Orange_Crush

Hello all...new to the forum. I'm not a Porsche owner, but my Dad owns a Cayenne S. Anyway, being "the good son" I have offered to change my dad's oil for him (we're a family of gearheads who see taking your car to the dealer for an oil change as a sign of weakness ). In any case, I have crawled over and under that car looking for an oil filter and am becoming increasingly convinced that some sadistic engineer in Stuttgart has it in for me.

In any case, could somebody tell me where the oil filter is hidden on this thing?

BTW, I do like the truck a lot!

Renn 951

The filter is on the bottom at the front of the engine compartment. When you remove the plastic shields on the bottom to get to the oil drain plugs you will see the filter housing right up front.

mudman2

There are 2 drain plugs make sure you find both

Orange_Crush

Thank you for your help.

How much does the Porsche dealer charger to perform this task anyway?

I've gotten some good info by browsing some old threads on this site (probably should've done that before posting huh?) and from Renntech.org. I'll probably be attempting this oil change sometime this week.

Being a classic Mopar guy, this faincy shmaincy euro stuff is totally foreign (heh) to me. Actually, not really since I also have a V-12 Jag E-type.

Hopefully, I'll be able to add a 911 to my stable before too long.

skl

Same filter as the 996 with the rubber gasket- pictures and DIY at renntech.org . Just did it on my S and not that tough. Just have to remove two panels to gain access- two drain plugs with 8mm allen.

hamiam

how long did it take you to do?

philg3

Orange, I'm with you; I try to do as much as possible myself. It took me about two hours -- next time I could probably slice 30 minutes off. It is getting to be a challenge to figure these things out as my wife's last two Mercedes had the oil filter hidden under the air filter, and I couldn't find any dip stick on her new E500 -- discovered that if you push the right buttons on the steering wheel, there is an electronic dip stick. My 996 had an electronic dip stick, and I liked it; surprised there isn't one on the Cayenne or is there?

ajauch

Yeah. My Boxster has one also. That car is about half the price of my TT. Wazzup with that?

One thing I noticed (the hard way) is that the Cayenne does have a very sensitive check oil function. I just started up the Cay and the check oil light came on. It scared the crap out of me and I turned the engine off. After checking the dipstick, I was about a quart low. Not a good thing but not exactly dire either. One quart of Mobil 1 and the CT was happy again.

Perhaps this is P-Car's new and improved version? Just comes on when you're a quart low??

Alex

philg3

What's great about the electronic dip stick in the 996 is that it comes on every time after refueling. Great inovation IMO.

Orange_Crush

Well, My Dad's LS400 has the deal with the massive plastic cover under the engine so I'm at least used to that. I'm gonna give it a shot this weekend and see how it goes. I have to buy the crush washers and, hopefully, I'll be able to knock it out in less that 2 hours. One of the guys on the Mopar board I frequent has a Cayenne as well and he said that after laying on the ground under his Cayenne for 20 minutes contemplating the situation, he felt that it would be prudent to just have the dealer do it. At 96 bucks an hour labor rate (plus the 60 bucks the oil will cost me), I don't think I want to take that approach. Besides, my dad will pinch a penny until Lincoln screams.

Couple this with the fact that my dad will not let any of his vehicles go over 5,000 miles without an oil change...no matter what is in the crankcase...and things could get pricey.

I used to own a euro spec '85 Mercedes 500SE and I used to run into this same type of thing (250.00 plug wire sets, 500 dollar brake jobs, etc.) I learned the hard way that I had to learn to work on it myself or sell the car (which I really liked).

I still want an older 911 though

Renn 951

Anyone got the torque spec for the drain plugs?

Renn 951

Here's a pic showing the oil filter housing up front. You can also see the drain plug for the lower sump.


And here's a pic looking from the back toward the front, showing both drain plugs.

JohnnyBahamas

37 ft. lb. on the plugs.

19 ft. lb. on the filter housing.

Renn 951

Thanks, Johnny!!

426H

Once you get beneath those panels I'm sure you will find you way. Classic mopars and modern P-cars is not that different after all..!?