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Originally Posted by zamler
On the Toyota corporate 4 cylinder and V6 engines the filter is accessed from under the car, that represents millions of cars. What engine has it accessed from the top? (asking I don't know)
But I was talking about the Mazda specifically.
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Not sure if you're asking about Toyota specifically, but on the GM 2.2 Ecotec engine (Cavalier, Cobalt, Pontiac G5, Saturn Vue) it's accessed from the top. Canister style Sort of next to the intake manifold, below the intake pipe. Easiest (and cleanest) oil change I'd ever done.
Worst filter location ever that I've experienced is between the Ford 5.4L Triton V8 or the '96-'99 GM 2.2 2200 in the Cavalier/Sunfire.
I love canister and cartridge filters, just so much easier to get off than a conventional one. The 24v VW VR6 BDF engine might the the exception, it was a cartridge too, but the drain plug on the filter cap was made from the softest plastic I'd ever experienced. So if you tried to do the change with the engine warm, you'd strip the torx bit to remove it and would have to skip draining it, take the whole cap off, and have that last litre of oil just burst out the sides. Messy.