vadimfrey

I was planning on doing first oil change on my 2015 RC350 which is due now. Bought car last year from private seller, had clean record, dealer serviced, etc.

Went under the car and I see that my drain pan looks different than what I see other people posted during their oil changes (e.g. on youtube). My drain pan has 17 bolts on the entire perimeter (see pic). Other RCs obvious differences from what I see for my drain pan area: appears to be rectangular rather than square, have ribs running side-side (rather than along the length of car like on mine), have rounded half circle near it.

Also oil filter on my RC is at about 45 degrees pointing downwards, where is everyone else's is parallel to the ground.

Can someone suggest if my oil drain pan is indeed oil drain pan? Why things are so different on my car than other's people. Maybe its non-US version or something like that?


Other folk's RC350, ribs side to side of the car.

Other folk's RC350, oil filter parallel to the groun. Rounded half-circle part near the drain pan (on the left)

My RC350 oil filter pointing down at 45 degrees

My RC350, view underneath

My RC350 drain pan (??). Ribs along the car length, very different shape that other car's

CLightning

AWD 350 oil pans are rectangular and RWD 350's are more kidney shaped.

vadimfrey

Mine is AWD 350. Can someone else confirm how their drain pan and oil filter look like on their RC AWD 350 ?

mvblum

Looks just like mine.

tnilc

The videos you watched, were they for AWD or RWD?

vadimfrey

It must have been all RWD since all drain pans were kidney shaped. Thanks guys for your help, I just didn't realize the AWD models have different drain pan design and different layout around it.
We can close this thread now.

KJFS

If you say so....