I played grease monkey on Wednesday. I changed the oil on the El Camino, which is pretty straightforward and easy. Except the oil filter wrench fell off the filter as I was tightening it, and it droped right into the open oil drain pan and splashed oil all over me.
Then I did the mean boss's wife's Macan. The first challenge was to get the Macan into the single bay garage. I have to push the button to fold the mirrors in, and use the camera system to center the Macan over the pit. Then raise it up.
I can't go up very high to avoid the roof smasing into the garage door light.
It is really pretty easy to change the oil, except the panel on the bottom of the engine and transmission area has to come off. It has something like 16 Torx head screws with large washers and two large plastic button clips holding it in place. Get that off, and the drain plug is right there. It is a little plastic plug that just takes a screwdriver inserted and a simple twist, and out comes the oil. Use a new plug, and then put the large panel back in place. Lower it down, and pop off the plastic engine cover, and grab my 32 mm socket, and remove the oil filter canister.
It has a cute little filter, and o-ring.
Pull the old filter out, and insert the new one, and replace the o-ring on the filer housing cap, and then snap the plastic cover on, and refill with oil.
One last step is to plug in in the OBD-2 diagnostic tool, and reset the oil change warning to tell the car the oil has been changed.
My neck is sore from holding my head off the ground while under the Macan removing and replacing the large panel.