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Originally Posted by morgal48
Learned yesterday that those billet Al drain plugs don't survive 37 lb/ft of torque should one not seat the 8mm hex driver properly. The head of that thing will shear right off. With nine quarts of fresh DT40 leaking. Bought a new drain plug from Pelican - surprised that Suncoast was 50% higher for same part. Did not consider my local Porsche Palace as a vendor. Best news of the day was no bright shiny stuff in the folds of the oil filter.
Found that the previous owner had transmission oil changed when the IMS, RMS and clutch were done. The line item price for the 75W-90 they used was $15. Hoping that the 10X price of the Porsche brand improves notching shifting when cold.
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You need to be aware that along with selling the factory parts, Pelican also features aftermarket substitutes, usually at a lower price to catch the shopper's eye. If you want to always get the real factory parts, and at substantially discounted price, try shopping on Sunset Porsche's web site. Sunset has has historically been the lowest priced source of the real items.
As for the gear oil, Porsche has use a unique spec full synthetic lube in their gear boxes. While some have had limited success with aftermarket lubes, we find that many lead to problems including problematic shifting in the cold, while the original product does not. Over the years, we have literally lost count of how many gear oil changes we have had to make for customers that switched to the aftermarket, only to find shifting issues when the weather turned cold. When switched back to the factory lube, the problems disappeared. So while the lube may cost a bit more, it does work.