PORSCHE OIL-GATE 2.0L MACAN

[terrycufc]

New to Porsche ownership!

I had purchased 5l of Mobil 1 0W-40 as that is what the Mobil website recommended for the 20k service of my March 2018 Macan 2.0 which I purchased in February this year.
I also checked Opie oils who also had 0W-40 as the ideal oil.

Today when I went for the service I was told i had purchased the wrong oil and they couldn't use it, so I had to go with their 0W-30 (which costs £102.50 +VAT on the invoice). Interestingly when I booked and said i would supply the oil they reduce the bill by only £50.

I asked the service person where the info on oil is to be found as i couldn't find any info in the manual or service book, she couldn't find it on the Porsche system, just a part number!

it does seem confusing!

Terry

[Makanik]

New to Porsche ownership!

I had purchased 5l of Mobil 1 0W-40 as that is what the Mobil website recommended for the 20k service of my March 2018 Macan 2.0 which I purchased in February this year.
I also checked Opie oils who also had 0W-40 as the ideal oil.

Today when I went for the service I was told i had purchased the wrong oil and they couldn't use it, so I had to go with their 0W-30 (which costs £102.50 +VAT on the invoice). Interestingly when I booked and said i would supply the oil they reduce the bill by only £50.

I asked the service person where the info on oil is to be found as i couldn't find any info in the manual or service book, she couldn't find it on the Porsche system, just a part number!

it does seem confusing!

Terry

Is there a sticker in your engine bay specifying the appropriate oil type? This takes precedence over anything else.

[terrycufc]

Just a sticker for Mobil 1, and the book sign to check the manual!
Sticker is on the front edge of the engine bay over the radiator. Is there another somewhere else?

Cheers,

Terry

[Fairynuff]

The sticker under my bonnet (Macan S) says 'use only SAE 0W-30 & Porsche C30. On the Castrol web site the Castrol Edge 5W-30 is also described as Porsche C30; the Castrol Edge 0W-30 is NOT described as Porsche C30.

I am waiting a response from Castrol / Porsche

[Fairynuff]

SAE 0W-30 / 50W-30

I am waiting a response from Castrol / Porsche

My OPC has replied . . . . "use Mobil 1 5w30"

[VanB]

I'm assuming this is for new cars since the model refresh and there must be a reason for it but it is confusing. FWIW just picked my 911 up from a service yesterday and the oil they supplied was Mobil 1 0W-40 (same as the Macan GTS drank) so it looks like there has been a change with the newer engines

[Nuclear Nick]

I'm assuming this is for new cars since the model refresh and there must be a reason for it but it is confusing. FWIW just picked my 911 up from a service yesterday and the oil they supplied was Mobil 1 0W-40 (same as the Macan GTS drank) so it looks like there has been a change with the newer engines

You don't really mean 'drank' do you?

[pmg]

The sticker under my bonnet (Macan S) says 'use only SAE 0W-30 & Porsche C30. On the Castrol web site the Castrol Edge 5W-30 is also described as Porsche C30; the Castrol Edge 0W-30 is NOT described as Porsche C30.

I am waiting a response from Castrol / Porsche

the change to the C spec oil requirement came with the introduction of petrol particle filters

[VanB]

I'm assuming this is for new cars since the model refresh and there must be a reason for it but it is confusing. FWIW just picked my 911 up from a service yesterday and the oil they supplied was Mobil 1 0W-40 (same as the Macan GTS drank) so it looks like there has been a change with the newer engines

You don't really mean 'drank' do you?

Yes I think that is grammatically correct but happy to be corrected. I could have said my GTS had drunk or my GTS used to drink but, in the context of the sentence I wrote, I think drank is grammatically correct.

[Wing Commander]

^^^ I might be wrong, but I think that Nick was questioning whether your GTS was actually drinking/consuming oil, as opposed to simply having oil within the engine for lubrication purposes, without necessarily much ‘consumption’ or ‘drinking’.