SJP3003

I just bought an '06 Atlas Grey/Sand Beige C2S with only 6600 miles after a 6 year forced break from owning Porsches (divorce and taking a public sector job & salary entailed selling my last P Car which also happened to be an Atlas Grey '06 C2S---its nice to be back in the private sector!).

I was able to get maintenance records from the local Porsche dealer and it has been serviced yearly since '08... mostly oil and filter changes and the last service (a few weeks ago) included a new serpentine belt. I spoke with the dealer's service head this morning and he thinks the car is good to go.

After reviewing the car, I put on new tires since it still had its original tires with date stamps from 2006 (surprised the service head did not recommend the tire change). Is there anything else I should check or replace that could deteriorate over time? RMS? Fresh brake or other fluids? The car drives well and sounds great.

Magnetic K

Wow, that is a low mileage '06. Minimum of a yearly oil change is suggested.

Check the battery. Car batteries last approx 5 years. Given the age of the '06, it likely has a new battery.

Porsche recommends replacement of brake fluid every two years, since brake fluid is hygroscopic.

Congrats.

LexVan

If it were mine, also:

Plugs
Coolant
Water pump
Gear lube
Thermostat

Macster

Be sure the brake fluid has been flushed/bled. This is due every 2 years regardless of miles.

Plugs probably due to be changed on time.

Over the next couple of months arrange to have the coolant drained and refilled with fresh.

Other than that...

Just drive the car.

SJP3003

Thanks for the replies..I ordered plugs yesterday (even before getting the car) and was also concerned about the battery (the car cranks well but will be trying to confirm its age). Coolant and brake fluid make sense too. LexVan thanks for the water pump, gear lube and thermostat suggestions--- will add these to my list.

GermanCarSpecialists

this

Papa Fittig

Low temp thermostat I'd guess? Otherwise why?

mlv_250

I see a DIY gear fluid change on Sticky page but not one for gear lube... Are these the same? If not, how easy is it to do gear lube? What's involved? Thx.

LexVan

Not necessarily a low temp. Just a Porsche OE replacement. Thought process is, since you're dropping the coolant and water pump, you're already in there. The thermostat and gasket are less than $50 in parts.

LexVan

To me they are. Gear lube/gear oil. Porsche's 75W90 fluid. Need about 3 litres. This is N O T the same as PDK or Tip tranny fluid. Those a r e different.

LexVan

Battery is a good idea, too. You should be able to buy a quality replacement, with a proper vent tube, for about $100, and DIY. All you need is a strong arm to lift out and a 10 mm socket. Tip- snap a quick photo on your camera phone so you don't reverse the polarity during replacement. If you have WalMarts in the DR, buy a battery there, and any other large autoparts store.

utkinpol

get it to good shop, get car on the lift and inspect all seals. if car was not driven for 6 years, who knows what can be leaking. replace all fluids, oil, check pentosin level, replace brake fluid, whole thing. on the lift you need to check if steering does not leak, if RMS is intact, if coolant does not sip, etc. rest of bad stuff you will most likely notice during driving, but most likely you will be just fine.

Petza914

Punch the VIN into the IMS Bearing lawsuit website just to double-check that your car doesn't have the smaller bearing. Porsche started using the larger bearing in late 2005 cars but there have been occurences of the smaller bearing in some 2006 vehicles too. If it happens to show up as being "in the class" change it out ASAP. With such a low mileage car, you're still on the wall of the "bathtub maintenance curve". For those not familair with what I'm talking about, mechanical failures follow a curve that's shaped like a bathtub - new parts which can be defective have a higher incidence of failure (1st wall of the bathtub heading toward the bottom) than parts that have been in use for a while (flat bottom of the tub), then as they get old the failure rate starts increasing again (climbing back up the other wall of the tub).

My personal opinion is that the water pump and coolant probably do not need to be changed - Porsche calls their coolant "lifetime coolant" that should be good for 80,000-100,000 miles. I'd probably just drive it and do that change (water-pump, thermostat, and coolant) at around 40,000 miles. Same opinion on the Transmission / Gear oil since that's a closed system, but I'd change the engine oil. Just my $0.02 worth.

Boy Howdy

NOTE: I just re-read the original post and see the author has already taken care of this. I'll leave it as a warning to others in a similar position.

With that age/mileage? Tires.

http://articles.latimes.com/2014/mar...crash-20140326

...and, from page 237 of the 2006 Porsche 911 Carrera Owner's Manual:

Mine only had 8k on them when I purchased the car this April, but I replaced all four because of the above.

mlv_250

Thx Lex...done the DIY already this summer.