Oil level - leave it alone?
02-26-2019, 06:26 PM
#31
Rennlist Member
Ugh, whatever dude.
When I say micromanage I'm referring to feeling like I'm micro-managing the shop and how they do an oil change.
And yes, when you pay good money for a service, having to go behind someone else's work is a PITA. Doesn't mean I don't appreciate the advice from the board.
Thank you to everyone else for the constructive thoughts. It's a learning process owning a car like this, especially when there aren't tons of shops capable of working on them.
When I say micromanage I'm referring to feeling like I'm micro-managing the shop and how they do an oil change.
And yes, when you pay good money for a service, having to go behind someone else's work is a PITA. Doesn't mean I don't appreciate the advice from the board.
Thank you to everyone else for the constructive thoughts. It's a learning process owning a car like this, especially when there aren't tons of shops capable of working on them.
02-26-2019, 06:40 PM
#32
Drifting
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: La Jolla, CA
Posts: 2,166
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The combination of the 993 idiosyncrasies and RL advice can make you nuts. Your oil level is fine don’t sweat it. My shop puts 10.5 qts in the 993 and 9.0 in the 997.2. These amounts seem to work best and may require a small OCD top up when checked hot. You’ve only begun to experience the 993’s essential weirdness my friend - ballast resistors, door pocket reinforcement kits, DME relays, immobilizer glitches, door lock actuator failures.......
02-26-2019, 06:41 PM
#33
Rennlist Member
02-26-2019, 06:57 PM
#34
Rennlist Member
I don't see any experts on this thread, but I do see some that think they are....................
All posters merely wrote their opinions, some more fully informed with facts than others.
Cheers
Craig
02-26-2019, 07:44 PM
#36
RL Community Team
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
Twilightblue, Makin' friends and influencing people I see.
02-27-2019, 10:51 AM
#38
Three Wheelin'
Temp should sit half way when oil is up to Temp..... let it idle till it does. Takes a good while for all 12 quarts to heat up! Especially if you are in a colder climate. So as long as you are driving the oil level needle should be pegged at the bottom while driving then rise at idle at a light or stop sign. Overfill will burn off but SAI problems may be in your future if you continue overfilling.
1) The 993 oil thermostat opens at 181F.
2) The first single line on the oil temp gauge is 194F.
3) Assuming sufficient airflow to the oil cooler, the car is "up to Temp" once it hits 181F, before the first line, and certainly before "half way."
4) 9:00 on the gauge is probably 221F, 40F beyond when the car starts to cool itself. In fact, if it gets much hotter than 9:00, a (properly working) low speed oil cooler fan will kick on to force the temp back down.
Just trying to keep Rennlist accurate. Back to your regularly scheduled program.
02-27-2019, 11:32 AM
#39
Rennlist Member
Even though I sold my 993 and moved to a Cayman a couple of years ago, I still wander back over to the 993 board every now and then just to see what's going on. I had to grin when I came across an active thread on measuring oil level, yet I read every post just to see if anything has changed. It hasn't of course and the 993 crowd still has the best technical board on RL. Guess I'll wander back over to the Cayman board and see how the door decal poll is going.
03-01-2019, 06:46 PM
#40
Rennlist Member
