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It is a real faff, and you need a Porsche tester to read the ATF temperature while filling With the engine running.
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The service schedule says it should be changed at 96,000 miles, but I would suggest that it would benefit from a change earlier than that.
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seeing as I am new to the world of porsche and tiptronic on my c4s do you change the oil in a tiptronic box ?
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The 3.6 996 uses a Mercedes transmission, which is different to the ZF unit on the 986 and 996.1.
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seeing as I am new to the world of porsche and tiptronic on my c4s do you change the oil in a tiptronic box ? . If someone could please enlighten me[s2]
It is a real faff, and you need a Porsche tester to read the ATF temperature while filling With the engine running. To be honest, unless you have the tester and a car lift or pit, you are probably best getting a specialist on the job. The service schedule says it should be changed at 96,000 miles, but I would suggest that it would benefit from a change earlier than that. I did mine at about 60,000 and the fluid was as black as your hat. You can only drain about half the ATF because you can't drain the torque converter, which holds a lot.
Just for comparison, my daughter has just bought an Audi A5 Multitronic, and Audi specify ATF changes at 38,000 mile intervals on their auto boxes.
Interestingly Wheeler Dealers did a Porsche Boxster with a tip box that was playing up and they showed the whole process of servicing it in some detail, in a way that could perhaps be attempted by a DIY'er - but of course they have a ramp, and as Richard said the top up procedure to get the level right needs some patience working under the car...!
Roughly 13 mins in to the program shows you the process
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSwarN28oos
Did they change the filter for that price also. If so very cheap I am going to give it a go myself just purchased infra temp finder. The link that juliusf sent was fantastic will keep you all posted
The 3.6 996 uses a Mercedes transmission, which is different to the ZF unit on the 986 and 996.1.
Drop me a PM with your email address, and I'll send you the instructions from the manual.
