04-20-19, Mileage-119,205: It was a beautiful day here in central Texas so I took advantage of it and change the oil in Misfire, rotate the tires and clean up the inner barrels of the RPF1's.
I had planned on changing the oil earlier this week and put in approx. 4 ounces of Seafoam to help clean the crank case, etc. so it was probably in there for approx. 30+ miles. I also thought i had installed a magnetic oil drain plug when I did the first oil change(Sept. 2017 @ 112,822 miles, yes over a year and a half but only 6400 miles) but upon reviewing my build thread, I realized I had not, so I ordered that earlier this week and received it today.
Rotella T6 5w40, a Purolator Boss PBL14610(a larger filter for the Mazda 2.5 v6 motor) and the magnetic oil drain plug on hand I could proceed forward.
First order of business was to get Misfire on jack stands...
....then I drained the oil.
Next I removed the RPF1's so that i could rotate the tires(front to back) and clean the inside of the wheel barrels. They weren't too bad as i try to do this at least a few times a year.
It's easy to see the difference after cleaning two of them.
All of them clean!
Not perfect as there was a few road tar spots but need to get some cleaner for that.
Thought the water beads looked pretty cool on the Enkei's so I had to take a couple close up pics, lol.
Midways thru cleaning the wheels I removed the belly pan and the old filter to let if drain. I usually try to let the oil drain from the pan for at least thirty minutes. I then cleaned up the oil filter location and installed the new Purolator Boss filter....
...and then the new magnetic oil drain plug(M14x1.5) and torqued it to 30ft/lbs.
Refilled the crank case with the Rotella T6, started Misfire and idled while I dried the RPF1's and put them on. As I type this I realized I didn't torque them, so will go do that as soon as I finish the post...oops.
Also the Falken Azenis RT615K+ tires have worn really well for a 200tw tire as I have almost 9k miles on them and they look they still have at least 50% of the tread and since I have rotated them at least twice a year that don't have any weird wear patterns.
Will FINALLY have a few actual mods/upgrades in the next few weeks, so I am SUPER excited about that! Stay tuned!!