PDK Oil Change for Porsche 981 Cayman | Know Your Porsche | Ep.05 

UPDATE: The Blackstone Labs transmission oil analysis came back on the OE Porsche fluid on my 991, so I wanted to share it with the Porsche community. With 49,000 miles on the oil, the SUS viscosity @ 210 F was 48.0 (should be between 43 - 51), the cSt Viscosity @ 100 C was 6.67 (should be between 5.1 - 7.9) and flashpoint looked good at 395 F (should be greater than 335 F). However, there was iron in the oil, which is apparently normal as the PDK wears down (gears, bearings, shafts, some cases and clutch plates). Long story short, you can probably run the oil longer without any issues, but you might risk having the iron particles build up too much and cause issues. According to the analysis, these iron particles start showing up more after 29,000 miles.

Thanks for the video. I changed the PDK fluid on my 2014 991 at 49000 miles and was shocked how dirty the fluid and filter were. Since I was the second owner, I wanted the peace of mind of having this done and to help reduce the chances of a future PDK problem. I actually sent out the old oil for an analysis, but the results haven’t come back yet. Thanks again for the video.

thank you!

Great video about a topic not covered enough. I’m about to spec a new Cayman with my dealer. When I do take delivery of it, I will certainly change the PDK oil every 25,000 miles. Maybe even every 20,000 miles. Thank you for the video!

Beautiful car 🚙

What is your engine oil change interval? 5,000 miles? The scheduled 10,000 miles? Also, I love that you’re a watch guy. Very nice! Thank you

Thanks for the video and great work. I have a 2019 718 Boxster S and thinking of doing this soon even I'm still under 40K miles. QUESTION: So you only changed the filter in the oil pan and not the whole oil pan? Is that correct? How do you do that? Isn't it potentially dangerous? Has anybody had issues doing it that way? Also, have you ever replaced the plastic oil pan with a reusable Metal one, just replace the filter type? Some people have told me this is not a good idea. I've seem some plastic oil pans online from $50 to $500, any thoughts on the quality of any of the cheaper ones? What type of trans oil do you recommend, just Pentosin, or do you think Liqui Moly or Motul are better? Have you heard of their being a rear wheel alignment required after doing the trans service? Finally, what do you think about Liqui Moly products like the engine oil, or the Ceratec or the Pro Line Engine Flush, or any other products you can think of? Thanks a million and keep up the great work.

It it noteworthy to point out the the new PDK filter unit needs to be screwed onto and torqued in a specific sequence and with specific torque settings. Also the temperature of the PDK fluid needs to be within a specific temperature window.....

What about placing a magnet in the oil? If there any metal pieces, the magnet should pick them up.

I recently bought a 2016 Cayman PDK with a little over 860 miles. Do you have any maintenance recommendations I need to do since it has been sitting all these years?

Hi bro where in malaysia u suggest to buy parts of cayman? Thanks

how about tiptronic oil change

Doesn't Porsche recommend 1. PDK clutch oil what you did in the video at 6 years? 2. PDK transmission oil at 12 years? What you showed at 12yr was the PDK transmission oil but actually changed the PDK clutch right? I'm just trying to get clarification.

Hey Adrian, notice that there are two types of PDK oil. PDK Transmission gear oil and PDK clutch oil. Did you service both? Btw where is this workshop?

So the same people that service those cars are working on your Porsche?

such low milage, used car carlist or direct seller? curios hahah

25k km mileage. seems too good to be true. either someone tampered with the mileage or the previous owner 6 days out in a week dapao inside garage.