Engine Oil Recommendation - Porsche Cayman Owner's Manual

Engine Oil Recommendation

Porsche recommends .
The right oil for your vehicle.
Complies with Viscosity class
1)
approval
3)
Porsche A40 SAE 0W - 40
4)
SAE 5W - 40
4)
SAE 5W - 50
1)
Generally, you can find details of the
manufacturer approvals on the oil containers or as
a notice displayed by the retailer.
The current approval status is also available from
your Porsche partner.
2)
SAE viscosity class - Example: SAE 0W - 40
Specification 0W = Viscosity specification for
low temperatures (winter).
Specification 40 = Viscosity specification for
high temperatures.
3)
For all temperature ranges.
4)
For the temperature range over --13 °F (--25 °C).
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Maintenance, Car Care
Always observe the following points:
– Use engine oils approved by Porsche only. This
is a precondition for optimum and problem-free
operation of your vehicle.
– Regular oil changes are part of servicing.
2)
It is important that the service intervals,
particularly the oil change intervals, are
observed in accordance with the specifications
in the "Maintenance" booklet.
– Oils approved by Porsche can be mixed with
each other.
– Porsche engines are designed so that no oil
additives may be used.
– A label is located in the engine compartment,
which provides you with information on suitable
oil for your engine.
Your Porsche partner will be pleased to
advise you.
Oil change
The engine oil has to be changed regularly at the
intervals listed in your Maintenance Schedule.
f Please see the chapter "CAPACITIES" on
Page 271.
We recommend that you have the engine oil
changed at your Porsche dealer, who has the re-
quired oils and the necessary filling equipment.
If you suspect an oil leak in the engine have your
dealer check it out immediately.
All current engine oils are compatible with each
other, i.e. when making an oil change it is not nec-
essary to flush the engine if you wish to use a dif-
ferent brand or grade of oil.
Since, however, each brand of oil has a special
composition, you should, if possible, use the
same oil brand if it becomes necessary to top up
between oil changes.
Porsche engines have long intervals between oil
changes. You can make best use of these long oil
change intervals by using multigrade oils since
these are largely independent of seasonal fluctua-
tions in temperature.