https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A61jxYl9wFI link to video on a oil change on a 1mz-fe toyota. He Uses a scissor jack to lift up the car then put stands underneath..
Is this a dangerous way to lift your car up?
my car is a v6 camry, manual transmission. 381,000km. 2002. toyota.
Is this a dangerous way to lift your car up?
No if used properly on a flat surface at designated contact points. It is a standard equipment here. I use it when change tires. Wheels should be chocked, car put in the 1st gear and the parking brake used to prevent accidental movement. Take a look at your owner's manual to see where underneath your car you can place it without bending anything.
I used to use a scissor jack and jack stands for years before I bought a set of ramps to do oil changes. As long as you're on flat ground, set the parking brake, chock the wheels and look in your owner's manual for the proper jacking points, you'll be fine. The jack points are right in front of the rear wheels, or just behind the front wheels, on pinch welds. Feel around underneath the car. There's almost always an obvious notch where the scissor jack is supposed to go.
Put jack stands underneath the car and set the car on the jack stands before getting under the car.
I've used OEM scissor jacks for decades and they are perfectly safe, but of course you must always secure your vehicle properly no matter what you use. So use wheel chocks and jack stands if you're getting underneath. And I don't know what the heck this guy in the video is doing with those rubber sanding blocks. It looks retarded don't do that.
Scissor jack is OK with proper precautions that you always need to do when lifting a car, as others have pointed out. However you'll likely find that ramps or a hydraulic floor jack would be a lot easier and more convenient.
@chucktobias My Mustang is a pain in the rear end to jack up with a floor jack. Ford hid the pinch welds behind a side skirt, and I'm always paranoid that the side skirt may break if I were to attempt to jack it up. Ford didn't produce scissor jacks with Mustangs from the factory, and you had to special order one. Ford put an emergency tire kit in the spare tire well instead. Ford cheaped out. Whole lotta good that'll do if your sidewall blows out. That happened to my wife 5 years ago and we had to wait for three hours for a tow truck.
Yes, it depends on the vehicle. Mine has a strong crossmember in front and a reinforced area in the rear so I can lift the entire front or back of the car easily with a floor jack and put jack stands underneath.
Just lift each side with a jack and put 6" high block under each front tire, just make sure the block is long enough and wide enough. Works for me and gives enough space under car to change oil, etc.
