Oil filter K&N or OEM Mazda

So far K&N is on track to hit 10k before I change my oil again.

His initial experience with the Mazda has been pleasant, but it's definitely not as refined as the Corolla. Definitely sportier and looks great, but it has some areas where it's rougher around the edges than the Corolla. Things like having a different size oil filter from the factory than what is sold as the replacement part... Quality of Life stuff like that.

In my time of ownership I've been doing oil changes are 7500 miles per the book with a full synthetic mobil 1 and a K&N oil filter since we got it with 155,000 on the clock.

I’ve found them to be good

Filter Used : K&N HP-1008 (has a nut built into the filter for a 1" socket; recommended)

I have used K&N oil filters my entire life and never once had one leak from the nut portion of the filter housing

I run K&N filters and mobil-1 5W-30 at 350k km

I personally don’t use k&n oil filters. They filter great but I’m not a fan of their flow.

K&N oil filters on the other hand, are like the thread count myth for bedsheets. You are paying a shitton more for 480 Egyptian cotton you'll throw out in 3000 mi.

I have pulled multiple K&n filters out that have looked a little bent like this. The smashed K&n is definitely shorter.