OK. I am slow but catching up. Here is the aftermarket adaptor plate for CX-5 tranny... in place of round cooler.

 

Yes but to expand a little more it will fit almost all the Skyactiv automatic transmissions.
To confuse some of you all.... I might also add, there is an optional cooler that come with some MAZDA models (I am not sure which) but it has 4 hose fitting 2 for coolant and 2 for ATF. But the adapter you pictured is still the same even for that setup.

I should also point out that the use of DIY method of a complete fluid replacement may not work as easily as some think. While I applaud the DIY with "MacGyver" servicing procedure some things like a full fluid service should really be done at a shop that has both the Professional Transmission Fluid Serving Equipment and at last one ASE Certified Automotive Technician in employ to do the service.

 

Here is another question from a slow learner: Let's say you replace the stock round cooler with this plate and run it to an aftermarket cooler with electric fan, spin filter as part of the hookup, etc.

Now you go back and retire the stock cooler, no longer relevant. You disconnect the two coolant lines from the stock cooler, and... join them together with a Union of some kind? Or go back and disconnect them where they come out of the radiator (or wherever) and seal/plug those openings?

 

You would first need to machine up an adapter that has larger fitting. The flow rate of that adapter cannot serve the addition of a cooler with added lines. That is why I made my own adapter that has AN fitting that will flow much great fluid rates. If you use flow rate tables for computations you can see why, while it is a good thought in theory to use the adapter as it is it could and likely would have some bad side effects and may not be as successful as that theory in the end use. Now it may be possible if you have a drill press and a good quality TAP and Die set to drill for larger fitting. But the adapter I got was not the best quality material, so this is also why I CNC up my own adapter. That adapter in your picture was specifically designed to work with and really only for Transmission service fluid replacement equipment.

 

OK. Thank you and Gotcha. Then the cooler comes off, temporarily. The adaptor goes, temporarily, and the PROFESSIONAL FLUSH is done. Then the adaptor goes back in the draw and the stock cooler goes back on. That is, if you are using it for a PROFESSIONAL FLUSH and nothing else. Thanks!

 

Hello everyone,could somebody help me too to make a right decision in this situation?Own Mazda CX-5 2019 51600 miles and never done before any ATF flushing or refilling on it before.Should i do that and if yes should it be full flushing or just refilling with filter replacement?
P.s.Don't have any problems with transmission right now.
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You have already asked this on another thread? Here you go in case you forgot !

ATF change - Mazda Forum - Mazda Enthusiast Forums

 

Thx cap,you are very kind​​​​

 

Kerim: Me, a Junior Member of this Forum, is going to answer your question very decisively:

1. At 51,600 Miles, without any previous AT service, YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR FLUID AND FILTER NOW!!

2. I don't care about anyone who says they drove their Mazda for 4Million miles without an AT Fluid Change. You need to change your AT Fluid
and Filter NOW!!

3. Whether you want to spring for a full PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FLUSH or just change the Fluid and Filter is your call. If you have the money to do the full Flush,
do it. But you are not going to do it yourself because you need the Adaptor Plate to do it or it won't work.

4. Perhaps contradicting my friend, Callisto, who knows 1000x what I know, changing the fluid and filter is better than doing nothing. Maybe not as good as the flush but better than doing
nothing. On the Mazda 247 site there are many debates about this and plenty of people JUST drain the fluid, no filter, and others drain the fluid AND change the filter. Flushing is not discussed much if at all. But, again, all respects to Callisto.

5. I am going to address another piece of bullsh_t: That when you drop the pan and drain the fluid, you are only draining a tiny bit of the ATF fluid because such huge quantities of fluid are trapped in the Torque Converter and Valve Body, etc. It is NOT a tiny bit of the fluid that drains. I did this on my Toyota Sienna and on my Chevy Cobalt (Sienna for 20 Years) and after dropping the Pan and draining the fluid, changing the filter, putting it back together, the fluid on the dipstick was perfectly pink until the next service. Perfectly pink. Now that would be impossible if you were only draining 20%, 30% of the fluid. So, the people who say that are so full of sh_t that if you look at their eyes, you can see the brown reading midway in their eyeballs like reading a dipstick. OK? You are not draining 100%, but you also not draining 20%-30%.

This is the truth. do not ask again whether you need to drain fluid and change filter, you do. If you don't want to, then don't, but don't ask again.

Callisto, your turn. Best, Reuben

 

And the fact that you don't have any problems with your transmission at 5