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Old 03-27-2021, 08:17 PM   #6
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Changing the oil for the first time in my 2001 Boxster 2.7 and I’m seeing all types of varying answers for what oil do I figured I’d narrow it down to the climate I live in. It’s going to be April now so temps below 30 probably aren’t likely until atleast November so I have like 7 months till then and I do plan on driving this car year round but will possibly put 5k miles on it till winter when I may have to change it again. For my area do you guys suggest 0w40 Mobil 1 or 5w40. I’ve used 0w40 in the past on my Mercedes
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Originally Posted by Starter986 View Post
Just. Plain. No.
Yep, and gosh never thought I'd say this but... I'm w Starter...

you're better off at this point not disturbing the 21+ year old oil and should just leave original stuff in there. I mean it's made it this far why mess with success.

Good luck ;-)
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