if the oil filter on the Mazda5 engine is the same as the one on the Mazda3 2.3L engine. My 04 Mazda3 comes with a cartridge oil filter that fits into a housing on the bottom of the enginer. Which makes DIY a pain the you know what and cartridge filters are hard to find. I was wondering if Mazda made a change in the 06 Mazda5 to the screw on canister type of oil filter that everyone else uses. Thanks, Q |
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| I cleaned and waxed my rims a few days ago to protect them from the upcoming salt and was shocked to see how much less brake dust sticks to the surface. Try it out. | |
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Replying to: wuster (Aug 30, 2005 3:37 am) I did a Google search on the words "mazda oil cartridge spin filter" and found an article that details how to make the change, including Mazda part numbers for the new items you'll need. Easy as pie.
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Replying to: 5thave (Sep 15, 2005 5:07 pm) As an aside, my local dealer had a bare bones 5 speed Mazda5 a couple weeks ago. That one had my name on it, but I am not quite ready to replace the Tribute just yet. I am waiting for the remaining '05s to sell off. Hopefully there will be another frill-free 5 coming this way when I am ready. |
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Replying to: 5thave (Sep 15, 2005 5:07 pm) I've seen the step by step conversion on one of the Mazda3 forums. So far, I haven't made the conversion to the 3, since the dealership is changing the oil for free for the first 24k miles. |
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| I just picked up the special oil filter cartridge removal tool and was quite surprised when I crawled under my 5 and discovered that the hole in the lower air dam/splash shield does not line up with the cartridge. So now I have to remove the whole shield, which is not difficult but seems to me to be an unnecessary pain. I was wondering if you other 5 owners had noticed this or knew why it was made this way. Or maybe there was a production change and all of your filter housings line up properly with the shield. Any help or comments would be appreciated! | |
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