docwyte

Got everything for an oil change and got it done today. Extremely straight forward, took me longer to remove the bellypans than anything else.

There are two drain plugs in the sump, a lower one closer to the nose of the car and another one up on the back part of the pan closer to the rear of the car.

I initially dropped the lower plug and let it all drain. I know a lot of people don't touch the other plug but I was curious so I pulled it too. Glad I did! I easily got 1/2-1 quart more oil out of the sump.

So if you're doing this yourself, do yourself a favor and pull both plugs....

hahnmgh63

Don't know why somebody would pull one plug and not the other. The shop manual calls for draining both. I replaced both plugs with magnetic plugs from ECS tuning too.

mrtoro

Hi Doc. Where did you source the parts and oil? I need to do mine as well. Also got the rebuild kit for air suspension compressor. We need to organize that PiG day at your garage

docwyte

Beats me why you wouldn't take out both plugs. Just found that many people here mentioned that they don't. Definitely need to tho...

I bought a bunch of filters from ECS and got the oil from the local auto parts store...

I'm happy to do a garage day...

westsiderkg

Mind posting a pic of the two plugs?

docwyte

Have the car buttoned back up again. I'm sure if you search you can find a pic of it. I plan on doing the bypass pipes this weekend and have to remove the belly pans again for that, I'll try to get a pic then.

hahnmgh63

https://rennlist.com/forums/porsche-...-08s-4-8l.html

docwyte

Thanks for the link, although that thread kinda proves my point. Someone in that thread says not to bother with removing the 2nd drain plug...

hahnmgh63

Corrected, here you go for the proper link:
http://www.renntech.org/forums/topic...iy-oil-change/