"Butch Haynes" <butch@huntsville> wrote
> "Elle" <honda.lioness@spamnocox.net> wrote
>> "Butch Haynes" <butch@huntsville> wrote
>>> I always used to do my own oil changes for the same
>>> reason you do. But the aging bod has increasing trouble
>>> getting down that low and crawling into the diminishing
>>> amount of clearance cars seem to have these days...not
>>> to mention finding and reaching the oil filter. I think
>>> I may need to start doing my own again though...
>>
>> Rhino ramps:
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...O/ref=dp_olp_2
>>
>> Around $35 at Pep Boys, Autozone, and Wal-Mart.
>
> Interesting product-- but then the car is inclined towards
> the rear. Wouldn't that prevent all the old oil from
> draining out?

The oil pan has a deep, cupped area at the bottom (where the
drain bolt is) that is designed to ensure the oil is going
to drain and drain well, practically regardless of tilt. I
know this only because I had the oil pan off a few years ago
and replaced the oil pan gasket.

I have been using ramps (first steel ones; then rhino ramps)
for over a decade with my 91 Civic. I have done at least two
oil changes a year since 1991. I love my rhino ramps.