First service of my 991
05-13-2020, 04:41 PM
#16
Burning Brakes
I don't use my exhaust COV and the car doesn't throw a code. What makes you think your will throw a code? I'm curious...
05-13-2020, 05:04 PM
#17
Instructor
Educate me. I thought PDK essentially has 0 service until around 12 years or over 100k miles?Additional Maintenance every 120,000 miles / 180,000 km or 12 years (Labor Operation 03 88 00 ..)
❏ Manual transmission: change oil
❏ PDK transmission: change oil
❏ PDK transmission: change clutch oil
❏ Change front differential oil – 911 Carrera 4 – 4-wheel drive models only
❏ Manual transmission: change oil
❏ PDK transmission: change oil
❏ PDK transmission: change clutch oil
❏ Change front differential oil – 911 Carrera 4 – 4-wheel drive models only
Just finished my service of my 2016 GTS with 19,000 on the clock. Supposed CPO but none of the filters or plugs were changed. They may have changed the engine oil but probably not the filter. I did plugs, all filters, PDK oil, wipers and a thorough cleaning. The plugs looked good but were really hard to get out to the point I thought a couple might break off. That's the biggest reason to change them IMO, so they don't seize in the hole.
05-13-2020, 05:43 PM
#18
Three Wheelin'
Educate me. I thought PDK essentially has 0 service until around 12 years or over 100k miles?Additional Maintenance every 120,000 miles / 180,000 km or 12 years (Labor Operation 03 88 00 ..)
❏ Manual transmission: change oil
❏ PDK transmission: change oil
❏ PDK transmission: change clutch oil
❏ Change front differential oil – 911 Carrera 4 – 4-wheel drive models only
❏ Manual transmission: change oil
❏ PDK transmission: change oil
❏ PDK transmission: change clutch oil
❏ Change front differential oil – 911 Carrera 4 – 4-wheel drive models only
05-14-2020, 04:42 PM
#19
Three Wheelin'
Funny thing about the dealer and the PDK. The service advisor told me it's a "sealed" system so you can't add, check or change the PDK fluid. If it leaks, they consider it trash and put in a new one. Needless to say, I don't go to that dealer for service anymore!
05-14-2020, 06:03 PM
#20
Instructor
That is for sure! After starting my own minor service + specialty shop, I noticed the dealer broke the clips on my bumper and it is very hard to put on and remove on the passenger's side. 
05-14-2020, 06:30 PM
#21
You are correct about the PDK service, however, when I bought the car I discovered a PDK leak, which they fixed, so I needed to verify the fluid was at the proper level (especially after seeing the job they did on the filters and plugs!), so I went ahead and put in new fluid just to be sure.
I just changed the PDK clutch fluid in my C2S, car has 40K miles. The fluid came out was brown and had quite a few sizable chunks of what appeared to me aluminum, but it didn't look like a broken part of anything it was more like blobs that were remnants of the original casting process. I'm glad all that stuff is out.