Greg, sounds like you will most certainly need to have a lift, which rules me out.

You mentioned a repair manual. Can you tell us about it and where we can purchase it?

Thanks.

 

Same question for me as well. A repair manual for the Macan would be worth its weight in gold to me.

Curious about the topping off procedure. Do you fill to overflow, like many gearbox procedures?

Finally, I tried to send you a PM on your front brake diy. My question was about the clips in the caliper - do they fall out with the pad removal, or stay in place due to tension?

 

I watched some videos of DSG fluid change for a Golf/A4 and it seemed fairly involved. Would be interested if you come up with some tips/gotchas once you complete this. Good luck!


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Following

 

Also following. As a new Macan S owner this is all great information as well as new to me. What is the average cost to have a stealership do the PDK fluid flush?

 

$1400 in the Bay Area

 

Does anyone know the reason Porsche requires the temp to be between 30 and 50 centigrade? My question is does it really make any difference regarding the temp requirement? You drain out 6 quarts and put back 6 quarts should be sufficient enough like any other fluid change.

 

Wow 80 k on your Macan. I have 29,700 on my nearly 3 1/2 year old S.
Also curious what the dealer's charge for the service.I have the pre paid maintenence plan with two more service visits remaining.
I admire you DIYers, but the extent of my auto mechanics was oil changes on old school cars.

 

In Canada, dealer charges $800 Cdn (or approx. $600 US) + taxes

 

That is not bad at all. 3-4 years ago I believed I paid around $700 USD for my 911 PDK service. I expect the Macan will be similarly priced.

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I heard the PDK service on Macan is $800-1000.

 

That maybe dealer and location dependent though. However I don’t have big cahunas so will likely to continue to let dealer service my PDKs.[emoji6][emoji847]

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Where did you get a repair manual? Thanks

 

Ready to get started. Supplies delivered. The bottle does not say Porsche. Kind of upsetting

 

Trying to figure out how to add pics

 

Ok. Got it. Step 1-10 in preparation.

So I got the manual and found a pic of the oil pan and the ATF filter

 

 

Sorry for the serial posting. Phones suck. So I know where to go, how much, torqued, and specs. I have an NT510 and I confirmed it reads transmission temp.

Now I just need to figure out how to raise the at level. And I need the car. Wife is going out of town for a few days so hopefully I can get this done in 4-5 days.

Dealer charges $600 to do this. Parts were $192 at sun-coast.

Expect updates soon. I should learn to do videos.

 

You bought the kit from Suncoast Porsche, not Suncoast VW? The bottle label says VW.

 

subscribed for the video with NT510!

 

Just bought it for 2015/2016 Macan from here: https://sellfy.com/p/SEUr/. USD$28.49



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I think that’s where I got mine. It only covers the 4 cylinder engine. Not the S or turbo. But everything else is there

 

It refers to all engines and models, but comes with no contents pages - so makes finding what you want a tad difficult with 5,966 pages! .......at least if you are not familiar with Porsche terminology.

 

Eddie, despite that shortcoming, would you think it would be worth that price to a casual DIY’er? Without a lift, doubt I would ever attempt the PDK fluid change, but i’m certainly up for work like oil changes, spark plugs and brakes, and if it’s not impossible to find the page you need, I assume it’s an invaluable reference tool. Thanks.

 

For USD$28 I think its a no brainer as a reference tool.

I haven't spent any significant time looking through it yet so no doubt there are others on the forum with a much more valid view. From the couple of things I have read it seems much more prescriptive than nearly all other manuals I have used. As such it looks as though any reasonable DIYer would be able to work through it OK.
However the difficulties for a DIYer are really when something goes wrong and having the knowledge and tools to deal with that outcome. So it really depends on your character - play it safe, or have a go and sort it out when and if there is an issue........sounds like you are in the latter category, in which case it seems on my short time on this forum that there are many good experienced people prepared to help out if you have an issue.

 

Thanks Eddie, I'm going to order it.

 

For less than $30 the repair manual is worth it if you plan to do any work beyond the obvious.

I still remember the old paper repair manual for BMW was a couple of hundred dollars and it was not 6000 pages.

 

One thing that would make this an easier job would be a lift system I saw at several auto shows made by Quick Jack. A hydraulic lift system on each side of the vehicle raises the vehicle on the jack points on each side. I was a little skeptical at first. They had a new Corvette raised up on these lifts, and I asked if there was a danger of pushing the car over. He told me to try as hard as I could to push the car off the lift. It didn't budge. Not a lot of money, and it is portable. Leaves the center of the vehicle open to work on.

https://www.quickjack.com/car-lift-systems.html

 

Ok. Prep, prep, prep, and more prep. Ready to get started. Drive the front of the car up on ramps. Jacked the back up so I could place jack stands under the frame and make the car level. Even had a level on the driver door sill.

Then I cracked the plastic piece on the Macan at the jack point (yes I had a Porsche adapter).

Swore a few times

Will try again this weekend

 

Making progress. Car up in the air and all parts identified

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