At what intervals does everyone change their oil. I do not expect to wait until 20,000 miles as mentioned by the dealer. I will have pics of my new C2 soon.



2007 C2 Atlas Gray
2006 Infinity QX56
2002 Donzi 29ZFC (2) Honda 225hp

 

It's interesting that Porsche, who has nothing to gain by telling you 20,000, and much to gain by saying less (more service money for sooner oil changes). I think my plan will be once a year or every 10k whichever comes first. I expect to put on 7-8k a year (our season is short here in CT), so right before putting her to bed for the winter, change the oil.

 

I do mine 1 time a year. I put about 5k a year on my car.

 

I will take my car in at 20,000 miles. That will also be the first oil change.

 

Changed mine at 6,000

 

It will be +/-7500 for me...

 

I think once-a-year is a reasonable service interval for those of us not doing 20k a year.
I drove about 8000 miles in my first year; probably will do the same or slightly less the second year.
I just could not leave the original oil in the car for more than two years no matter what Porsche said.

 

Oil change after a 2,000 mile break-in, then every 5,000 miles after that:

2,000
7,000
12,000
17,000

First official service will be next week at 22,000 miles.

 

Although I commend the 2000 mile post break-in change, I think every 5000 thereafter for synthetic Mobil One is not necessary; 7500-10,000 would be just fine and still exceed the mfr's recommendations.

 

With Mobil 1 anything earlier than 12 months or 10,000 miles would be simply money tossed down the drain. We writeherein about out concern with Porsche honoring their warranty on engines yet they only expect an oil service at 20,000 miles (generally). I did mine at about 6500 miles and it really didn't need it,--but it was interesting to see what things looked like. One of the problems with no dip-stick is that we can't really even LOOK at our oil during it's service life. Only when we drain it can we evaluate it.

Just keep good records. I maintain a diary - log book on all my cars and I record every liter of oil, every oz of coolant, and every gallon of fuel I put into the car, with the date. Of course, I record every part that has been replaced or modification that has been made, with mileage and date.

 

On the service manual it says every 15k miles and on the catalog it says 20k so I think i'm going to bring it in somewhere right in between this week, I have 16k miles.

 

Once a year, I would think. 20k does seem like a long time, but synth oil changes the game dramatically. I've put 6.5k on my 997 in the first year; I'm expecting to do at least twice that this year, soooo... in to the dealer next month for 1st change at about 7,000 miles...

 

First oil change at 6,500 miles. Highly certified Porsche mechanic suggested oil change intervals every 7,500 miles are the way to go for the 997 S.

 

Just to toss this in. Peter Smith at the PCA site, says cut the Porsche recommendation in half, i.e. 10K miles between changes. There are several tech Q&A's on this on the PCA site

http://www.pca.org/tech/tech_qa.asp

 

2 years or 20k miles, which ever comes first