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  1. Themiker

    Oil for Law Enforcement vehicles

    Originally Posted by ka9mnx I rode with him and he has 3 driving styles. Idling 20%, foot to floor 20% and cruising around like grandpa 60%. Haha! That's sounds about right and is an excellent description.
  2. Themiker

    Oil for Law Enforcement vehicles

    At least in my state, most departments replace their vehicles so often (like 5 years or fewer) that what kind of oil they use doesn't tell you anything as I think it's common knowledge that any oil that meets spec will keep a car running during your ownership if you get rid of them at low miles...
  3. Themiker

    Best glass cleaner to get film off interior of windshield?

    The solution that completely works every time for me is dish soap! That greasy film is supposedly caused from off gassing from the materials in your car collecting on your windshield. Either way, it seems greasy so that led me to use dish soap and I'm so glad I thought of it! 1. Wipe the...
  4. Themiker

    Use Dish Soap to Clean Inside of Windshield

    Originally Posted By: Char Baby My wife cleans the inside windshield of our cars and uses the dish soap similar to the way you do(very small amount). However, she skips the glass cleaner step. She says it isn't needed. I'll give it a try skipping that step. When the windows are hot some of the...
  5. Themiker

    Use Dish Soap to Clean Inside of Windshield

    Originally Posted By: FastEddie I buy generic glass towels that are the same as CarPro FastGlass, never looking back. Interesting! I haven't heard of these before. I'll have to try them cause they'd be easier if they work.
  6. Themiker

    Use Dish Soap to Clean Inside of Windshield

    It seems like with windshields that are not cleaned frequently, I could almost never get them clean. They always had streaks that became visible when light shinef on the windshield. It seems like the streaks are a greasy residue (supposedly from all the petroleum based materials in the car...
  7. Themiker

    Mazda CX-5 67,000 mile ATF analysis

    Originally Posted By: philipp10 It tells me the Mazda engineers are right....absolutely no reason this fluid should be changed. Nevt time go 150k miles.... That's what I concluded but I don't know what the actual numbers mean so I thought I'd seek opinions. The insolubles are low and the...
  8. Themiker

    Mazda CX-5 67,000 mile ATF analysis

    I didn't drop the pan. It has a drain plug which I used as the purpose was mostly to test the oil. I did use Mazda fluid since their motor oil is so unique, I thought maybe the ATF would also be unique compared to the other brands. My car is just front wheel drive but I do have the differential...
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    Mazda CX-5 67,000 mile ATF analysis

    After researching whether I should drain and fill the ATF on my car, it was clear there was absolutely no consensus for this model, Mazda only says it's "life time" fluid, and I couldn't find any ATF analysis for a moderate or high mileage CX-5. So I figured I needed good data to make a decision...
  10. Themiker

    PCV Valve Test: How strong should the vacuum be?

    Originally Posted By: SatinSilver With 65k miles replace it with a new oem one. Cheap insurance. On some Hondas the internal spring will break around 60k miles. Not sure about Mazdas. Agreed, if it was as easy as my PT. I replaced that one every 60K cause it was so easy. But on this Mazda, the...
  11. Themiker

    PCV Valve Test: How strong should the vacuum be?

    I followed the below FSM procedure for determining if the PCV valve is working on my Mazda CX-5 (65,000 miles). How strong should the suction be to indicate it's working? The vacuum is strong enough to hold a receipt but not whole (8.5x11) piece of paper. When feeling with my finger, I would...
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