Right now the team at Rennen Autohaus is running a sale on all things Fabspeed… This covers everything from their air-cooled dual exit high-flow muffler systems right up to the current, state of the art valvetronic 997 systems.  Even the 997tt.2 Systems are included and they are on the shelf ready to go… Call or eMail (jeremynydegger@gmail.com) for a quote today.  You’ll be pleasantly surprised by the savings!

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The pictures provided will be on the lift, however this can easily be done on the ground with jack-stands.

First, start off by making sure the motor is warm and up to operating temp.  This will insure the maximum amount possible of old oil is drained from the motor.  You’ll want to start with pulling the drain plug as you would with any other car:

This is a 5/16 Hex Bit.  Remove and discard the crush seal, clean and set aside.  Word of caution… the oil will quite literally shoot out of the pan at first and WILL BE HOT.  I always wear gloves as there’s pretty much no way to keep it off your hands unless you don’t mind drenching your tools.  Let the car drain for about 20 minutes or so.  You’ll want to be sure and have a large enough container to collect the oil, keep in mind you’ve got 9 quarts coming your way.

After the motor has had sufficient time to drain, replace your crush seal and torque the drain plug down to 37 ft/lbs.  Next, move onto the filter…

Remove with your filter wrench of choice and replace the filter unit and rubber seal that will be included with your filter kit.  Make sure to always replace this seal as constant heating and cooling can cause it to fatigue over time even if it appears 100% from the outside.  Simply place your filter in the housing, fill with fresh mobil 1 (or the oil of your choice) and move topside.

From here the process is pretty straight forward… I fill with 8 qts of mobile 1 being sure to check the dipstick that the N/A 911 motors are so kind to provide us with, replace the cap and start the motor for about 20 seconds.  I then move back to the bay and fill with the 9th and final qt.  It’s always a good practice to check the dipstick numerous times in case you went too fast and left a drain-plug loose, or the filter loose.  Doing your own oil change but pouring the oil straight in the top and out the bottom will NOT save you money!

Your 911 is also equipped with a gauge in the cab to keep an eye on both oil pressure and amount.  It’s the nature of a flat boxer motor to use a little bit of oil so always keep an eye on your level throughout normal operating conditions.  As always you are doing this oil change at your own risk and I hold no accountability… That said, it’s quite easy and can be tackled by the home mechanic even on a complex motor such as your 3.4 or 3.6 liter Porsche mill.  Thanks for taking a look and feel free to ask any questions, as always if you’ve found this tutorial helpful and would like to donate any small amount please send paypal donations to kuhawk@excite.com which allows me to keep posting these up.  Wrench on!

The winter season has finally wrapped up and ended with a number of exhaust installs, Xenon headlight conversions, Navigation Head-Unit installations, Turbo Up-Grades and more in addition to the usual service and maintenance of some of Johnson County’s most impressive vehicles.  Call or email today for an appointment to get a quote on service or tuning and thanks for stopping by.

In order to do this there are a number of screws to remove in each wheel-well, as well as above and below the bumper.  After that you’ll need to remove the head lights using the Porsche supplied tool (or a deep socket) and there are a pair of securing tabs that will need to be depressed as the bumper is slid out-of-place.  It’s best to use a friend at this point to be safe as the front bumper is quite heavy and it’s a handful to depress the tabs, support the bumper and coax it out-of-place all while not scratching anything.

After the bumper is removed it’s a simple 2 minute job, unscrew the old horns and unplug then reverse the process to put everything back together.

This truck is running Fabspeed’s complete exhaust and Cat By-pass system so I’m not sure why the horns are even needed… If he want’s attention it’s a simple matter of the pedal on the right!

To get a good look at what’s going on with your wing it’s best to pull everything off the car and evaluate the system on the bench.  In this instance I had two of the four common problems going on, one car had leaked nearly ALL of its hydrulic fluid out and would need to be re-filled and the other car had bad microswitches.  While I had both systems apart I went ahead and tightened up all fittings, replaced crush seals where needed and topped off both systems.  I also made sure the fastening screw on each system’s worm-gear was as tight as possible as these have a tendency to work themselves loose over time.  There’s a circlip which holds each canister’s sleeve you’ll need to be weary of when taking the system apart as it can come off with a lot of force and you’ll also need a special tool for turning the mechanism which holds the wing in place on the car (it can be done without this wrench but you run the risk of scratching the deck without it), the tool is quite inexpensive and worth buying – Contact Nello at Maxspeed-motorsports as I believe he carries them under 20 dollars.

In the case of these two turbos we were able to save over $2,000 by repairing, instead of replacing the hydraulic systems.  Once you have a general understanding of what makes the wing work its a fairly simple, closed hydraulic circuit and can/should be serviced regularly.  If you’re getting that dreaded beep and warning light every time your spoiler attempts to go up stop by Rennen today and we’ll be happy to get it repaired.