Hi. i knew that this day would be coming when i would have a bunch of repairs that will pile up

I have about 115k mile and I've been seeing oil on the oil filter & drain plug access cover when i go to do the oil change...but then one day the car making the really bad squeaking sound when ever i started the car or accelerated.

So i started looking for the source and in the process i discovered three things:
1) belt tension had failed and leaked oil
2) that the valve cover + oil control valve was leaking oil and
3) i noticed a small leak had developed at the water pump

I went about to fixing these issues and some other over due items all at one time...I've recorded my work and here are the videos for reference. I split the videos into smaller pieces to make it more relevant.

• belts
• belt tensioner
• water pump
• thermostat
• coolant drain and refill
• spark plugs
• valve cover gasket
• brake fluid flush & refill
• clean in take and throttle body clean

How to Jack up the car and support on stands:

Changing out the belts: water pump and serpentine belt

replacing the belt tensioner:

replacing water pump and coolant:

replacing thermostat:

replacing spark plugs:

replacing the valve cover and oil control valve gasket:

brake fluid flush and replace:

I did the oil change and tire rotation while at it, so had to reset the service reminder notification as well.
resetting the service reminder notification:

check out my other videos on the mazda 6:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...lMyuKkCNfkbEX1

Thank you !