The new family truckster - 2006 Mazda 6 wagon

[Ice88]

Welcome man.

Me either till i was reading about it the other day

[rodhog]

Originally Posted by marcs_sp20

Ah Cheers Kris, never knew the 2.3L had a cartridge filter

Yep and a few Sp23's or 6's have had issues with cracked housings and covers.

It's a Top MOD. IMO it's bit silly.

I mean in the 60's Yes. because manufacturing a can type oil filter was more expensive via a large amount. Now it's only cost of steel difference.
Mercedes still use it and have for years but by late 70's it was gone.

[project.r.racing]

It's the first thing I'll be doing to my 2.3L.

Also been meaning to ask, what the the 'truckster' title about?

[marcs_sp20]

Originally Posted by project.r.racing

Also been meaning to ask, what the the 'truckster' title about?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon_Q...mily_Truckster

[project.r.racing]

So you're saying you 6 is deliberately designed in bad taste as a ridiculous station wagon, with absurdly over-the-top styling?

[marcs_sp20]

no, moreso named it the truckster cause i'll end up carting kids over the country

[Hammo]

Originally Posted by rodhog

Yep and a few Sp23's or 6's have had issues with cracked housings and covers.

It's a Top MOD. IMO it's bit silly.

I mean in the 60's Yes. because manufacturing a can type oil filter was more expensive via a large amount. Now it's only cost of steel difference.
Mercedes still use it and have for years but by late 70's it was gone.

The last steel oil filter ive seen on a benz was an old mid 80's 180E, all the newer benz's use cartrige filters, think ve commodores have them too.

[maztech]

The only problem with the cartridge filter is operator error not changing the o ring and not using the correct tool and doing em up to tight! Ifyouknow what you are doing they are fine

[TheMAN]

I changed over to a spin on filter on my SP23 when the car was still new
then I added an MPS 3 oil cooler last year

[mkid]

you always take great pics marc looks awesome mate

when i first got my sp23 i consided the spin on filter mod as well but after changing the the normal filter a few times it doesent really bother me. and i havent occured any problems yet. sure maybe you can change filter a lil quicker and normal filter might be a few $ cheaper, but you still have to buy the parts. so i didnt see the point. you can buy the tool to remove the plastic cover for the filter housing off ebay
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Mazda-3-6...item3378a9f2ee

(tool is shared with a few other companys)
but a pair of multigrips can do it easy

my dads mark5 golf 2.0 tdi uses a cartridge filter for oil and fuel as does my brother VE i believe, cartridge filters are more common than we think it seems
also any cartridge filter you buy will come with new orings in the box so theres never a reason not to replace them

[marcs_sp20]

Originally Posted by maztech

The only problem with the cartridge filter is operator error not changing the o ring and not using the correct tool and doing em up to tight! Ifyouknow what you are doing they are fine

Might get you to show me what the procedure when its due for a service

[TheMAN]

Originally Posted by mkid

you always take great pics marc looks awesome mate

when i first got my sp23 i consided the spin on filter mod as well but after changing the the normal filter a few times it doesent really bother me. and i havent occured any problems yet. sure maybe you can change filter a lil quicker and normal filter might be a few $ cheaper, but you still have to buy the parts. so i didnt see the point. you can buy the tool to remove the plastic cover for the filter housing off ebay
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Mazda-3-6...item3378a9f2ee

(tool is shared with a few other companys)
but a pair of multigrips can do it easy

my dads mark5 golf 2.0 tdi uses a cartridge filter for oil and fuel as does my brother VE i believe, cartridge filters are more common than we think it seems
also any cartridge filter you buy will come with new orings in the box so theres never a reason not to replace them

the thing is, these mazdas uses a plastic cap for that filter... it's cheap crap plastic that's known to break

mazda issued a very internal memo back in 2006 practically admitting it's crap by saying they revised the cap sometime in the middle of the year with thicker wall plastic.... no part number changes were made, no official bulletin or memo was made.... all I saw was it shown in front of my eyes, then the paper whisked away by the regional rep

[TheMAN]

Originally Posted by marcs_sp20

Might get you to show me what the procedure when its due for a service

this probably isn't what you will end up doing, but for all intents and purposes, it has the information you need to get it done
http://www.protegefaq.net/mzroilcooler/

there's actual how-tos for the conversion out there if you don't like that.... just google

but if you can do me a favour and take some pics in the same angles I did from your car.. that will be helpful because things look a little different on the 6
I'd like to update that how-to to include those pics to make it more complete

[project.r.racing]

I'll be changing mine. There's something about hot plastic holding in the engine's entire oil that diesn't sit with me right.

[TheMAN]

thought of mazdaspeed springs any? lowers the least but maintains comfort while improving handling on the street
http://page19.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/j...ion/x229555076

[maz sp20]

Any plans for the exhaust?

[marcs_sp20]

Nah exhaust is staying nice and quiet, but my change tge tips, cant say the same intake

[marcs_sp20]

Just found this beauty on one of the Mazda6 forums, one day!

[Noble323]

These wheels would suit, probably better with the colour of your car and lowered .

[Lachlan]

20" Cx9s? Haha.