![]() ![]() The splash guard is very flexible and can slide right over your wheel assembly. In my opinion, that just adds a very unnecessary step. You do not have to take your tire off for this. There are 5 of these bolts (the last 2 are up near the break line behind your wheel). Once you’ve raised the car you’ll need your 10mm socket and ratchet to remove the plastic splash guard under the car covering the transmission. If you only raise the front, keep in mind that the higher you jack the car up, the more inaccurate the reading you’ll get because the transmission oil will be pushed to the backside of the transmission. 10mm socket (with a ratchet that will fit it or you can use an adapter to go from a larger ratchet size to the size you’ll need for the 10mm)įirst things first – if you happen to have 4 jack stands laying around (or bricks or whatever you use) I would recommend jacking the front and rear of the car up evenly so you get an accurate reading on your transmissions fill oil level.Impact wrench (preferably) or or ratchet (I recommend either 1/2 inch or 3/4 inch because you’ll need some good leverage).3-4 feet of vinyl tubing to fit the funnel.Gear oil (FSM suggests either SAE 75W-90 or 80W-90 depending on climate).If you can change your cars oil, you can do this no problem.įirst let’s lay out the supplies you’ll need: Now before you freak out or get too intimidated, I promise you, it’s not as hard as you think. In this quick video tutorial I’ll be showing you how to change Mazda Protege5 transmission fluid. This is for the manual transmission only! ![]()
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