Is changing your Oil on Ramps DANGEROUS?
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- Опубліковано 31 жов 2019
- Quick experiment while I was changing the oil.
Someone suggested that doing an oil change on a lift was better because with the car at an angle it couldn't get all the oil out.
Let's find out! - Авто та транспорт
Always Jack stand to safeguard your life, 2 or even 4 stands.
I really don't think there's any harm in having a small amount of oil left in the pan anyways as you will be replacing the filter as well and I'm sure when you have your oil changes done at service stations they plug up the oil drain plug long before it even comes down to a trickle never mind a few drops.
you made me nervous when the car started movin i like the ramps but i'm gonna put jack stands just incase
*i put the jacks and I have a old full size spare as a extra safety catch that I throw under there*
I guess he didn’t go under it on purpose while the rear was on the jack.
Good to know Bruceyyyy. Little easier using the ramps, and not having to adjust the jack stands. My jack stands are almost primitive.
Man you have balls of steel to do what you just did. I got scared for you when the truck move a little bit once you got the jack to level the truck. Great video man!
That was a nailbiter… Holy crap
MAN!!! That was dangerous!!! The whole truck move!!
Depends on your drain plug. Mine is low and to the back. So the angle actually helps the flow in my case
Same 👍
Thats a great idea you showed. I just bought some ramps for the very reason of oil changes. My drain plug is much like yours. Thanks!!!!!!!
How about getting 4 ramps instead of just 2 and leveling up the car? Could it be better or unnecessary? Thanks
That was a horror movie..back wheels up in the air and away from any chocks or rear rear parking brake effect..... How he lived, I don't know
Although your title is wrong. You answered a question that I always wondered.
i usually pour a little new oil through the engine to drain the last bit of old oil
What car do you have? Is that a 3rd Gen Honda CR-V? Thanks!
Wheel chocks would have been a good idea
Yeah they work pretty good I forgot to remove mine and the car wouldn't go in reverse 😂
Love the Fumoto oil pan valves!
Thanks for this, I was wondering what those were. I am looking to see where I can buy one for my Legacy.
They are great - I have three
YES!!!
Have mine 3 years now,and no issues so far.
I put two jack stands under just in case! It doesn’t take much time to grab the jacks and put it under.
how about changing your with ramps on a reverse incline on your driveway? I mean, your car reversed parked on your driveway with the front wheels at the lowest point, however in this case on ramps. If you do this way your car would be flat...
This is a great video!!!
Hi buddy,I have a Subaru wrx. and would love one of those drain valves ,where can you purchase them from? Just tired of being covered in hot oil
It's a fumoto valve. You'll have to look up for your specific engine though.
@@bruceyyyyy thank you kindly
What kind of jack did you use on the rear
Just a floor jack.
would you reco usinga ramps on a honda fit? I'm trying to figure how to do an oil change on a honda fit
I'm sure it would be fine.
Plastic ramp cracked/broke while driving up on it.. They were brand new. Lesson learned.. I only use steel now
I use steel. I had my neigbor add support cross bars on them.
wheels prob weren't straight.
Bought "Race Ramps" touted as great ramps--some kind of reinforced foam, not cheap, $250. Cracked after 4th use, but SOL, only 1 year warranty.
There is always oil inside the engine and related oil circulation system ( unless you remove the engine from your car ). Therefore, after you've done your oil change and check with your dip stick, you can still see old oil ( dark color ) on the dip stick !
what ramps do you use? Seems like some of the plastic ones break.
I think the brand is rhino ramps.
@@bruceyyyyy I crawl up under mine all the time..the rhino ramps. Never had an issue but after reading all these comments maybe I'll use jackstands as a failsafe next time. They seem really solid but guess it doesn't hurt to be safe
@@mototoad1242 Good thinking! We only have 1 life each, never hurts to be double-safe.
@@mototoad1242 I never fuck around when it comes to this stuff. I’m even more paranoid now that I have a family. I don’t even use plastic chocks even though they’re just as effective. I use massive rubber ones.
What kind and weight of oil do you use Bruceyyyy?
Just 5w30. I've done some analysis that shows pretty much anything works.
bruceyyyyy thanks...regular or synthetic or do you feel it doesnt matter?
I use 0-20 Castrol on the 2018 Outback, 5-30 Castrol High mileage on the 2007 Malibu.
@@Genetk44 You know every car model is different? Look up the manual for it.
i have a under the car" with ramps, jack or stands phobia...even watching cause me fear...i only crawl under the car if its level on its tires
I feel the same way. I want to change the oil on my 2017 Silverado and just by crawling underneath the truck and being in a tight fit I felt the claustrophobia sit in and I felt really uncomfortable.
