If it were damaged, you'd know already. Pretty irresponsible by your mechanic. Good on you not to do again.

 

Thanks - I assume I should probably find a new mechanic since this seems to be a pretty irresponsible action. Not sure I want him working on the car anymore. Very odd since he heads up a Porsche race shop. Thanks

 

might be worth doing a quick visual inspection to see if the pan is dented, and
also check for leak around the edges ...

then find a new mechanic... jacking the car even an inch on a component that is not designed to bear the weight of the car... shoddy!

 

Thanks. The oil pan looks okay, and I'll watch the garage floor/oil level. Anything else to watch for?

Thanks again

 

If he were raising the engine slightly, it might be OK to do what he did by putting something under the pan that would distribute the force on the pan. However, I would not raise the entire car that way. It's putting a lot of force on the pan, engine mounts, etc.

 

better safe than sorry and never place a load on a component that was never intended to support such ... oil pan, engine/transmission mounts etc IMO YMMV.

 

Please tell me this looks like it was properly jacked:




I had to use them in a pinch (flat tire on a Sunday.) They damaged my wheel in the process which I had to get refinished.

 

looks like its in the vicinity of the jack point

 

Yes. Looks fine. The jack is skewed to the right a little in the back. But the front looks right on. Always use a Blackhawk Stanley Cup winning used hockey puck between the jack pad and lift spot.

 

Using a jack under the oil pan to raise the car is not something I would do. If you do that anyway, it would be a good idea to put a board between the jack and oil pan to distribute the load.

If you're only raising the car an inch, the jack and oil pan will not be supporting the full weight of the car. The spring will still be holding much of the weight. A strong person could probably lift the car up an inch without a jack.

 

Please don't lift your car from the oil pan. It can damage the dynamic engine mounts. I spent hours reading different threads and learned so much about how to properly/safely jack up a 991.2 that I decided to make a video with everything I learned as a way to give back to community: (if you watch this please let me know if I missed anything, or if I am doing anything wrong)