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  1. A tip for changing oil on 996. No jacking necessary all of the time: Depending on your garage floor and driveway, you may not have to raise the car: (Similar to driving up on 2X10s but even easier). My garage floor has a 2" lip/step down where the door closes and where the driveway meets the garage door from the outside. I backed the rear tires close to that lip (block the tires to be safe) and let the rear of the car hang over the lip/step down, on to the driveway. Just that amount of clearance is enough for me to get the plug and filter out, and to put a catch pan there. Don't do unnecessary work if your garage floor/driveway has this raised lip/step down. This is an easy, quick, and safe way to change the oil on your Carrera.
  2. Some advice for C4 fuel filter replacement on MY99 On the C4, the filter is by the coolant tank. You need to remove the air filter box. See that link. Also, when removing the AF box, there are two wire guides for the MAF sensor. Pull out the whole wire guide with stem as you could break the little clip that holds the wire. To change the fuel filter: (again, remove the AF box for access). Loosen the hose clamp on the filter. Get it really loose (almost with the hose clamp apart). It is up to you if you open the clamp fully. They can be tricky to re-thread in tight spaces like this. Undo the top clip by pushing the little gray section on the quick clamp. Have a rag in the area to catch the fuel. Pull the filter forward for access to double wrench the nut. (Hold back wrench at filter and loosening wrench on fitting). Use rag here also to catch fuel. Stubby, open-ended wrenches would be better, but I did it with standard lengths. You need to pull the filter toward you enough to get clearance. The wrench sizes (almost 3/4" size whatever tha is in metric). When all disconnected, you either open up the clamp fully to get the rear tube out, or manipulate the tube through the clamp. When installing, you need to do the same thing. Manipulate the rear tube through the clamp first. Reverse procedure to replace.
  3. A couple of more tips for the 996 spark plug change which I did last week on my 99 C4. I only put the rear of the car on jack stands per the jacking instructions as I only needed the rear wheels off. The coil wires come off by pushing the rubber boot towards the engine (as noted), but push at the top of the boot (not at the coil) where the wire enters the boot. You will see a raised retangular area on the boot as seen in the pictures. Push at the top area of that rectangle. The 5 MM allen hex bolts for the coils are much easier to access if you have a small ratchet (Chapman, Sears, etc.. sell small hex bit ratchet wrenches). I had a 3/8 drive hex that was too big for the top bolts on the rear two plugs (closest to the rear bumper). Buy a hex bit set and a small ratcheting wrench that accepts 1/4" bits unless you already have a 1/4" drive ratchet, that may work. You can use an standard allen wrench to get the bolts out, but no ratcheting makes it time consuming.
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