What's up with the crush washer prices??? Luckily Rosenthal has them for 99 cents. I called the 3 dealers in my area. Two of the dealers want $2.50 for them, and 1 dealer wants $1.39.

I change my oil every 1000 miles (I know I'm an idiot...but its like therapy for me ) so this little sucker can add up.

 

wish someone who knew washers would go to Home Dupa and figure out which washer would fit the 8 or go to Pepboys and find a comparable one.

 

Dang... what a rip.. I bought an oil filter from my local Mazda dealer and the parts guy threw 2 in the ba for me for nothing....

 

Same here. I get mine for free too! WTF!

 

It's just a plain ole metric crush washer. Find the size, get on mcmaster.com and find some copper crush washers. You could likely get a sack of 'em for a few bucks.

Dale

 

how do you measure a washer?

 

Capacity.

Just measure the diameter of the inside and outside.

I'll post the std and metric dimensions later.

 

Fumoto valve or Fram oil drain.. Never buy another crush washer again..

 

Mazda Motorsports sells them for ~ $2.00 for a pack of ten.

 

an $10 to ship :D

 

I always buy them in groups of ten, and then only when I have other "stuff" to buy anyway, so shipping is not an issue. If I have an order for 10 oil filters, 10 washers, an air cleaner, synthetic lube, decals, wheels, etc., it works out.

Even just 10 Filters and 10 washers are usually around $30 shipped. Try and buy them locally for that (and, as they say, Genuine Mazda Parts).

Agreed, though, if you were ONLY buying washers, it would NOT be worth it.

 

that sounds like a good deal...wonder if they have the MT and diff crush washers also