If i go under a car i want to be at least 99,9% sure that it is scientifically safe, so only official tools, ebrake on, gear in 1th, block the wheels, put some extra things underneath like a spare tire or another jack as a backup, shake the car a bit to check stability, after that i’ll see whether if i go under it or not lol 😛 Keeping in mind that if it comes down that life is game over.
Let me give you something to think about. You are under a car being held up by 4 balloons.
@@Engineer9736 i also let it sit on the ramps for 30 minutes or more before crawling underneath.
I hope I'm not the only one who saw the entire Truck shimmy twice while jacking the rear end. Trucks have Parking Brake on rear wheels only. Take a deep breath.
And then again when he moved and twisted the camera suddenly 😱🤣
Oil valve is an interesting idea. When you lowed the hydraulic jack, there was some danger that the car might roll off the ramp. Hope at least you have set the parking break on. Better use wheel blockers.
The parking brake is on the rear. Jeez that was dangerous.
Fumoto valves are awesome. Have them on all my vehicles.
Totally depends on vehicle. This is a Subaru, which I believe is a front wheel drive. Definitely could’ve been an issue on the rear wheel drive vehicle.
I too am passionate with removing trace oil and prevent the premature head gasket failing.
Is there a correlation there? I am unaware of it. I wouldn't mind being able to use suction to change the oil but unfortunately the EZ36 has a two piece oil pan and the internal baffling gets in the way.
@@bruceyyyyy Only if you have the EJ25D like us. Granny's head gaskets could fail if the wind blows the wrong direction, and she sure does produce some smokey dark oil I tell ya
@@powerofyourbrains My despise of EJ25D/1/3/5 is well documented.
They're not great at much beyond keeping mechanics employed.
@@bruceyyyyy She's doing just fine at that
@@powerofyourbrains Best Practices for Cooling System Maintenance www.cumminsfiltration.com/sites/default/files/LT36442_0.pdf
"Incompatible coolants cause delamination of head gaskets and coolant leakage"
A coolant for Subaru engines www.cumminsfiltration.com/eme/node/2115
Think i would have put a couple of axle stands in as well safer
I don't typically use them when using ramps. I guess I should though.
How so?
@@greenspiraldragon Because cars are deadly heavy and you have only one life to spend. Accidents and so.
@@Engineer9736 I feel most secure with a vehicle on jackstands just high enough so I can slide ramps underneath each tire as a fall back.
My forehead hurts. I just slapped it kinda hard.
I'm thinking 4 homemade wooden ramps, made out of 2X10 boards. More solid. No way for them to get crushed. I would NOT trust any poly/plastic ramp, but my vehicle weighs 6k pounds.
Yes I'm thinking of the same thing. Alternate the grain pattern so nothing splits. They would be heavy though.
@@cgeorge6786 Ended up making them with 2X10. Works perfectly for my needs. I made two piece ramps held together with U-Bolts. Once the vehicle is on the highest part, I pull the U-bolts out from both sides and slide away the lower section.
They stack great because they are mirror images of one another once you turn one upside down.
@@dr.emilschaffhausen4683 Probably 40 or bucks or less on supplies I bet.
What about two rail road ties?
Unless if you're 350 lbs you should fit underneath a Outback without a jack or ramps, Bruce.
I'm 220 lbs and much prefer ramps to change the oil.
Even with the extra 2"from the lift ramps just make it that much easier to remove the skid plate.
I am 175 pounds and I could barely fit under my 2017 Silverado to change the oil.
Old Subaru notes: (not that I am an old Subaru driver, only that I have an old Subaru)
My EJ251 is picky about oil. Put Mobile 1 5W-30 in it and watch the drips bypass the pan gasket like no other. Doesn't seem to do this with other oil types.
The dangers in changing oil are likely some of the following: mistakes with the ramps and jack, burning oneself on the exhaust or with the oil when it is hot, and bears.
Hot oil will drain out more of the contaminants and drain fluidly, but it burns like a sob. (gets everywhere, causes cancer, etc)
I used purpose made plastic ramps to level my camper. Didn't last very long. Not fit for the purpose they were bought for. I used wood now. Would not want to go under a vehicle that was just on plastic ramps. Regards Stephen
How are those plastic car ramps holding up?
I'm still using them.
@@bruceyyyyy I wonder if they will work on low profile vehicles? Was thinking of buying them for my Dodge Challenger.
They make low profile versions that are less step. My Honda drags on these so it's meant for CUVs or bigger.
@@bruceyyyyy thanks for the help, good luck with your channel👍
Thanks! I do ok.
Dangerous? Or Effective?
That you on the pic?
Lookin good 👌🏼
@@Kamal_AL-Hinai thanks 🤘🏼
Did anyone else notice he didn't chalk the wheels
No need for a jack when changing oil. Only use ramps. It's faster, easier, and safer. I've been using ramps to for all my oil changes the last 27 Years.
