Oil filter Bosch or Wix

Valvoline all round pretty much with the wix filter, i never plan ahead enough to order the oe filter

For the Oil Filter, I would recommend using either the Mazda filter or the Wix/Napa Gold aftermarket, as they are specifically built to meet the Skyactive engine's specifications.

I use Wix oil filter with every change. Decent price and is all metal with a good filter. Does the job and has never failed on me.

For the filter, the OEM is good quality and relatively low price. If you go aftermarket, the Wix filter (also sold as NapaGold) is one of the only ones specifically designed to meet the skyactive specs.

Yes, the Bosch 3300 is correct for your car. I just used exactly that one for my oil change a few weeks ago.

Stick with a Bosch or a Wix and your car will last forever: this is very important now that oil change intervals have gotten much longer.

Mobile1 extended performance, Wix XP filters.

Wix has been one of the best I have seen in past years by cutting filters apart. Their pleating is most uniform and abundant plus other internal pieces such as springs, check valves, and relief valves are much high quality.

I only use WIX filters on my 04XT. They’re about the only ones that have the correct bypass pressure rating off the Amazon “shelf,” and their build quality is top-notch. I pay attention to things like this because I have an older turbocharged model with performance upgrades- she’s a bit picky haha.

The car takes a different oil filter (wix 57170). The filter housing has a center structure coming out of it that slides in the bottom of the filter (to keep it in place?) and the new filter doesnt have that. I sat there with a dremel for 2 hours and made the new filter fit. Success, but its still leaking the same amount of oil.