First Oil Change
#1
First Oil Change
Its almost been a year so i scheduled my oil change for tomorrow at 10am, I'm getting a loner and was wondering how long does it usually take for them to do it, as well as what kind of loner do they typically give you.
#2
The loaner depends on the dealership and availability.
Cayman, Cayenne and Panamera's are normal. Sometimes you'll get a cheap Enterprise rental.
Oil change should take no more than 60 - 90 mins but prices are all over the place.
Cayman, Cayenne and Panamera's are normal. Sometimes you'll get a cheap Enterprise rental.
Oil change should take no more than 60 - 90 mins but prices are all over the place.
#3
My dealership took 2 hours. I asked why so long and they said they let it drain for an hour. Don't know if that is really necessary or if this is standard. It was my first oil change as well.
#5
how do reset the oil change notice the computer brings up? the price here in southern cal. for a oil change is 259 dollars at the dealership.
Last edited by wanderfalke; 04-24-2014 at 08:45 AM.
#6
Although $259 is on the the reasonable side (at leat for a Porsche dealer). For that I'd almost just let them do it..
But I tend to like changing my oil at a higher frequency (5K miles for the 991) so I just do it myself. I also don't subscribe to the obsession to let it drain for hours to get every single drop of a 9 Quarts sump. Even if you think you got it all you never would anyway because there are likely places oil pool in an engine anyway that would never drain out. And the actual volume of oil that is left is insignificant.
Just pop it open, come back in 30 or 40 minutes, put on the new filter and then button it up. Takes a total time investment on my part of about 15 minutes.
Then take the money I save and go out to dinner with the wife..
Last edited by scatkins; 04-24-2014 at 12:13 PM.
#7
They may say that but the real reason is because the same guy is working on multiple cars simultaneously.
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#9
Which SoCal dealership quoted you $259?
#12
I just did mine at the dealer and it was $330 I think. However they called it my first year service and oil change. So they checked over everything I guess and also changed the oil. Just an oil change is much cheeper I suppose. I think going forward I'll probably change my own oil, especially if it's before the normally scheduled time. But ill need the dealer to reset the service notification unless you buy your own tool to do that.
#13
When you drain oil, it isn't so much about waiting for a specific period of time, rather it is about waiting until what is draining out is down to a drip.. If stuff is still draining out that amounts to a significant amount in terms of qty, then if course you let continue.
That said I agree about 35 to 45 minutes seems like a reasonable time.
Last edited by scatkins; 04-28-2014 at 01:17 PM.