Mazda CX-7 2007 Workshop Manual page 437

OIL FILTER REPLACEMENT[L3 WITH TC]
WM: OIL FILTER
Warning
• Hot engines and engine oil can cause severe burns. Turn off the engine and wait until it and the
engine oil have cooled.
• A vehicle that is lifted but not securely supported on safety stands is dangerous. It can slip or fall,
causing death or serious injury. Never work around or under a lifted vehicle if it is not securely
supported on safety stands.
• Continuous exposure to USED engine oil has caused skin cancer in laboratory mice. Protect your
skin by washing with soap and water immediately after working with engine oil.
Caution
• If engine oil is spilled on the exhaust system, wipe it off completely. If you fail to wipe the spilled
engine oil, it will produce fumes because of the heat.
• To avoid damage to the oil filter, use only specified oil filter.
1. Remove the under cover.
2. Loosen the oil filter drain plug. (Do not remove.)
3. Loosen the filter cover for 1 turn using a
commercially available, cup-type oil filter wrench
(74 mm {2.9 in} diameter, 14 sided).
4. Remove the oil filter drain plug, and drain the
engine oil.
Note
• Oil could be easily drained when the air is in
the filter.
5. Loosen the oil filter cover for another 1 turn.
6. Remove the oil filter cover and the oil filter.
7. Use a clean rag to wipe off the mounting surface
on the oil filter adapter and the oil filter cover.
8. Apply clean engine oil to a new O-ring of the oil
filter cover.
9. Apply clean engine oil to a new O-ring of the oil
filter drain plug.
10. Install the oil filter, oil filter drain plug, and oil filter
cover.
11. Tighten the oil filter cover and the oil filter drain
plug.
Tightening torque
Oil filter cover: 30— 35 N·m {3.1— 3.5
kgf·m, 22.2— 25.8 ft·lbf}
Oil filter drain plug: 9— 11 N·m {91.8—
112.2 kgf·cm, 79.6— 97.2 in·lbf}
12. Start the engine and confirm that there is no oil
leakage.
• If there is oil leakage, repair or replace the applicable part.
13. Inspect the oil level. (See 01-11-3 ENGINE OIL LEVEL INSPECTION[L3 WITH TC].)
14. Install the under cover.
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WM: OIL COOLER
LUBRICATION [L3 WITH TC]
IL FILTER C VER
IL FILTER DRAIN PLUG
OIL FILTER
O-RING
OIL FILTER COVER
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OIL
O-RING
OIL FILTER DRAIN PLUG
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