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Old Jul 19, 2011 | 11:47 AM
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How often are you changing your oil? I know porsche recomends 20k or every 2 years,but that seems too long. Btw i have a 09 Targa pdk. TIA.
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Old Jul 19, 2011 | 12:06 PM
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Yikes...it's a 20k recommendation now? My 996 is quite a bit older than your 997, but I do it every 5k...basically 2x per year. My oil analysis came back pristine showing I could go longer, but I prefer to over maintenance, especially with fluids and filters.
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Old Jul 19, 2011 | 12:18 PM
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I have it done every 5k. Small price to pay to have the car looked at by the techs on a regular basis.
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Originally Posted by gellie
How often are you changing your oil? I know porsche recomends 20k or every 2 years,but that seems too long. Btw i have a 09 Targa pdk. TIA.
The recommendation in the maintenance book for my '09 is 1 year or 10,000 miles, not 2/20. I don't put on 10K in a year so I change every 12 months.
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The recommendation in the maintenance book for my '09 is 1 year or 10,000 miles, not 2/20. I don't put on 10K in a year so I change every 12 months.
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+2, once a year, my 911 is not my daily driver so I get half of 10K if I'm lucky.
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My is my D/D and w/ Mobile 1 0-40W change at every 5K (as a matter of fact just did change this pas Sunday, myself and found what I thought was RMS leak..that's another story so won't digress). Next change plan to flip to 5-40W (Gastrol) and install LN Engineering magnet drain plug as well as their Spin on oil filter adapter. (Do search on OCD Oil change if your curious.)
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I drive 4-5K miles per year and change the oil at least once a year.
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Every 5k - easy to remember. I put about 8K/year as my DD.
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Each car gets about 5,000 miles per driving season. Oil is changed yearly prior to winter hibernation. Used oil analysis done by Blackstone Labs. All is good.
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Originally Posted by gellie
How often are you changing your oil? I know porsche recomends 20k or every 2 years,but that seems too long. Btw i have a 09 Targa pdk. TIA.
where are you seeing 2/20???
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Originally Posted by gellie
How often are you changing your oil? I know porsche recomends 20k or every 2 years,but that seems too long. Btw i have a 09 Targa pdk. TIA.
once a year or every 3 - 5k depening on how rough she was driven.
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My car doesn't have a dipstick so I assumed it doesn't have oil either. I was wondering why all those red lights and warning indicators were going off.
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