Can you put synthetic oil in a Porsche Boxster?
There have been many documented cases in which the addition of synthetic oil has caused an otherwise dry car to start leaking. If you own an older Boxster that doesn’t have fresh seals in the engine, I would stick to the non-synthetics.
Where is the oil filter on a Porsche Boxster?
Complementary Modification: The Boxster filter is a cartridge-type filter, which is contained within a plastic oil filter housing next to the bottom sump underneath the car. You will typically need the factory oil filter housing removal tool, or a comparable one in order to remove the housing.
How many pages are in the Porsche Boxster book?
This article is one in a series that have been released in conjunction with Wayne’s new book, 101 Performance Projects for Your Porsche Boxster. The book contains 312 pages of full color projects detailing everything from performance mods to changing your brake pads.
There have been many documented cases in which the addition of synthetic oil has caused an otherwise dry car to start leaking. If you own an older Boxster that doesn’t have fresh seals in the engine, I would stick to the non-synthetics.
Complementary Modification: The Boxster filter is a cartridge-type filter, which is contained within a plastic oil filter housing next to the bottom sump underneath the car. You will typically need the factory oil filter housing removal tool, or a comparable one in order to remove the housing.
What kind of fluid does a Porsche Boxster use?
This differential uses the same type of fluid as the manual transmission and must be checked and filled in addition to the automatic transmission fluid. On the automatic cars, there is no drain plug however, so the gear oil must be drained by loosening the outer differential cover (see Project 39 and Figure 5).
How to empty the differential in a Porsche Boxster?
The green arrows point to the differential cover bolts that need to be removed in order to loosen the cover and drain the differential gear oil. If you can’t empty the differential by simply loosening the cover bolts, then you need to remove the center bolt and pull out the stub axle. The red arrow points to the fill plug.