MassGuy

Honestly I think it was pretty easy to do. I look forward to the next time. Anyone thinking about doing it themselves should look forward to it as well. Take a little time to be sure you have everything and follow the steps above and it is a piece of cake.....really.

skruggs964

I agree with indycam...I dread changing my oil myself, but I'm also a cheap b**stard! There's no way I'm paying close to $150 for an oil change....

kusee pee

I'm also a cheap skate and would love to change it myself. But I'm also a lazy b**stard. Cheap and lazy are not happy bedfellows!

boxsey911

and on the side of a London street is probably not the best place to do it

Dave R.

Congratulations on a successful oil change, I find oil changes to be kind of a zen experience (I take my time and enjoy it).

Did you center the oil level gauge with 11 qts of cold oil?

If yes then you may have overfilled a bit since the oil will expand as it warms. I find that with my car, 10 qts refill is just right.

If you see a non-zero reading on the oil level gauge at, say 2,000 rpm or above after the oil has warmed up, ie. when you are cruising along, that's a sign you may have too much oil in there.

swftiii

Ok Folks,

I feel like an absolute idiot. I've changed the oil in my previous 993 many times and the 964 is so much easier, but I'm having a problem with identifying the right oil filter part number. Following are the details:

Car: 1991 964 C2

Oil Filter Part Number: 944 107 201 03
- This filter does not fit my car
- Consensus on Rennlist and my PET and Porsche Dealer says this is the correct oil filter part number
- Pelican Parts says this part number is for the 964 Turbo - not the C2

Pelican doesn't have a Genuine Porsche Filter part
Pelican does have Mahle 930-107-764-01-M67 for the C2/C4
- This filter looks like the one I removed (but I cannot confirm because the part numbers have rubbed off the filter I removed - I'm going to follow-up with my shop that did the last oil change for me

The Porsche Filter 944... is thinner than the Mahle I pulled off

I just feel like an idiot and am wondering if others have experienced this too or if there is something 'unique' about my '91

Anyone know if there is an actual Porsche Oil Filter or do I need to stick to the Mahle?

Thanks,

-Skip

rarebear

I have a tip from a guy who races 911's on circuits all over Europe, he uses 10w40 semisynth (Agip)
and swears by it !!!

boxsey911

Yes, you can get a Porsche branded one. The part number for a 964 is: 930 107 764 01. You can see from this that the Pelican Mahle version you found will also fit.

The 944 part you have fits a 964 turbo but not a n/a 964.

swftiii

Thanks Steve. I checked and double checked with the dealer and even the PET says the other part number...Thank God for Rennlist.

-Skip

race911

Yeah, it's the same filter from '72- through 964s for all 911s.

Back to that "to do" list posted when this thread was new. Hilarious to say that using the A/C will make the engine run hotter. Likely for any deck lid condenser mounted car (e.g. a torsion bar car), but when they moved that to the nose............how's the car going to run hotter? Oh, driving the A/C compressor is going to so overtax our marginally designed engines to the point of failing?????? Uh huh...........