Help - '02 S Manual Transmission Oil Change

[barkinfool]

Update: Removed the aluminum brace & that made access a lot easier for even better leverage - thanks for that J.fro. I tried with all my might to get it to break free & it just would not do it. I guess i'm now going to have to go acquire some additional tools to get this free. Thanks again for suggestions & if anyone has any others, please post. Thanks.

[The Radium King]

101projects shows a 5-speed; you have a 6; different beasts.

mine came out easy, but i am strong like bull.

just in case, don't drain your xmission until you are certain you can get the fill plug out!

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by The Radium King

101projects shows a 5-speed; you have a 6; different beasts.

mine came out easy, but i am strong like bull.

just in case, don't drain your xmission until you are certain you can get the fill plug out!

Agree with this (though I can't attest one way or the other on the "strong like bull" statement!).

Mine's a 6-speed, and I was using 101 Projects---I was confused for awhile as well.

At a minimum (while you're devising new approaches to the problem), once or twice a day spray a little more PB Blaster on the fill plug. In this kind of situation I've also, following the spraying, tapped the plug lightly with a small ball peen hammer, at various points around the perimeter. Don't get carried away---light taps only. In my experience, this will sometimes encourage penetration down the threads and help loosen things up.

[kls]

You might also try Kano Kroil. It's hard to find but it will sometimes penetrate better than PB Blaster.

[ProjectM96]

I noticed you said low mileage Boxster.

My owners manual says to replace transmission fluid every 90,000 miles for manual transmission Boxsters. I am at 91,000 miles and I have not done it yet because I have been busy, but I plan to do it very soon.

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by kls

You might also try Kano Kroil. It's hard to find but it will sometimes penetrate better than PB Blaster.

Hadn't heard of that stuff...interesting. Got me to looking around, and I found this:

Better than PB blaster and Kano Kroil

HAVE NOT TRIED any of these combos personally, so I can't say if they work or not. They're just...interesting.

[Bala]

not sure how long is your leverage tool. try using a long pipe so you can apply more torque with the same muscles! Sometimes it needs that. Might help if someone else holds the bit into the plug hole so it doesnt slip.

[barkinfool]

Update: Thank you all for your help -- success! Took a while but couldn't have done it without your suggestions. I'll summarize to perhaps help another.

Bought a flat punch and a breaker bar, as well as a pipe to further extend leverage but the pipe didn't turn out to be necessary. I actually bought an assortment of punch tools in case I would need to put in an indent as suggested, but extras weren't needed either (at least this time).


Had room to tap the punch in the center (after applying more PB penetrating oil), then used breaker bar with my hex socket & after a mighty pull, was able to remove with just a few skinned knuckles. It was a pretty sudden & violent release, but no real harm.

After that, was able to change oil without incident, but lots of hours in total to get to that point.

Project, yes it is true that Porsche doesn't suggest changing at the interval of 30K, but Wayne's book suggests every 30k/2yrs is preferred in his view, & since I was at year 11, it was time for the change me thinks. There oil was fairly dirty, with some small bits of metal, so I'm glad I changed it.

TRK, I'm sure you are strong like bull, but i'm telling you this was a :troll:. Yes, I knew the 6 speed is different than the 5 speed, but Wayne's 6 speed photo turns out to be from a 996 & that 6 speed case turns out to be a different animal than the Boxster 6 speed case - which I didn't suspect...

Thanks again everyone!

[Jager]

Originally Posted by The Radium King

101projects shows a 5-speed; you have a 6; different beasts.

My thought is that the 101 Projects picture is showing a 911 transmission... That does not look like my 5-speed.