I purchased my 2020 Signature at the beginning of October last year. For the last month, the dash has been telling me it's time to change the engine oil, which I did yesterday.
I purchased the Mazda 1WPY-14-302 oil filters six months ago to check that the filter removal cap I used on my previous 2000 Camry would fit. The cap fit fine. 5W-30 full synthetic ILSAC GF6A oil purchased from Costco.
After draining the oil out of the pan and installing a Fumoto drain valve I was quite surprised to find that the oil filter removal cap did not fit the factory installed oil filter; the filter was too wide!
WTF? I've been reading this board since mid-summer last year and can't believe I missed the fact that the factory installed oil filter is wider in diameter then the current made-in-Thailand ones being sold!
Fortunately, the old "hammer and screwdriver" method for removing an oil filter worked. But color me surprised that this was needed!
I purchased the Mazda 1WPY-14-302 oil filters six months ago to check that the filter removal cap I used on my previous 2000 Camry would fit. The cap fit fine. 5W-30 full synthetic ILSAC GF6A oil purchased from Costco.
After draining the oil out of the pan and installing a Fumoto drain valve I was quite surprised to find that the oil filter removal cap did not fit the factory installed oil filter; the filter was too wide!
WTF? I've been reading this board since mid-summer last year and can't believe I missed the fact that the factory installed oil filter is wider in diameter then the current made-in-Thailand ones being sold!
Fortunately, the old "hammer and screwdriver" method for removing an oil filter worked. But color me surprised that this was needed!