QUICK TIP video .... I like to change the 0W-16 oil in my 2019 RAV4 more than once every 10,000 miles AND also I like to have the old oil (with its sludge) completely drain out of the engine ...(ie.,until the oil actually stops dripping). Using ramps/blocks made from two 8' pressure-treated landscape timbers and two 8' pressure-treated 2x4 , I get a total of 11.5 inches of clearance. The advantages of this design are:
1) they are nice and WIDE;
2) they are DURABLE (I store mine outside ... covered with a cheap tarp);
3) the MATERIALS are readily AVAILABLE;
4) they give the vehicle a bit of an INCLINE to help "complete" oil drainage.
This video is to demonstrate the ramps. A decent video on removing the under-engine panel, drain plug, and oil filter of the RAV4 Hybrid is at: https://youtu.be/GzaDVKvSVWs
They do a pretty good job. I love how they use the top of a soda bottle as the funnel for adding the engine oil ... excellent reuse of plastic!
These landscape-timber ramps have also been used in the past to give me extra ground clearance for the installation of trailer hitches.
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