sorry for the newbie question I am just deathly affraid of getting under a car when only supported by jack stands however that is all I have. I am taking out my turbo so with that in mind where would the best and most secure place to put the stands when removing a turbo? Thanks.

ps. just undid both lines going to the turbo and i noticed on the oil pan there is a slow leak of coolant, would this be from taking the one of these lines off ( I know one is for the coolant to keep the turbo cool) I just need an expert to say don't worry it will leak like that Thanks again.

 

Jackstands - For that job you might be able to pull the turbo out from above. However, you will most likely need to jack the car up. Be easiest if you support the whole car. Jack the front up first. Place your jack head in the middle of the subframe. Place the jackstands on your subfram and lower the car. Then, jack the rear end up. Place your jack on the flat part of the bottom of your differential. Jack stands I always put on the subframe.
The car should be stable. But watch out for it moving and slipping when wrenching.

Leak - It isnt supposed to leak and it is good you are going to fix it

Why are you taking the turbo out?

James

 

well it is supposed to leak when I undid the lines going to the trubo right? one is oil and the other coolant, right? Thanks for the help so far wankel7

 

as posted many times before:

 

is it bad when i put the jack stands over closer to the wheels by the suspension arm thing.

 

okay well what if you need to remove the rear subframe or the placement of the jacks up front gets in the way of working.

it seems there are factory supports just infront of the rear wheel and behind the front wheel, I wish this place was marked better, on my car when I bought it it was pretty bent up under there and it hard to find the right place to jack.

 

yeah same here. THanks for the picture ice.

 

I place mine just behind the front wheels. They get in the way ... too much in the locations they reccomend. But I use ramps for any long term projects.

-Robert

 

yeah I would love to get some ramps.

 

They are dirt cheap like $30, take out a small loan and get some

Only problem is you cannot drive up on most of them, I jack the car up with my floor jack, and lower it onto the ramps.

 

Those are for the car's jack, and not suitable for axle stands.

The chassis rails are another suitable spot for axle stands.

 

ahh didn't know you couldn't drive them up on it however what ever it takes to be able to have a little peace of mind. I have the biggest fear of the damn car falling on me. I know it's pretty dumb but hey better safe than sorry

 

I have no trouble driving up ramps. I just lay a short length of 4x2 in front of the ramps so the nose is higher when the wheels contact.

 

When you say chassis rail. What do you mean? Those metal strips that run under the car? Mine would not hold the car with out crushing.

James

 

what the hell is that round thing suppose to be in the picture?

 

They're not strips, they're thick-wall box sections that run most of the length of the car. I think you're thinking of something else.

 

I did state it poorly. I do mean the box like sections that are aprox one foot from the out side edge of the car. They would crush ifI jacked up the car or placed a jack stand on them. On my car they have oval cuts in them. I believe. I can take some pics tomorrow.

This is on a 91 TII. Is it possible mazda did something different in NZ?

James

 

Trust me, they would not crush from supporting the weight of the car. They're the floorpan's main strengthening members.

 

they can crush in certain area's They are on my freinds car from jackign it up on those! however there are reinforced areas desinged for the supplied mazda cisor jack! they are very near the front and very near the back otherwise they can and will collapse!

 

I was at an AutoX and saw somebody who had made up a different jack pad for his floor jack. It mimics the factory jack pad. So he could use his floor jack to jack the car up quickly for changing tires. Now that idea I like!

James

 

That's not the chassis rail, that's the sill. The chassis rails are well inboard of the jacking points, and are a solid box-section that runs nearly in line with the front lower A-arm pivot. These will happily support the car on stands. I've done this many times on this and other cars.

 

ah!
then we were talking about two different parts of the car, My appolagies Nz!