[DeltaHotel]

Greetings all, and forgive me in advance if my question is obvious, but the Boxster platform is new to me, so still sorting this out. Purchased a 2010 Boxster just recently, and want to change the oil. I already had a 74mm 14 flute wrench that would fit a 2007 (owned previously, but only for a brief while -- sadly was lost in accident so this 2010 is the replacement).

So I did a bit of research online and discovered that the 2010 should need a different oil filter wrench (and a different filter). But before purchasing, I went under the car and found my old wrench fit perfectly. The numbers on the oil filter housing I find in my 2010 are:

Part # 996.107.120.54

Very odd, because this appears to be the housing that would have been used on the first revision of the 987 (1996 to 2008).

So I'm concerned that I am finding this on a 2010. If these housings are threaded the same, I suppose it's possible that someone would have fitted the wrong housing after having broken the factory housing. I cannot imagine why this would be done (unless it was a service facility and they just happen to have the earlier housing on hand). But back to which filter element I need to buy... would a newer (2010) filter even work with the older housing? The specs on the 2010 filter are a full 1" longer than the 2008 and prior version.

I suppose I must drain the oil and pull it to inspect, but I wanted to order a filter and have it ready before starting.

Anyone here seen this, or can someone perhaps measure the housing length on their 2009-2012 Std 2.7L ?