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That's the truth! That glass hatch doesn't move that far!
When I took that car in for it's first oil change, the tech offered to show me the way he did it on Targas so I could do it myself (as they know I do what basic stuff I can myself at home). He was about halfway through and I said "That's enough. I've already seen $300 worth."
Access is a little better on the cab from my pre-check yesterday, but I'll know for sure after I do the first (for me) #3 oil change in a few days.
Was thinking about this more, and just had to confirm.
THERE ARE NO CLIPS TO REMOVE AT ALL.
EVERYTHING FOLDS OUT OF THE WAY.
You don't even have to unmount the left fan.
1. Pull off engine cover.
2. Unmount right fan.
3. Disengage air duct inlet.
4. Unclip release cable from air duct inlet.
5. Pull up and fold both air inlet duct and fan over.
Air duct inlet and right fan folded over and out of the way.
Oil filter easily accessible.
Makes so much more sense this way, has to be how the Porsche techs do it.
I can confirm this works exactly as advertised. On my cab, the working room in service position was a little tight but way better than the Targa. I did have to unmount the right fan to get the air intake over far enough to the left. And there's no release cable of course. I wasn't dexterous enough to get engine cover off without removing the hard plastic liner piece, but that was no big deal.
been looking forward to trying this and it works great! thanks to OP! couple of points:
- i had to raise spoiler before removing the engine cover this way (without removing plastic accordion frame). you can lift from the bottom (rearward) side of the cover
- i unmounted both fans- made it easier to flip air duct.
One of the mounting clips in question. There does not appear to be a Porsche part number associated with it.
If you must remove the wiring harness from the air inlet duct, just depress the tab to the left, and SLIDE the wiring harness housing off the rail on the mounting clip. The mounting clip can always stay in place.
Please see attached pdf for more info on this clip. Very hard to find. I ended up contacting TE connectors (the OEM manufacturer) and Aptiv (formerly Delphi parts) and they still have no idea where to find this clip. Odd as the wiring harness housing is a commonly used part in VW/Audi cars. I also contacted SPAL, manufacturer of the fans, and while they include the harness with the fan (of course), they don't have the clip.
Once again would appreciate any help finding this part as I can't stand that they are broken on my car.
Just an update for those of you who might have the same broken clip.
Cutting the zip tie instead of prying the 1 Xmas tree clip up would be less damaging. Are most small thin zip ties rated for temps that we would expect to see in the engine compartment.
Cutting the zip tie instead of prying the 1 Xmas tree clip up would be less damaging. Are most small thin zip ties rated for temps that we would expect to see in the engine compartment.
Just to push the point home to all: please do NOT cut or pry out anything. Whole point of the thread is to illustrate that you don't need to! Everything pops out and folds away in seconds, making oil changes on this car super easy.
Sorry, I just saw this thread. I went through the same search for those HT clips a year ago or so and found the same source on ebay! Glad you were able to source them (mechanics regularly break these on my car, so I try to avoid taking the car in and do most easy maintenance stuff myself).
And, your method is great, will use on the next oil change!
Just to push the point home to all: please do NOT cut or pry out anything. Whole point of the thread is to illustrate that you don't need to! Everything pops out and folds away in seconds, making oil changes on this car super easy.
I know what you are going for with the tutorial. Namely, not damaging clips. But prying that Christmas tree clip tears off the limbs off the clip, no? Cutting the zip tie that is attached to the clip saves the clip from damage and zip ties are super cheap.
Jack, I think we are missing each other here… please take a look at the “UPDATE” section of the first post. It clarifies that there are no clips or trees to pull at all.
I know this is different from what I said in the video, but I only discovered later after thinking about it more that there’s nothing to pry. So that’s why I put the written update.
Jack, I think we are missing each other here… please take a look at the “UPDATE” section of the first post. It clarifies that there are no clips or trees to pull at all.
I know this is different from what I said in the video, but I only discovered later after thinking about it more that there’s nothing to pry. So that’s why I put the written update.
Hope this helps.
Ok. I see that you said to not remove the clips except 1. Is that 1 clip, not of the xmas tree variety? I can remember what that looks like. Thanks
I was wrong about even removing that one clip. Please see "UPDATE" within first post:
UPDATE:
Ok guys,
Was thinking about this more, and just had to confirm.
THERE ARE NO CLIPS TO REMOVE AT ALL.
EVERYTHING FOLDS OUT OF THE WAY.
You don't even have to unmount the left fan.
1. Raise spoiler and pull off engine cover. 2. Unmount right fan. 3. Disengage air duct inlet. 4. Unclip release cable from air duct inlet. 5. Pull up and fold both air inlet duct and fan over, granting access to the oil filter.
Changing oil in my new to me T this weekend, after watching the various races and qualy sessions... so bumping back to the first page in case I need to refresh my memory!! Installed my new shift boot/**** last weekend. Suncoast should be happy with me lately...
06-14-2021 | 11:44 AM
Everything pops out and folds away in seconds, making oil changes on this car super easy.
