991.2 Oil Change
03-28-2017, 09:36 PM
#6
Three Wheelin'
Did mine at the dealer at1K miles. Do this with all my Porsches. Anyway took a couple of days because of plastic/disposable drain plug not in stock. Should have gotten more info but if this is a DIY you will need the details of what is not reusable.
03-28-2017, 09:43 PM
#7
Very interesting that the plug is not reusable, thanks for the info.
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04-11-2017, 02:00 AM
#11
Burning Brakes
I did an oil change on mine several months ago at about 1500 miles. Not having ever seen one of those plastic drain plugs, I wasn't even sure what it was. It doesn't exactly leap out at you on the plastic oil pan, especially when I was looking for a conventional steel drain plug. It takes so little torque to unscrew that it came out before I knew it, or had the drain pan under it.
I'm not aware that it is disposable and reused it with no issues thus far. There is nothing to wear out on the thing other than an O-ring, which looked fine and had no reason to be damaged. To remove or replace this plastic plug, you simply rotate it about one turn until it engages or disengages a catch on the plastic ramp/screw.
No torque wrench is required, you can easily remove it with a screwdriver or there's a special plastic tool made for the purpose that I bought on Amazon. I also bought a replacement drain plug form the same source, just in case.
The filter changed seems to be the same as it was on a 991.1, at least I used the same procedure. I bought the filter from my Porsche dealer at the usual exorbitant price, though there are aftermarket sources. Strangely, Suncoast lists a different oil filter for the 991.1 and 991.2, with the 991.2 version having some extra O-rings as I recall. But I don't know why they would be needed. Perhaps someone can solve that mystery.
I'm not aware that it is disposable and reused it with no issues thus far. There is nothing to wear out on the thing other than an O-ring, which looked fine and had no reason to be damaged. To remove or replace this plastic plug, you simply rotate it about one turn until it engages or disengages a catch on the plastic ramp/screw.
No torque wrench is required, you can easily remove it with a screwdriver or there's a special plastic tool made for the purpose that I bought on Amazon. I also bought a replacement drain plug form the same source, just in case.
The filter changed seems to be the same as it was on a 991.1, at least I used the same procedure. I bought the filter from my Porsche dealer at the usual exorbitant price, though there are aftermarket sources. Strangely, Suncoast lists a different oil filter for the 991.1 and 991.2, with the 991.2 version having some extra O-rings as I recall. But I don't know why they would be needed. Perhaps someone can solve that mystery.
05-03-2017, 03:00 AM
#12
Let's expand this to things like where is the oil filter and where in the heck are the engine air filter(s)? Our 2017 had its one year oil/filter change at the dealer. Over $300 with my PCA discount. The question: how do you get to this stuff? Is the filter accessible with the car jacked up? How about the air filters? What happens when the plugs need changing: drop the engine? I'm dealer-covered (and boy do we pay for it) for the next few years but the fact that I can't see anything (like I could with our '11 Carrera GTS) spooks me. Tech video DIYs??
05-03-2017, 08:52 AM
#14
Burning Brakes
Would be great if you could provide links to the 2 amazon items as well as the oil filter part # you used.