Just did the 1st oil change and tire rotation at 9500 miles and about 9 months.
This is pretty good for the oil change: https://syonyk.blogspot.com/2016/08/201420152016-skyactiv-mazda3-oil.html EXCEPT there are 2 Mazda fasteners on our 2016 panel instead of 1 that he mentions.
My oil extractor DID NOT remove all the oil. About a quart and a half, maybe 2, came out of the drain plug. Perhaps the oil extractor line looped upwards after hitting the bottom of the pan? Need a length dimension to stick it in, maybe a couple inches beyond the dipstick length? Using the oil extractor eliminates messing with hot oil on one's hands and with having to perhaps need a new drain plug gasket.
I put M1 0w20 oil in it and used M1-108A extended life filter, which is smaller than the stock one.
My VW jack slots that VW requires in place of the standard floor jack lift pad with its slots on a round top DID NOT work. The VW slot is about 1-2 mm too skinny. I put the old round jack top back onto my floor jack. Might be able to grind a little off the slot sides to widen it for the 3. Probably not worth it.
Did the recommended cross rotation of the tires. Haven't done that since having a 1983 240D with a real spare tire. I used the spare tire in the rotation on it. For the 3, I just used the donut tire on the right rear tire as I went across and around the car and came back with the left front to put where the donut was.
Ralph
This is pretty good for the oil change: https://syonyk.blogspot.com/2016/08/201420152016-skyactiv-mazda3-oil.html EXCEPT there are 2 Mazda fasteners on our 2016 panel instead of 1 that he mentions.
My oil extractor DID NOT remove all the oil. About a quart and a half, maybe 2, came out of the drain plug. Perhaps the oil extractor line looped upwards after hitting the bottom of the pan? Need a length dimension to stick it in, maybe a couple inches beyond the dipstick length? Using the oil extractor eliminates messing with hot oil on one's hands and with having to perhaps need a new drain plug gasket.
I put M1 0w20 oil in it and used M1-108A extended life filter, which is smaller than the stock one.
My VW jack slots that VW requires in place of the standard floor jack lift pad with its slots on a round top DID NOT work. The VW slot is about 1-2 mm too skinny. I put the old round jack top back onto my floor jack. Might be able to grind a little off the slot sides to widen it for the 3. Probably not worth it.
Did the recommended cross rotation of the tires. Haven't done that since having a 1983 240D with a real spare tire. I used the spare tire in the rotation on it. For the 3, I just used the donut tire on the right rear tire as I went across and around the car and came back with the left front to put where the donut was.
Ralph