Noticed some steadily increasing oil drips in the garage from my 2009 Mazda5 2.3. This car has 180K miles and the spin-on style filter if that makes any difference. A quick peek underneath shows lots of oil around what looks like where the oil filter adapter bolts to the block.
All my research points towards a leaking oil cooler which sits on top of the oil filter adapter. To cover my bases, I pulled the trigger on a kit from ebay that includes the updated OEM cooler, larger center bolt and adapter gasket.
There aren't a lot of good videos out there but it seems like I need to drain oil, drain coolant, unbolt the adapter from block, switch out the cooler, adapter gasket, and then refill/burp.
Any other tips or gotcha's from those that have tackled this before? All advice is appreciated, otherwise I'll report back in ~ a week when it's complete.
All my research points towards a leaking oil cooler which sits on top of the oil filter adapter. To cover my bases, I pulled the trigger on a kit from ebay that includes the updated OEM cooler, larger center bolt and adapter gasket.
There aren't a lot of good videos out there but it seems like I need to drain oil, drain coolant, unbolt the adapter from block, switch out the cooler, adapter gasket, and then refill/burp.
Any other tips or gotcha's from those that have tackled this before? All advice is appreciated, otherwise I'll report back in ~ a week when it's complete.