ivangene

what are you suggesting... mine isnt the "right tool"

AndyK

I should have said I'd buy the ACTUAL tools!

DreamCarrera

I found out about this tip the hard way.

If you have an engine protection plate and you jack the car up at an angle, remove the plate before doing the oil change. The plate does have a hole in it so that you can remove the drain plug without removing the plate, however, if you jack the car up at an angle while removing the drain plug some of the oil can catch the top of the plate around the hole and flow across the top of the plate and miss the drain pan as it falls.

When changing my oil, I jack the rear passenger side high enough to allow room to fit the drain pan under the car and loosen the drain plug and remove the oil filter housing. My pan is large enough that both of them can drain into the same pan. While the oil is draining I lower the car a little on the jack so that the car is more level while the oil is draining. I can’t lower the car all of the way because my drain pan is too high. I then raise the car again to install the new plug and filter. I find this method far easier than putting four jack stands under the car and the car sits level enough for the oil to drain thoroughly.

Torontoworker

There you go...


http://cgi.ebay.ca/MERCEDES-BMW-Pors...item53deafcd15

gota911

Your wife is going to be pissed when she runs water into the kitchen sink and the waste water runs on to the floor!

nghiaho58

Nice post.
What is your sequence to place four floor jack stands? You did not jack the engine up to place the jack stands did you?
BTW, how do you post the pictures right under your texts. Would you show me how?

Thanks.

Nghia

AndyK

That one is 76mm wide, which will probably slip around the 74mm filter housing - no?

rb101

I think I picked up my filter wrench at Walmart (Ampro 74/76 - T70401 74/76mm 15 flutes 2 step) for a few bucks. Works great.

Rick
99 996C4
87 994S

ivangene

yea, it will slip, I have one - that I "thought would work"

now the real reason for my mickey mouse wrench comes out.............

Tim, I traveled to Asia (where my wife is from) and the drains often just drain right on the floor or into a small river under your feet... infact it a wonder they bother having a sink at all because the drains are so short they splash on your feet ????

Amazing place to visit, makes you confused between wanting to move there forever and thinking you are never coming back as long as you live. Great people

Sorry OP for going OT - its the first time I have ever done that

AndyK

One more question. When you put the new oil filter in, do you put the paper element into the plastic housing FIRST, then screw the housing back on - seating the paper element as the housing is tightened?

Hopefully I'll be able to do the oil change tomorrow, if my ordered oil pan arrives as scheduled.

Thanks!

medtech

It would be easier to slip the filter over the nozzle, quickly followed by the plastic housing.

Or, order the spin-on filter from L&N and you will never have to deal w/ the paper filter or plastic cover again.

Schützenweber

Does anybody have experience with the 'Bigfoot' 911 Magnetic Drainplug?

http://www.lnengineering.com/drainplug.html

Your thoughts?

juankimalo

I posted a DIY in our spanish forum with good pictures:

996 Carrera Oil change instructions DIY


It's in spanish, but if you're not a spanish spoken you can understand it by watching the pics

medtech

Yes I do! And I have to say I like it.
Just installed it 5k miles ago. When I changed my oil last weekend the plug had caught it's share of fine metal particles.

If you do the spin-on filter you can also use a "Filter-Mag" and really catch some metal.

juankimalo

I'm going to purchase it and the new oil filter