about a month and a half ago I went to the dealer and got my front end aligned...while there I baught a 6 pack of oil filters for doing changes...
well today actually at 7 am when I got home from work I went out to change the oil and rotate the tires on my wifes P5. I got one of the filters off my work bench and when I opened the box I KNEW it was different...its SMALLER!!! well I imediately KNEW that they had given me the wrong filter at the dealer and was pissed.....so off to town I go.....not to the dealer...that is 50 miles away...but off to the local autozone.....and EVERY filter there was the same size....and I KNEW it was different as the part number on the side of the filter on the car was DIFFERENT.
WELL by the time I got home it was 9 and the dealers part counter was open....so I called and they verified that Mazda has a new supplier for their oil filters and the diameter is SLIGHTLY smaller and the part number has changed.
grrrrrrr.
well today actually at 7 am when I got home from work I went out to change the oil and rotate the tires on my wifes P5. I got one of the filters off my work bench and when I opened the box I KNEW it was different...its SMALLER!!! well I imediately KNEW that they had given me the wrong filter at the dealer and was pissed.....so off to town I go.....not to the dealer...that is 50 miles away...but off to the local autozone.....and EVERY filter there was the same size....and I KNEW it was different as the part number on the side of the filter on the car was DIFFERENT.
WELL by the time I got home it was 9 and the dealers part counter was open....so I called and they verified that Mazda has a new supplier for their oil filters and the diameter is SLIGHTLY smaller and the part number has changed.
grrrrrrr.