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11-09-2008, 03:17 AM
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Old Rotor has it exactly right.
Also if you are doing the oil change yourself, poke a hole in the top of the filter 15 minutes before removing it. The anti-drain back valve in the Mazda filters works great and of you don't poke a hole, the oil filter will be filled with oil when you remove it and dump oil every where.
Poking the hole releases the drain valve and lets all that oil run down to the pan instead of the engine compartment.
Old rotary owner trick.
Also if you are doing the oil change yourself, poke a hole in the top of the filter 15 minutes before removing it. The anti-drain back valve in the Mazda filters works great and of you don't poke a hole, the oil filter will be filled with oil when you remove it and dump oil every where.
Poking the hole releases the drain valve and lets all that oil run down to the pan instead of the engine compartment.
Old rotary owner trick.
11-09-2008, 02:04 PM
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I live in northern California and see themps of 40F-70F at this time of year. Yesterday I was in stop and go traffic and saw 207F on my SGII, looked at the ambient temp outside it was 65F. I run 10w30w.....
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