NFW...every oil change I've ever done, the hot oil shoots out in a horizontal stream like a bad case of whistle dick. I use a huge drain pan with curved up sides and lots of room for error in predicting initial trajectory of said stream. Sometimes I hold it close to the drain hole at first if the vehicle is far from the ground, like my F-250 with 4 gallons(!) of hot oil inside.

No thanks, amigo. :cool:

That's the beauty of the Fumoto valve. You stick the tubing on the valve nipple, place other end of tubing in carboy, open the valve and then pop open a beer while it drains.

No muss, no fuss....

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Same here. Learned that lesson after overflowing a pan with small hole that couldn’t keep up with a 911 draining. Yeah I know, rookie mistake.

914-easy
Cayenne- PITA

Not just that, but with my luck I'd drop the drain plug directly in the inlet.

We've all done it, man. Someone who's never made a mistake is someone who's never rolled up their sleeves and worked on anything. :)

What's hard about the Cayenne? I like that you don't need a jack.

I just had a really unpleasant time doing an oil change on this little R53 Mini Cooper. Had a heck of a time getting the oil filter canister to thread back on because it's a weird angle and you're doing it blind down a narrow passage. I finally disconnected the strut bar and lifted it out of the way and got it. (Duh).

One of the guys I share the space with, (not a mechanic), thought I was hurt and needed help because of the profanity I would unleash every time I burned my hands on the hot exhaust shield next to the oil filter location.

"Are you ok?"

Me: "I'm always ok, I just swear a lot. If you ever hear me yelling, 'HELP!' you can come running. Otherwise, ignore me." :)
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Thanks! I'll look into those.

The 72 911 specifically is not "hard" but it's not "fun". Even with a Fumoto valve and a tube the 72 unique tank location makes it a pain in the butt to get to the tank opening behind the rear wheel. I've been changing oil on aircooled 911s for 30y and I still make a mess each time, one way or another. The one time I almost had a perfect spotless change I kicked a dirty oil can by accident and spilled, LOL...

The BMW2002 Oil filter location is also a complete $%$#%#$% and super hard to unscrew (or put a wrench on). I don't think I ever had an "easy" car for oil + filter.. Even old VWs and 356 would sometimes mess with your day pulling a stud from the oil filter plate.. if you can call that a filter ;-)

I think I killed every mosquito in the state the first time I changed the oil on my first 911......keep checking the dipstick - engine off - oof! :D

I don't have a lift :^(
My tundra and jeep are a pleasure compared to my 911 and wrx. I've always raised my trucks and lowered my sports cars. The trucks are high enough to slide a 5 gal. bucket under to catch oil and my arms are free even on a creeper. I have to ramp up my sports cars to even access the drain plugs and forget about a creeper, I'm slithering on my back.

I don't have a lift either. These ramps help a lot!

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I use ramps sometimes but the OCD in me always wants to raise the rear of the vehicle and see if more comes out when it's level.

Easiest = My 2024 Toyota Tacoma Off Road.
Hardest = Porsche 2017 and newer 718 Caymans. The filter is in an evil place!

I don't find my 2018 cayman to be too bad. Mine is 6mt so that may make it easier.


I most resent that you have to buy a special tool to reset the maintenance. Completely egregious of Porsche not to build it into the cars HMI. Also really sucks to not include a center jack point. Would make maintenance 200% easier.

Germans just don't care about making maintance coinvent I think.

My old SC was easy, removing the filter could be a little messy.
My Tahoe is easy. I can fit underneath without lifting the vehicle. The oil is so thin 0-W-20 it drains fast. Filter is easy to change as well.

2014 F150 with a 4” lift is easy to drain and the filter is easy to swap, but when you remove the filter, it drips down on the K member, and then onto the ground. There’s a little plastic tray, but it doesn’t catch it at all.

Sometimes I use ramps and sometimes I don’t.

easiest - one i pay for.

hardest - one i do myself.
especially when i can't get a strap wrench on the filter.
or better (red tr6 i'm looking at you here) it's too old for a canister and you get covered with oil undoing the filter housing.