Mine always lands in the pan I use. AS you can tell, it's not a small one (15qt I think). most cars these days either have the drain to the rear or the side. I like the rear drain and uphill, gets a good drain IMO.

 

I like having it on ramps s more will drain out


Goose

 

This will stop the oil from going all over the place get the one with the nipple and put a foot of hose on it no more mess http://www.quickoildrainvalve.com/

 

I need to get a bigger/better drain pan.

I bought one of those pans that doubles for used oil storage, but it's too tall, oddly shaped, and not long enough. I need to find one that is lower and longer.

 

No one seemed to have a problem with the 32 mm socket? The picture at the beginning shows a nice 32 mm socket with a reduced head on the drive end. I couldn't get my standard Craftsman 32 MM ½" drive socket down on top of the cap without a couple hous of work with grinder. I had to shorten the socket, and cut down it's massive head. Is that a plastic intake manifold on my 2.4 L engine?

 

I had the same problem. I didnt want to have to buy a socket I would rarely use so I went Autozone and got a loaner 32mm. Well that was way too tall and didnt work with the manifold so close. I used a crescent wrench. Snaked it down between the harness and then a light tap cracked the seal open.

BY far the easiest car Ive ever changed oil on. Filled er up with Mobil 1 and a Wix oil filter. Whole thing took 20 minutes.

 

I saw that problem before I loosened the drain plug. I cut a plastic tea bottle with a diagonal cut to make a large, disposable deflector funnel and just used that to direct the oil into the pan.

 

I picked mine (32mm) up at Advance BTW. Great fit.

 

https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/show...ht=32mm+socket
think this thread will cover your answer. yes, some sockets are too tall. Plastic manifold.

 

I have not been able to find anything that says you can change the filter every 3,000 miles without changing the oil. Is it possible, I didn't want to try it and make a mess- figured I would ask first. These filters look like they get pretty beat up, too much so to let it go to 10-12K miles.