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Originally Posted by gomarlins3
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I have seen that one before and in my opinion leaving the car on an angle like that by only lifting the back seems like it doesn't allow as much oil to drain out. But he did get 9 full quarts back in there so maybe there is not much difference.
What I do now is drive onto ramps and jack the back up and put on stands, and then after it is done draining I raise and lower the back to see if I can get any more oil out, and usually a decent amount (maybe 4-8 ounces?) comes out. Typing it out I guess it is not very much
On my Toyotas and son's Miata, I also get some side to side raising and lowering but the chassis on the Boxster is too rigid and so that doesn't work.
Overkill? Probably
Unsure if getting that little bit of extra oil out is worth it, but I do it.
At a minimum I would at least have the car level to drain the oil.
I like his method of putting a box around the oil drain pan.
I also usually remove the oil fill cap after removing the drain plug as it slightly slows the initial rush of oil coming out. It comes out FAST!