I have to admit, it's a pain to change the
oil. You need the
oil churned up to hold any metal and carbon bits in suspension, plus you need it hot to drain quickly.
So I come back from a run all prepared to change the
oil. After that, it's probably close to two hours later I have the oil draining.
Why? Because the oil drains from the front of my oil pan, I need the rear end of the car higher than the front. Plus I need the front raised up to get an oil catch pan underneath. I find I have to fiddle around with the jack quite a bit in the front to get it up on jackstands as the drop for the oil cooler limits access. The I need to use two jacks to get the rear raised. One on each side, just ahead of the rear wheels. Then there's the issue of the car falling back off the front jackstands while raising the back. One has to be very, very careful.
Not counting a garage pit or hoist, does anyone have an easier method?
I even thought of a pump down the dipstick hole like some boats require, but that never really gets it all out.