im so excited im doing my first oil change on my 944 tomorrow morning. Not my first oil change however... so my question... how many quarts of oil should i put in? i dont have the factory manual or anything, and i dont trust the dipstick too much.. anything different from a oilchange on a 944 than any other car? its a 87 na 944 automatic (dno if it matters). 4-5 quarts? gonna use synthentic.. anyone? thanx...

ps dont flame

 

i bought 7, put in about 5 1/2 - 6. by then you should see something on the tip of the dip stick. I slowly got it close to the bottom of them first line then started the car and revved to 3k for about 10 seconds then checked it again and filled it the rest of the way to inbetween the lines.

usualy the oil comes in a case of 8 or somehting. minaswell just get a case and you can store whats left incase of whatever reason.

 

Content is 6 liters (about 6 qrt)
As per manual: correct level is to be obtained from the dip stick.
(Regardles you your preference, Porsche wants you to trust it)
Torque for plug is 20Nm (14 ft-pd)
Plug washer is to be replaced
Filter is to be replaced
This will be messy so get a lot of paper towels nearby.
TakeCare

 

Likely take 6 quarts, be prepared for 7 (capacity with filter). Either stuff a rag up under where the oil filter is OR form your own little drip pan with aluminum foil under the filter area. Both methods work MUCH better if you remove the undertray (10mm bolts, easy, fast, affords the opportunity to look around a bit too).

Replace the crush washer on the drain plug (it's designed for one-time use).
DO NOT punch holes in filter and all that stuff, just remove swiftly.
Inspect magnet on drain plug for scary metal particles (long skinny ones and/or chunks are bad, grey mush is kinda normal).
I prefer to drive the front up onto those plastic Rhino ramps to do all of this, safer.
Torque the drain plug with a real torque wrench, believe it's 37 ft-lbs.

Have fun,

 

Also, when you take off the old oil filter, make sure the gasket comes with it! I know it's obvious, but I failed to do this one time... new filter on, the old gasket was still there ... didn't seal too well, massive oil mess everywhere once I started the car! D'oh!!

 

Oops, Hans and I typing at same time. Guess I awoke too early in the states. I did check on plug torque it is 37 Ft Lbs in the Porsche shop manual.

 

thhhhat was sooo fast for me posting at 1 30 am... thanx a bunch guys...

 

1.30 am where you live, but middle of the day over here

 

Dave: Thanks for correction
Re-checked my copy of the manual, Vol 1, page 17.1 issue 1989

Torque for filter is 20Nm [14 ft-pd]
Torque for plug is 60 Nm [43 ft-pd]
(I know I should use glasses)

Vette4life: having lunch at the moment, Sami is 1 hr closer to his weekend than we are'.
No, we dont flame you for the question, might start doing that later for the name (VETTE??? what is that??can you eat that?? lunch for my 951???) ...=)
It is Friday you know...
TakeCare
Hans

 

Another tip, raise the headlights to get better access to the oil filter.

 

and clean the gounds as long as you in there..

 

You can trust the dipstick. Not much to go wrong with them.

 

you can also remove your power steering for easier access to the oil filter. i did it for better road feel, and the fact that my power rack seals died

i find my car takes about 6 quarts of oil. i put in 5 after oil and filter removal. then i run the car for a couple minutes, and then turn it off for a bit. let the oil drain, then i fill to capacity. that way the oil system is mostly full, and so is the pan. that way when i'm thrashing my car i don't have to worry about petty things like oil starvation and that pesky #2 main bearing

i also see no reason to distrust the dipstick. mine seems to work just fine

-Mike-

 

In addition to the above. Be ready for the old oil to flow quickly and a fair distance horizontally to your catch pan when you first remove the drain plug. Last change I did the used oil shot right over the catch pan to make a pretty nasty mess.

MW

 

I usually use 7-quarts on my 951 with a new filter. Here's a thread with some pictures on how to do it cleanly: Installing the Oil Filter.