Do the exact same thread for a tiptronic transmission service and i'll forever be in your debt.

 

thanks for the DIY, great site...

 

Just for clarification, do you jack up one side and put something (like a rhino ramp) under one of the rear tires? I don't want to drive onto the rhino ramps I'm going to get (on sale this week!) and was just thinking of jacking up one side and slipping it onto a ramp, will this work? passenger or driver's side?
thanks

 

I'm not exactly sure what you are describing.

To change the oil, you need to access both drain bolts. Even on a stock OEM 997TT suspension, it is a very tight squeeze under there.

You could drive your car onto ramps (ie put both ramps behind the rear tires, back up the car to lift the rear, then put chocks behind each tire) or you could jack up the car from the engine, and place jack stands in the proper lift points.



If you jack up one side and put a rhino ramp under one of the rear tires, the car is not stable. If you jack up one side with just the jack, the car is not stable without the stand.

If you want to use a jack, jack from the engine block then place stands in the appropriate points (with chocks in the front.)



I hope that helps.

bob

 

Be careful if you jack from the back because you could touch down your chin spoiler in the front, depending how low your car is.

 

I usually just jack up the car from rear jacking points on both sides then place 2 jack stands on the chassis beam or whatever you call it. after I remove both tank and crank case drain plugs, I put lower the car back to the ground to let oil drain for another 30 minutes or so while I change out the oil filter. Then jack the car up again, put on jack stands and put the drain plugs back on.

 

Can somebody please point out where exactly on the engine block they jack up from.

Thanks all.

 

What brand ramps? Link?

(I built a set of wooden ramps but they are so long and heavy to be practically unmanageable.)

 

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...l-pricing.html

 

Bob that helps a lot! I was wondering if it would be stable enough with just one ramp under one side of the car (or just the jack on one side) but obviously not.

I like your idea of lifting via the engine block, putting the ramps under both rear tires (with chocks up front), and lowering the jack onto the ramps. The reason I prefer this is b/c then I don't need someone else guiding me onto the ramps unlike if I drive on them and I'm not sure the rhino ramps have a long enough gradual incline to avoid scraping the nose. They are MUCH cheaper than the ones in your picture.

If you have another picture from underneath showing exactly where you have the jack please post it.

You rock!

 

Thanks Abby, this will be my fallback position (if I buy another jack). What is the chassis beam you are referring to?

 

Skeeter - good link. I also bought an extender because my 997TT was dropped to GT3 height.

Sure! (Just don't forget to use a wood block or hockey puck to prevent damaging the casing...pics are not me - other people don't use a puck, but I don't like lifting without it.)

 

 

Bogg, That's the beam I was talking about. Thanks Bob!
I only have 1 jack and I jack from one side then move to another side.

 

Ah, so I don't actually need a second jack. I'll just get the chocks then, who wants to chase a rolling turbo down the street?

Are the axle stands on the lowest setting? Looks like it in that picture.