Changing Engine Oil.

[lowridemazb2200]

Does anybody know how to change the oil on these mazda 3's. I have a 2004 Mazda 3 s 2.3 liter engine. I know that it does not have a spin on oil filter. I was wondering if anybody had any steps in doing this process. I have always changed my own engine oil. It has a cartliage filter instead of the spin on type. I went to mazda to get the filter. It only cost like $6. So any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[gdkenoyer]

Does anybody know how to change the oil on these mazda 3's. ... any help would be greatly appreciated.
So, "does anybody know...": the answer is a definite YES. As to the help, the biggest help you can get at this point is learning how to use the "search" function. 8^)
- go to the "main" level of this fourm 3/MS3 Engine & Perfomance (http://www.msprotege.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=187)
- hit that Search this forum (http://www.msprotege.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=187#goto_forumsearch) button
- enter what you're looking for, in this case: oil
- click 'go'
- - - > now start learning.
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Using the above search yields many pages of very good results (some off topic so you have to cull them) including these:
- How-To Change The Oil on a Mazda 6i (http://www.mazda6tech.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=57) -- which applies to our 3's also
- oil filters no longer dealership monopoly (http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118357&highlight=oil+change)
- Switching to a spin-on filter (http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84133&highlight=oil+change)
- 5w30 ok to use??? (http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=74022)
- Synthetic oil a must?? (http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73230&page=3&pp=15&highlight=oil+change)

[BC3I]

So, "does anybody know...": the answer is a definite YES. As to the help, the biggest help you can get at this point is learning how to use the "search" function. 8^)
- go to the "main" level of this fourm 3/MS3 Engine & Perfomance (http://www.msprotege.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=187)
- hit that Search this forum (http://www.msprotege.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=187#goto_forumsearch) button
- enter what you're looking for, in this case: oil
- click 'go'
- - - > now start learning.
----------------------------
Using the above search yields many pages of very good results (some off topic so you have to cull them) including these:
- How-To Change The Oil on a Mazda 6i (http://www.mazda6tech.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=57) -- which applies to our 3's also
- oil filters no longer dealership monopoly (http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118357&highlight=oil+change)
- Switching to a spin-on filter (http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84133&highlight=oil+change)
- 5w30 ok to use??? (http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=74022)
- Synthetic oil a must?? (http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73230&page=3&pp=15&highlight=oil+change)
(mswerd) ...(rtfm)

[goldwing2000]

Nuff said.

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