Remove oil pan - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

mptoledo · 08-09-2009, 07:10 PM

I should have prefaced this: This is my opinion after weeks of research.

stay away from 10w30, a lot of experts say stay away from mobil. I was also warned against Highmilage as boxsters don't need them. I used castro syntec 10W40 and I did a lot of research and found nothing bad about castrol syntec 10w40. autozone has it with a free filter for 27.99 a gallon. I have a 2001 "s" 61k miles I got the filter for my mountaineer. Use a napa gold filter for boxster.

Viper5 · 08-10-2009, 05:37 AM

According to my service manual, both the drain plug and filter have o-rings that need to be replaced every change. Anyone know anything about this?

Also is the napa goldfilter a good substitue for oem filter and does it come with the ring if I do in fact need one?

Lil bastard · 08-10-2009, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Viper5

According to my service manual, both the drain plug and filter have o-rings that need to be replaced every change. Anyone know anything about this?

Also is the napa goldfilter a good substitue for oem filter and does it come with the ring if I do in fact need one?

The oil filter canister requires an 'o' ring and the drain plug uses an aluminum crush washer. Both s/b replaced when doing an oil change.

I believe that NAPA's filter cartridge comes w/ an 'O' ring, but not certain. Be sure this is the cartridge type filter and not the spin-on some people have now converted to, but you see referred to here.

mptoledo · 08-10-2009, 10:43 AM

Yep the napa comes with an "O" ring. Napa had it there by 8am the next morning. I have an extra K&N filter laying around after I was advised to use the Napa gold as it was better contructed, had more surface area and provided superior oil flow. I will try to find the part number but I just went into napa and the looked it up.

JFP in PA · 08-10-2009, 11:53 AM

The NAPA Gold cartridge filter is a 7211............it is better made with ridged plastic end caps that surround the filter media and forms a better seal to the engine (unlike the OEM that has glued on treated paper end caps), has more filter media area and a smaller micron pore size as well. If you go online to www.Fleetfilter.com, you can also get them at a great price as well (Fleetfilter adds a “5” to the number so it becomes 57211)……………..

Viper5 · 08-10-2009, 02:32 PM

Today I worked on the car. First I drained the oil. The piece did not come out. Next I removed the pan. Pretty easy. Mine used 10mm bolts. Afterwards I pried it open on that special location with a hammer. Looked inside and piece was NOT there. Tomorrow Im going to try and pick up another dipstick. Maybe it's still in the tube. If pushing through the tube doesn't prove to work, I am just going to forget about it. The only explanation I have now is that maybe it got sucked up however unlikely. I briefly (15 seconds) turned the car for the sole purpose of moving it on the driveway. I highly doubt in those few seconds it got sucked up. Another issue I've run into is that mu fram 74-76 mm oil filler grip doesnt grip the filter strong enough. Never used one before but seems pretty self explanatory and don't know why it doesn't work.

Are k&n filters good? I get one free with purchase of 5qts castrol syntec at autozone

mptoledo · 08-10-2009, 02:37 PM

I picked up a "b" oil cap cup wrench removal tool from autozone. It was like 6 bucks. be carefull with the porsche screw on filter housing. you should never use anything but the bottom socket "b" cup wrench. It fits on the bottom of your filter and you use a socket or torque to loosen and tighten it.

I have a k&N filter but opted for the napa gold as it was highly recommended.

Paul · 08-10-2009, 06:42 PM

It also works on 944 filters....or is it a 944 filter tool works on a Boxster....