Oil filter wrench
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robertmazda
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- 2013 CX-5 Touring
Med Center Mazda - a sponsor of this very website - offers the wrench along with 5 filters for a good price. That's where I got mine.
http://www.mazdaparts.org/gemacxma.html
http://www.mazdaparts.org/gemacxma.html
What size wrench did you end up with? I saw on another forum someone mentioned --->
- 65/67 mm, 14 flute
Does that sound right?
- 65/67 mm, 14 flute
Does that sound right?
This one fits most filters and I haven't found one it won't take off.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/ (commissions earned)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/ (commissions earned)
Thanks!
I've come close to having to go that route on an old car.
SayNoToPistons
Wheels, not rims...
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- CX-5 GT AWD w/ Tech, RX-8 GT 6spd w/ 'goodies'
Works better than channellocks or flute sockets...
Works better than channellocks or flute sockets...
I find that I snap those types on really stuck on filters after a year of use or less. I have 2 or 3 of those types broken in the bottom of my graveyard known as my bottom tool box drawer. Also, it can't get some of those Fords that have filters way tucked up at a weird angle next to the rack n pinion. But, I'm straying a little away from the subject, that should work fine on a CX-5.
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mazdaspeedmyk
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- 2010 Mazdaspeed3 - Celestial Blue Mica
Stabbing a screwdriver through the side is also effective.
I've had to do that several times, too, hehe. Punch it through with a hammer, turn, discard filter.
As long as you don't peel off the skin and leave the filter baseplate there with metal shards around it. That's when it gets real fun.
If you need a tool to remove it, you're putting it on too tightly.
Oil the o-ring, fingertip tight + 1/2-3/4 turn more and done.
Fortunately, I've never broken a filter off the base, but this method was applied on customer oil changes. I never tighten mine personally that tight. However, in my experience, about 95% of public oil filters were on too tight, it's very common.
When the "new" style throw away filters first came out I saw one vibrate of a Wisconsin V4 air cooled motor on a hay baler and spill the oil out. By the time it started making noise and my dad stopped the tractor and raced to shut down the engine it had seized. It is now hard to not get them too tight but the gasket is now much larger so more friction that the first design so it stays on better and new engines are better balanced and do not shake as much.
