Appreciate the recent thoughts. This thread dates back to last July. It got revived with the question about lifts (???).

Anyway, I sold the Sportage last September so it's a moot point. With the leaking oil pan and the new owner knew exactly what he was facing. Last I heard my old truck is still running and they STILL have not fixed the leak in the pan. I'm afraid one of these days it's going to pop and they'll lose all the oil and ruin the engine. But I guess it's not my problem.

1998 Sportage - Gone.
2004 Honda Civic Coupe.
2007 Suzuki Grand Vitara - She got it.