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Hi all

I am going to service my 944 s2 oil/oil filter/plugs. I do 3000 ish miles per year.
My question is do I need to change the fuel and air filters? I last changed these items 2 years ago.
I know the air filter will appear quite clean just wonder if they degrade with time.

Regards

Mark

This is a can of worms.

If it were my car I would be changing all of the filters every 12,000 miles or every 2 years (whichever came first). I believe Porsche specified this schedule for the cars as well (not sure on the years).

I know that when I changed all of the filters on my car after it covered 20,000 miles on them there was quite a difference in how the car drove, more than even I expected. It seemed to feel more powerful and perkier! The air filter however was in a truly awful state (so much that I thought it may have been missed off the past few services). The fuel filter however was nearly new and as easy as pie to remove!

Personally I would replace the oil and filter every year or 6,000 miles (whichever comes first) and due to being so cheap I would also replace transmission oil every year as well

The external fuel filter every 2 years

The 944 S2 has 2 x fuel filters

1 is in the fuel tank outlet and can be cleaned easily at same time as replacing canister fuel filter



and the canister filter near the rear axle



As for the air filter fit a K+N and clean it out every year



Spark plugs I use NGK Platinum and simply clean and check gap every year and only replace at 40,000 miles

Thanks for the replies, I might just fit a K and N air filter. Are the iridium spark plugs any discernable improvement over the cheap oe denso ones?

I thought the transaxle oil was changed every 48000 miles or 4 yearly. I only changed this oil 18 months ago for Castrol syntax 75w90.

Regards

Mark