Originally Posted by devtec

Hi all,

Yes, yet another oil change thread for the 991.2! But I wouldn't post this unless I thought it was truly useful.

First, many thanks to those who already created videos on this. I would never have tried without you!

However, there were a few things I always questioned, and have seen propagated in the forums and videos. I always felt that the techniques presented were a bit overly complicated, and had to believe there was a more elegant way of doing this job. I wondered, did Porsche techs really go through all these steps? (Prying out the plastic frame from the trapezoidal air inlet duct everytime? Prying off all those clips... everytime? This just did not seem possible to me in terms of design and durability.)

So without further ado, I hope this helps:

https://youtu.be/CyFFrhNQybI


To summarize:

• No need to remove plastic frame from accordion portion of air inlet duct.

• No need to pry off all the fragile plastic mounting clips (except for one).
  • The first time I did this job, the heftier clips (composed of a Christmas tree and mounting post guide) broke despite being ultra careful.
  • I doubt they would stand up to repeated prying.
  • They have been impossible to find to replace (if anyone knows a part number, please let me know!!).
  • Lastly, prying them out is not even how they work!! You can simple depress a tab and slide the wiring harness housing off the rail portion of the mount.

• The right fan and air inlet duct can be removed as a single unit and swung out of the way.
  • In fact, you may not even have to unmount the left fan as there may be room enough to pop off and slide out the air inlet duct.

A few more tips:

• Place a dab of silicone lubricant in all press fit rubber grommet mounts.
  • Engine cover (8 mounting points [4 on each fan])
  • Fans (3 mounting points per fan)
  • Air Inlet Duct (2 mounting points)
  • 

• This is key, because it will ease removal of all these parts on subsequent oil changes.
• This first time I did this, the tabs within the rubber grommets were so stuck, the engine cover would absolutely not come out. Lifting up on the engine cover actually led to it separating from itself and getting destroyed!
• 
• German engineering at its finest. This cover is fragile and can easily separate. Do not force.
  
  Hasta la vista baby. $239 down the drain, and the thrill of saving money on my first oil change up in smoke.

• Getting this funnel really helps keep things neat
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  Orient in this way to get all the oil out. Why such a detail? You need to make sure your count remains accurate in how much oil you are adding in order to avoid overfilling.

Thanks to all on rennlist. Hope these pointers help!



UPDATE:

Ok guys,

Was thinking about this more, and just had to confirm.

THERE ARE NO CLIPS TO REMOVE AT ALL.

EVERYTHING FOLDS OUT OF THE WAY.

You don't even have to unmount the left fan.

1. Raise spoiler and pull off engine cover.
2. Unmount right fan.
3. Disengage air duct inlet.
4. Unclip release cable from air duct inlet.
5. Pull up and fold both air inlet duct and fan over, granting access to the oil filter.




Air duct inlet and right fan folded over and out of the way. No wires unhooked, no clips removed. There’s just enough slack in the wiring to do the fold over shown above.




Oil filter easily accessible.


Makes so much more sense this way, has to be how the Porsche techs do it.

Enjoy your next oil change.