Oil drain plug gasket [Archive]

FuriousMojo

01-29-2005, 08:43 AM

Does it really matter which washer/gasket I get to change the oil? I'm considering a Motormite one at Advance Auto Parts instead of driving all the way to the stealer for a $1 part.

A friend of mine says he wouldn't trust Advance with "such a critical part."

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RyanJayG

01-29-2005, 08:50 AM

lol.. the oil plug is a standard size, get a standard aluminum or brass ring

FuriousMojo

01-29-2005, 08:52 AM

That's what I thought. Here is their crappy picture:
http://www.partsamerica.com/product_images/AAP/RNB/Alum.jpg
Motormite 65292 http://www.partsamerica.com/images/spaclear.gifGASKET,ALUMINUM,M14

I'm also picking up...

Mobil1 Syn
K&N air filter
K&N cleaner
Purulator PureOne oil filter

... for my first oil change!

Brian MP5T

01-29-2005, 09:21 AM

Aluminium or brass. Copper works well as well... Any Soft metal washer will make a nice seal once...

oldzoomer

01-29-2005, 04:18 PM

or you can be just like the tech at my dealer and screw the plug in as tight as you can without a gasket and hope the customer won't notice.

FuriousMojo

01-29-2005, 09:56 PM

Doh! @ oldzoomer

I got everything done. The car is running great!

Although, Advance Auto Parts had to special order the k&n air filter and the K&N oil filter. Will the K&N or the Pure One oil filters continue to be available for our car for some time to come? I'm planning on keeping my baby for a while and I want to take good care of it!

ZoomZoomH

01-29-2005, 10:30 PM

definitely, your msp oil filter is the same one for all mazda 4 cylinder engines prior to the mazda3/mazda6 2.3L MZR engine, so it's pretty important they keep making them so they can sell to millions of existing mazdas that use that filter :D

JDM Sam

01-30-2005, 01:05 AM

Yea that K&N oil filter lasts more than one oil change BTW.

mspdfreak

01-30-2005, 08:06 AM

I just get a new oem filter before I get the oil changed.

FuriousMojo

01-30-2005, 09:04 AM

Yeah, I'm thinking I'm going to replace the oil filter every other oil change.

Thanks for the info guys.

mspdfreak

01-30-2005, 09:23 AM

Dude, change it every time. Why would you let clean oil run through a dirty filter?

oldzoomer

01-30-2005, 01:15 PM

Please change your filter every time you change the oil. I was always told that this is a must since the filter itself becomes less efficient at flowing oil the longer it is in use due to effeciently gathering dirt.
Every once in a while I get a coupon from my dealer and get the oil filter with washer for $5. That seems pretty cheap.

FuriousMojo

01-30-2005, 01:53 PM

LoL, okay, I will!

JDM Sam

01-30-2005, 04:48 PM

The K&N and mobil 1 filter lasts longer than 1 oil change. The OEM does not.

Brian MP5T

01-30-2005, 05:00 PM

Oil Fileter...

http://www.ottawaprotege.com/viewtopic.php?t=15

FuriousMojo

01-30-2005, 06:29 PM

The K&N and mobil 1 filter lasts longer than 1 oil change. The OEM does not.

That's what I thought... I'm trying to save money to buy a house but I also want my car to last. I guess it's a tossup?

I could just go with PureOne which is half the price of K&N and replace every time so the cost would balance out.

ZoomZoomH

01-30-2005, 07:21 PM

a fresh pureone at every oil change is better than a half-used mobil 1 every other change, imo

heck, go for the oem filter if you want to, it is on par or slightly better in quality than pureone.

YellowMP5

01-30-2005, 08:18 PM

That's what I thought... I'm trying to save money to buy a house but I also want my car to last. I guess it's a tossup?

no its not. assuming you change oil 4 times a year, changing filter every oil change will cost you an extra $10-12 a year. what, $10 is a big deal and will prevent you from buying the house? (headshake

t3ase

01-31-2005, 01:14 AM

no its not. assuming you change oil 4 times a year, changing filter every oil change will cost you an extra $10-12 a year. what, $10 is a big deal and will prevent you from buying the house? (headshake
4 times a year? Christ, it must be nice to only drive 12,000 miles.

*tries to count the amount of times oil changing has occured*

oldzoomer

01-31-2005, 02:26 AM

4, holy cow that is a bunch. let's see...i've changed the oil twice and have travelled about 10,000 miles in the last 16 months.

kind of hard to go anywhere in this rain

t3ase

01-31-2005, 02:39 AM

4, holy cow that is a bunch. let's see...i've changed the oil twice and have travelled about 10,000 miles in the last 16 months.

kind of hard to go anywhere in this rain
that's a bunch?#! i've changed my oil at *least* 19 times that I can find receipts for.