tomc66

I just traded in my 2011 911 for a 2018 Cayman. Do you access the oil filter and drain plug from under the car? What size wrench is used for the oil filter?

deilenberger

Cayman <> Cayenne. Moving your post to the Cayman forum.

extanker

2018? ....i would let the dealer sort out this dilemma before you void the warranty

tomc66

Changing the oil yourself does not effect the warranty.

Macster

Couple of ways to approach this. Visit the local Porsche dealer and talk to a service tech. I have found over the years they are pretty helpful. They can't make you a professional tech but they can help you do proper servicing.

Or at the dealer buy a spare oil filter housing and then take it to an autoparts store and try filter wrenches until you find one that fits.

Early in my Boxster ownership I bought a 2nd filter housing to have just in case the one on the engine got damaged.

What I'd do is use the other one -- it was clean of course -- and then the used one I'd clean up later and have ready to next time. So every time I changed the oil I alternated between the two housings.

At your favorite autoparts store ask if you can buy a number of different oil filter wrenches to try with the understanding you can bring the ones that don't fit back for a full credit.

You want to be sure you have all the necessary parts for an oil/filter service. Proper amount of oil. New filter element. If the housing requires o-ring(s) (and I think it does, at least the one on my Boxster and Turbo does) you want these. New oil drain plug *sealing* ring.

I bought a few spare sealing rings along with a spare oil drain plug to have just in case.

When I bought a new filter element at the Porsche dealer parts counter I'd get the element with the o-ring inside the box and a new sealing ring taped to the outside of the box.

The last I heard the DFI engines have a one hour drain time. The new Cayman (and Boxster) 4-cylinder engines I don't know what the drain time is for those engines. Ask the tech.

zedcat

You can get the oil filter wrench socket from Suncoast Parts. Also the filter kit.