Do I Need to Use Bricks to Elevate the Car for an Oil Change?

[DelMaggie]

Generally, you don't need to elevate the car for a DIY oil change. You can simply purchase an oil extractor to pump out the engine oil. There are typically two conditions for changing engine oil: 1. Time: Every six months or one year 2. Mileage: When reaching the specified mileage. You should change the oil when either condition is met. If you change the oil without replacing the oil filter, the new oil won't get contaminated. However, if the oil filter is very dirty, its ability to filter impurities decreases. Even though the new oil won't be contaminated immediately, it will become dirty faster. If the oil filter isn't dirty, there's basically no impact. The replacement condition for oil filters is primarily based on mileage and is almost unrelated to time.