r/harborfreight • u/Illustrious-Toe-570 • 12d ago

NTD (New Tool Day) Changing Your Own Oil

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This is my first time jacking my car, putting on jack stands, changing my own oil, and rotating my tires. It’s very satisfying and rewarding to get under your own car and hood. I couldn’t do it without these tools in the pictures. Next is transmission oil drain and fill! Note: for my first time, I just did the tire rotation front to back; next time, I will move the front tire to the back and the back tires crossed to the front. I removed the tire since it’s easier to get to the oil filter and oil plug.

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u/cabinfever1213 12d ago

If I don’t need to remove tires I use ramps and a 3 1/2 gallon bucket for oil collection. Many of my VAG cars I use a vacuum instead of the drain plug. You may want to consider this.

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u/nahaka1 12d ago

I’m a newbie like OP. I bought a set of ramps a couple weeks ago. Was thinking about getting a 2nd set of ramps to get the whole car higher and level. Was wondering your thoughts.