Hey guys,
wondering if if someone out there on the planet-9 forums can help me with a somewhat random issue.
i have a 2010
boxster
(
987.2
with 2.9L engine). I ordered a maintence kit from
Suncoast
so I could change my oil myself as I had taken it to an independent shop the last time. During the oil change, I took off the oil filter housing and pulled out the old oil filter. I stuck the new filter in but had a hard time screwing the housing back on. I pulled out the new filter and compared it to the old one and noticed that the new (genuine
porsche
) oil filter was a full inch longer than the one that I just took out of my engine! I though, 'how is this possible??'... I contacted
suncoast
and they said that I definately had the correct part for my car so I'm thinking the independent shop I took my car to previously put in a smaller filter and screwed in a shorter filter housing. For comparisons sake, the new filter was shipped in a
porsche
labeled bag and is apparently made my
Mahle
. It was 5.5 inches long compared to the old filter which was 4.5 inches long. Anyone have an idea of what happened? I looked up images of filters and filter housings on
pelican parts
and noticed that they had the extra long filter hanging over the top of the housing. The old filter I had fit neatly in the housing without sticking out. Am I not shoving the filter up far enough? What could be going on here?
tl;dr: got new oil filter and it was longer than old filter. What gives?!
It could be that you haven't pushed the filter up all the way. It does take a little force - as long as you don't severely mash it, you won't hurt it.
Your indy likely used the wrong filter - maybe from a
986
. I don't know if the gen-1 uses the same filter as the 9A1 (gen 2) engines. BTW I use the
MAHLE
OX 366D Oil Filter from
Amazon
in my 2.9L.
I really doubt your indy switched the canisters just to use the wrong filter. If so - I'd never go back.
Waking this thread up from the dead (found it on a search), I just did the first oil change on my "new" 2009 base
Cayman
987.2
, and the used oil filter cartridge that came out (installed by a shop by the previous owner) was the shorter
986
/996/
987.1
oil filter cartridge:
Mahle OX1281
My new filter was:
Mahle OX366
which was a good bit taller, I didn't line them up side by side.
After researching the part numbers, I confirmed that I did have the correct filter, and that it just needed to be pushed up on the oil pickup tube a little more.
I believe the threads on the canisters may be different (LN sells two different spin adapters for M96/97 and 9A1, and it may be different in diameter since I believe there is a 2mm difference in the flutes for the oil filter wrenches for M96/97 ans 9A1.
I am getting a blackstone analysis on the oil, they said they can tell by looking at insolubles whether the oil was bypassing the smaller filter or not.
