Hello everyone,

I want to change engine oil myself for my car. For this reason i am looking for additional and safe jacking point. But i am not sure where i habe to set the stands. Please can anyone help me. Many thanks in advance.

Best Regards

Foysal

I'm going to get some flak for this but I've resorted to (very gingerly) using the jack just under the drivers door and putting the stands in the proper spot. I have to be extra careful because Monte Carlos have those black sideskirts and i'm deathly afraid of damaging them. Saying that i've yet to have any trouble doing it that way. Make sure its on the seam though and a rubber pad on the jack would be preferred.

Front doors I should say.

Thanks a lot

When you jack up the car you will see some fat bolts looking past the tyre into the wheel arch. That point carries the wheight of the subframe and you can put your axle stand in somewhere there.

I started to do my oil with a vacuum pump via the dipstick. It saved jacking up, removing the under tray, removing the oil drain screw, lowering, letting all the oil drain, fitting a new bolt as the sealing washer as they are fixed to the bolt, jacking back up, re-fitting the under tray, lowering and then swapping the filter and re-filling. It might be just a little easier if the drain bolt is to the rear of the engine, though as that cuts out part of the faff.

 

Just for interest, I use a Pela 6000 pump and the flex bit fits snuggly in to the filler tube but it is worth flowing a little oil down the tube when removing it, to ease it out. Don't push them in too far, either. You will feel the natural resistance. (Done that and had a right PITA getting the tube out, damaging it in the process).

3 hours ago, 26DIPP said:

When you jack up the car you will see some fat bolts looking past the tyre into the wheel arch. That point carries the wheight of the subframe and you can put your axle stand in somewhere there.

Thanks for your help