changed the gear oil in 987.1,a noticable diff!!

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by san rensho

Jeff. I just bought 3 litres of 999.917.546.00. Is this the correct part no for a 2000 5 spd transmission and if not, is there a litre spec for the correct oil.

Thanks.

No, that is a six speed oil. The Burmah product for the five speed (N 052 911 C0) in a 20 liter drum. I do not know what part number they put on it in one liter containers.

[san rensho]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

No, that is a six speed oil. The Burmah product for the five speed (N 052 911 C0) in a 20 liter drum. I do not know what part number they put on it in one liter containers.

Do you know of a source where I can buy litres of the correct oil?

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by san rensho

Do you know of a source where I can buy litres of the correct oil?

You need to contact dealers as only some of them repackage it into liter bottles. Try giving Sunset Porsche in OR a call, they used to do it, but I do not know if they still do.

[san rensho]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

You need to contact dealers as only some of them repackage it into liter bottles. Try giving Sunset Porsche in OR a call, they used to do it, but I do not know if they still do.

If i cant get the right oil from porsche, is there another brand of oil that is close to the posche oil.

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by san rensho

If i cant get the right oil from porsche, is there another brand of oil that is close to the posche oil.

Because of the rather unique nature of the five speed oil, that is a difficult question to answer. I can say that we have seen people try a lot of other products, only to return to the Porsche fluid.

[losblancos]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

Because of the rather unique nature of the five speed oil, that is a difficult question to answer. I can say that we have seen people try a lot of other products, only to return to the Porsche fluid.

Sorry to bump an old thread... does anyone know offhand if this is the same for a five-speed 987.1 (an '07 Boxster base)? I'm having a lot of trouble finding this stuff!

[losblancos]

Originally Posted by losblancos

Sorry to bump an old thread... does anyone know offhand if this is the same for a five-speed 987.1 (an '07 Boxster base)? I'm having a lot of trouble finding this stuff!

Just to follow up on this in case it helps anyone in the future, see here:

https://www.renntech.org/topic/55613-whats-the-correct-gear-oil-for-the-5-speed-manual-transaxle/#comment-315433

I think the correct part no. is 000-043-305-00. This shows on some sites as superseding some 986 part nos., so I think it might be the correct fluid for 986s as well.

[san rensho]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

You need to contact dealers as only some of them repackage it into liter bottles. Try giving Sunset Porsche in OR a call, they used to do it, but I do not know if they still do.

You were right. Sunset has it. Expensive shipping but at least its the right stuff.

[PorscheFan5]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

No, that is a six speed oil. The Burmah product for the five speed (N 052 911 C0) in a 20 liter drum. I do not know what part number they put on it in one liter containers.

JFP in PA,

So the question is what is the Porsche PN for "The Burmah product for the five speed (N 052 911 C0)"? When I called Sunset Porsche yesterday they were ordering the 999.917.546.00...Then I saw this post and I called back today and spoke to Jessie. I am glad I did

He researched and said that there is a new PN that supercedes N 052 911 C0 and that is 000 043 304 71. This is available in 20 liter containers (exactly how JFP described) however he said they can pour it into 1 liter containers and ship it to me. I ordered 3 liters. Price $26.98 per liter!

Hope that helps other people with 5 spd Tx...