That valve is BRILLIANT
Seriously folks...if the vehicle starts to move all it takes is a quick twist of the jack handle and the rear tires are back on the ground. I also contend that not one of you have ever seen one of those plastic ramps collapse lol...
He wasn't near the handle when he checked the flow ,the low point of the ramp was keeping it from running him over. I scraped my ramps after I drove off them once. Is changing your Oil on Ramps DANGEROUS? When you do it I have to say YES!
For oil changes, I find a 'topsider' to be most convenient. You basically suck the oil out through the dipstick tube with a vacuum pump, into a can. I actually get more oil out that way, than through the drain plug... so I think it's a slightly better result. These topsiders are especially good, if you can change your oil filter without having to jack up the car. That way, you don't need to jack the car up at all, to drain the oil, or put a new filter on. My knees and back love this method! Plus, there's no risk of being crushed, because you're not crawling under the car for anything.
Check out my vacuum pump video. Although I’ve never used it to change the oil, I use it mostly for ATF. I might try some day on the engine oil although I can’t imagine it getting much lower than the Fumoto valve
Is it really better? I just wanted to write a comment mentioning that vacuuming out the oil.
I have always thought that draining at the bottom is always better because gravitation just does the job and drains all of the oil without question. But if you vacuum it from the top you cant suck out all of it with the dipstick... So your experience is interesting to me.
Ramps are as dangerous as a floor jack. Completely safe with the use of jack stands, or blatantly dangerous without jack stands. You demonstrated the second example.
I've never heard of using jack stands with ramps. Not a bad idea though.
I've heard of people getting killed by jack stands. I haven't heard of anyone being killed by ramps. I guess it could happen. If your wheels are scotched there is probably less danger than using a jack stand.
I think the uploader was aware of how unstable the car was with the rear on the jack. If you don’t do that, and put the ebrake on and transmission in first gear, and blocks behind the wheels, i think you’ll be 99,9% safe with ramps. There is no way a ramp can topple over. Only if the material of the ramp breaks then the car may come down. Just give the car a good shake before going underneath it to be kinda sure everything is stable.
@@Engineer9736 Look at the reviews at any of those plastic ramps on amazon and witness dozens of photos of them crumpling under small vehicles.. even the 'heavy duty' rhino ramps made for large trucks. You're just rolling the dice with them.
I just changed my oil using 4 Jack stands AND two floor jacks, one floor jack on each side, pressed just up against the subframe. And I still don't feel 100% safe with all of those precautions. Going under a 3000-4000 pound car with only two floor ramps... yikes.
I know you're gonna think I'm being sarcastic again, but I say the following in all seriousness: Despite my mechanical cluelessness, this is something I have wondered about from the moment I started changing my own oil on my Forester.
Let me grab my pipe, lean back in the rocker on my porch, and ramble on like the old-timer I'm getting dangerously close to being. You see, sonny, before the Forester, all my cars & trucks used conventional oil and, being busy and lazy, hitting a quick-lube place at lunchtime for $35 was a no-brainer. It only took one time of getting charged $90 for a full-synthetic oil change on the Forester to motivate me to just do it myself. With the top-mounted oil filter on the FB25, it's so ludicrously easy that even an incompetent old coot like me can change the oil. But I immediately noticed how my car on ramps looks noticeably different than my car sitting over the pit at the quick lube place...it's angled, not flat! Sometimes my own powers of observation astonish me. But I digress. I did seriously always wonder if I was leaving oil behind. I mean, for $55 savings, I wasn't too concerned about maybe not getting the final two tablespoons of oil out of 5+ quarts, but still...thank you, my boy. I realize that it's not the same engine, and my oil pan doesn't look quite like yours, but this is still reassuring. It wouldn't have occurred to me to try jacking the rear of the car to get it level, though I don't even have a floor jack so I couldn't try this if I wanted to. And I'm probably too lazy to do it anyway even if I had a floor jack. But now I don't even have to worry about it.
P.S. JonDZ will be proud of that click-baity title!
You should seriously get a fumoto valve if you don't have one already. They make oil changes on the FB25 downright sublime.
I wouldn't worry about the little bit of oil stuck in the engine. It's so minimal compared to what the capacity is even on the 5.1 qt FB25.
You do what I did and just dump a 5 quart jug in and call it a day, right? :D
Re: Title: If the title is a question the answer is noooooooo
That was pathetic.
Not as pathetic as your comment.
I think dangerous is maybe a bit much don't you come on its just fucking oil so what if it still has a little bit of old oil in ! Jesus 😅
funny....it's not even dripping...then there goes a drip...lol...FAIL
What car is that you drained the oil from, please?
3.6 Outback