60,000 mile service

[dallison]

belt, plugs, air/cabin filters, oil, check brakes, coolant and brake fluid flush. Check tires for wear. Take a wrench to the suspension to make sure all is tight.
Check cv boots for cracks/tears. possible aos, a couple other things i am forgetting.

[dallison]

oh yeah, remove front bumper to remove all the **************** in the radiators.

[Adam]

Dallison, they wouldn't flush the coolant unless they are specifically asked to because Porsche considers the coolant to be good for the life of the car. To the OP, I would either take it to an indy shop or buy a Bently manual and DIY. The dealership royally screws you on any kind of maintence.

[dallison]

Originally Posted by Adam

Dallison, they wouldn't flush the coolant unless they are specifically asked to because Porsche considers the coolant to be good for the life of the car. To the OP, I would either take it to an indy shop or buy a Bently manual and DIY. The dealership royally screws you on any kind of maintence.

i understand that they claim that it's lifetime fluid, But the acidity will always change and should be considered. The coolant in my wife's 4runner was never changed and at 110k the trans fluid and the coolant decided to make a strawberry milkshake. I replaced the radiator and ran about 20 qts of trans fluid thru the trans to get it acceptable to take to the dealer.

so after dealing with that, i flush each of the vehicles at regular intervals.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by dallison

i understand that they claim that it's lifetime fluid, But the acidity will always change and should be considered. The coolant in my wife's 4runner was never changed and at 110k the trans fluid and the coolant decided to make a strawberry milkshake. I replaced the radiator and ran about 20 qts of trans fluid thru the trans to get it acceptable to take to the dealer.

so after dealing with that, i flush each of the vehicles at regular intervals.

Totally agree. I'm not saying don't ever flush the coolant or at least keep on eye on the color and level. I'm just saying the P-car dealer will only do what's on the list Pedro posted up (if your're lucky) and they don't consider coolant flush necessary. I for one would never take my car to a P-car dealership for maintence anyway, I'm just saying.

[Perfectlap]

coolant for the life of the car? no kidding... I'm scheduled to do mine this week.
Seems weird that you wouldn't change the coolant on a ten year old car.
Should I skip it? I'm also flushing the brakes which feel a little squishy/noisy, front rotors and pads not far off.

recent maintenanace
1-air filter (I do this yearly)
2-oil (switched to Castrol Syntec 5-40 a year ago from M1)
3-02 sensors (all four, changed one two summers ago but kept getting CEL)
4-fuel filter
5-new Bosch wipers (pretty cool design)
6-Serpentine belt
7-cabin filter
8-CRC'd the MAF
9-Did spark plugs at 50K miles.

coming:
clutch, ims upgrade, rms, shocks and springs... rob bank.

[dallison]

Originally Posted by Adam

Totally agree. I'm not saying don't ever flush the coolant or at least keep on eye on the color and level. I'm just saying the P-car dealer will only do what's on the list Pedro posted up (if your're lucky) and they don't consider coolant flush necessary. I for one would never take my car to a P-car dealership for maintence anyway, I'm just saying.

lol, i wasn't looking for an arguement. i just realized that's how it may have come off.


From my past experience i have incorporated that into my schedule of maintenance.. :dance:

[jhandy]

One thing that was done to mine that is not listed above is to drop the oil pan and clean the sludge from the uptake tubing.