Kumaran.Govender
New member
Hi,
I need to find this out quite urgently. I am driving up to North Wales later today and was doing a quick check on my car (Cayman 2.9 PDK) and noted that the oil level was quite low, when I run the check it comes out at the lowest bar on the graph. So I am planning to top up the oil but I am a little unsure about which oil I should go for. The manual is recommending SAE 0W-40, 5W-40, 5W-50 for above -25 degrees celcius or Porsche A40 approved. I have checked online and found the Shell Helix Ultra which is 5W-40 and Porsche A40 approved. Does anyone recommend this or the Mobil 1 0W-40, both of which are fully synthetic?
Any advice/options will be welcomed.
BTW: Is it normal to be topping up oil in the car? My previous car never needed to be topped up, only ever required a top-up at service time.
I need to find this out quite urgently. I am driving up to North Wales later today and was doing a quick check on my car (Cayman 2.9 PDK) and noted that the oil level was quite low, when I run the check it comes out at the lowest bar on the graph. So I am planning to top up the oil but I am a little unsure about which oil I should go for. The manual is recommending SAE 0W-40, 5W-40, 5W-50 for above -25 degrees celcius or Porsche A40 approved. I have checked online and found the Shell Helix Ultra which is 5W-40 and Porsche A40 approved. Does anyone recommend this or the Mobil 1 0W-40, both of which are fully synthetic?
Any advice/options will be welcomed.
BTW: Is it normal to be topping up oil in the car? My previous car never needed to be topped up, only ever required a top-up at service time.